Bradley Whitford
Bradley Whitford (born October 10, 1959) is an American film and television actor. He is best known for his roles as Deputy White House Chief of Staff Josh Lyman on the NBC television drama The West Wing, as Danny Tripp on Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, as Dan Stark in the Fox police buddy-comedy The Good Guys, as Red John in the CBS series The Mentalist, and as antagonist Eric Gordon in the film Billy Madison. Whitford has been nominated for three consecutive Emmy Awards from 2001-2003 for "Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series" for his role on The West Wing, winning the award in 2001. This role has also garnered him three consecutive Golden Globe Award nominations for "Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role". Description above from the Wikipedia article Bradley Whitford, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Oct 10, 1959 In Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 97
- First Appeared:
- In the series Saturday Night Live 1975-10-11
- Latest Project:
- Series Death by Lightning 2025
Known For
Filmography
| Series | Death by Lightning | James Blaine | 2025 |
| Movie | I'll Be Right There | Henry | 2024-09-06 |
| Movie | Rosaline | Adrian Capulet | 2022-10-11 |
| Movie | How It Ends | Kenny | 2021-07-20 |
| Movie | tick, tick... BOOM! | Stephen Sondheim | 2021-11-11 |
| Movie | Sergio | Paul Bremer | 2020-01-28 |
| Movie | The Call of the Wild | Judge Miller | 2020-02-19 |
| Movie | The Last Full Measure | Carlton Stanton | 2020-01-23 |
| Movie | A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote | Josh Lyman | 2020-10-15 |
| Movie | Songbird | William Griffin | 2020-12-10 |
| Movie | Phil | Michael Fisk | 2019-07-05 |
| Series | Valley of the Boom | James L. Barksdale | 2019-01-13 |
| Movie | Godzilla: King of the Monsters | Dr. Rick Stanton | 2019-05-29 |
| Movie | Transparent: Musicale Finale | Magnus | 2019-09-27 |
| Series | Perfect Harmony | Arthur Cochran | 2019-09-26 |
| Movie | The Darkest Minds | President Gray | 2018-07-25 |
| Movie | Destroyer | DiFranco | 2018-12-25 |
| Movie | A Happening of Monumental Proportions | Mr. Schneedy | 2017-05-05 |
| Movie | Megan Leavey | Bob | 2017-06-09 |
| Series | The Handmaid's Tale | Commander Joseph Lawrence | 2017-04-26 |
| Movie | Get Out | Dean Armitage | 2017-02-24 |
| Movie | Unicorn Store | Gene | 2017-09-11 |
| Movie | The Post | Arthur Parsons | 2017-12-22 |
| Movie | Three Christs | Clyde | 2017-09-23 |
| Movie | I Saw the Light | Fred Rose | 2016-02-05 |
| Movie | Other People | Norman Mulcahey | 2016-09-09 |
| Movie | All the Way | Hubert Humphrey | 2016-05-23 |
| Series | HAPPYish | Jonathan Cooke | 2015-04-26 |
| Movie | Decoding Annie Parker | Marshall | 2014-05-02 |
| Movie | Savannah | Jack Cay | 2013-04-25 |
| Movie | Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter | John Flynn | 2013-09-03 |
| Movie | CBGB | Nicky Grant | 2013-10-11 |
| Movie | Saving Mr. Banks | Don DaGradi | 2013-11-29 |
| Series | Trophy Wife | Pete Harrison | 2013-09-24 |
| Movie | The Cabin in the Woods | Steve Hadley | 2012-04-12 |
| Movie | Have a Little Faith | Mitch | 2011-11-27 |
| Series | The Good Guys | Dan Stark | 2010-05-19 |
| Series | Burn Up | Mack | 2008-06-10 |
| Movie | Bottle Shock | Professor Saunders | 2008-09-05 |
