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Bradley Whitford

Acting

Born October 10, 1959 · Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Also known as 브래드리 휘트포드 · 布拉德利·惠特福德 · 布莱德利·惠特福德

Biography

Bradley Whitford (born October 10, 1959) is an American actor and producer. From 1999 to 2006, Whitford starred as Josh Lyman, White House Deputy Chief of Staff, in NBC's political drama television series The West Wing. He won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for the role in 2001. In addition to The West Wing, Whitford played Danny Tripp in Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Dan Stark in the Fox police buddy-comedy The Good Guys, Timothy Carter, a character who was believed to be Red John, in the CBS series The Mentalist, antagonist Eric Gordon in the film Billy Madison, Arthur Parsons in The Post, Dean Armitage in the horror film Get Out, Roger Peralta in Brooklyn Nine-Nine, President Gray in the dystopian science fiction film The Darkest Minds and Rick Stanton in the monster film Godzilla: King of the Monsters. In 2015, he won a second Primetime Emmy Award for his guest role as Marcy in Transparent and later garnered a fifth Primetime Emmy Award nomination for portraying Magnus Hirschfeld in the same series. From 2018 to 2025, Whitford portrayed Commander Joseph Lawrence in Hulu dystopian drama The Handmaid