| Movie | An American Crime | Prosecutor | 2007-07-27 |
| Series | Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip | Danny Tripp | 2006-09-18 |
| Movie | The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants | Al Lowell | 2005-06-01 |
| Movie | Fathers and Sons | Anthony | 2005-06-02 |
| Series | The Colbert Report | Unknown | 2005-10-17 |
| Movie | Little Manhattan | Adam | 2005-09-26 |
| Series | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Unknown | 2003-01-26 |
| Series | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Unknown | 2003-09-08 |
| Series | Real Time with Bill Maher | Unknown | 2003-02-21 |
| Series | Monk | Dean Berry | 2002-07-12 |
| Series | Banzai | Unknown | 2001-01-18 |
| Movie | Kate & Leopold | J.J. Camden | 2001-12-25 |
| Series | Malcolm in the Middle | Unknown | 2000-01-09 |
| Movie | Behind the Mask | Brian Shushan | 1999-02-28 |
| Movie | The Muse | Hal | 1999-01-05 |
| Movie | Countdown: The Sky's on Fire | John Morgan, KTML News | 1999-07-15 |
| Series | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Frank Maddox | 1999-09-20 |
| Series | The West Wing | Josh Lyman | 1999-09-22 |
| Movie | Bicentennial Man | Lloyd | 1999-12-17 |
| Series | The Secret Lives of Men | 1998-09-30 | |
| Movie | In the Line of Duty: Blaze of Glory | Tom LaSalle | 1997-01-05 |
| Movie | Masterminds | Miles Lawrence | 1997-08-22 |
| Movie | Cloned | Rick Weston | 1997-09-28 |
| Movie | Red Corner | Bob Ghery | 1997-10-30 |
| Movie | Wildly Available | Professor | 1996-01-01 |
| Series | Tracey Takes On... | Unknown | 1996-01-24 |
| Movie | My Fellow Americans | Carl Witnaur | 1996-12-20 |
| Series | High Incident | Unknown | 1996-03-04 |
| Movie | Billy Madison | Eric Gordon | 1995-02-10 |
| Movie | Nothing But the Truth | 'Mack' McCarthy | 1995-05-23 |
| Series | MADtv | Unknown | 1995-10-14 |
| Movie | The Desperate Trail | Tommy Donnelly | 1995-07-09 |
| Movie | Web of Deception | Larry Lake | 1994-04-25 |
| Series | Ellen | Unknown | 1994-03-29 |
| Series | ER | Unknown | 1994-09-19 |
| Series | Touched by an Angel | Unknown | 1994-09-21 |
| Movie | The Client | Thomas Fink | 1994-07-20 |
| Series | Black Tie Affair | 1993-05-29 | |
| Movie | RoboCop 3 | Fleck | 1993-01-21 |
| Series | Frasier | Guest Caller - Stu | 1993-09-16 |
| Series | The X-Files | Unknown | 1993-09-10 |
| Movie | Philadelphia | Jamey Collins | 1993-12-22 |
| Movie | A Perfect World | Bobby Lee | 1993-11-24 |
| Movie | My Life | Paul Ivanovich | 1993-11-12 |
| Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
| Movie | Scent of a Woman | Randy | 1992-12-23 |
| Movie | Vital Signs | Dr. Donald Ballentine | 1990-04-13 |
| Movie | Presumed Innocent | Jamie Kemp | 1990-07-27 |
| Movie | Awakenings | Dr. Tyler | 1990-12-04 |
| Movie | Young Guns II | Charles Phalen | 1990-08-01 |
| Movie | The Betty Ford Story | Jack Ford | 1987-03-02 |
| Movie | Adventures in Babysitting | Mike Todwell | 1987-07-01 |
| Movie | Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise | Roger | 1987-07-10 |
| Movie | Doorman | Terry Reilly | 1986-01-02 |
| Movie | C.A.T. Squad | Leon Trepper | 1986-07-27 |
| Series | The Equalizer | Unknown | 1985-09-18 |
| Series | Tales from the Darkside | Unknown | 1984-09-30 |
| Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |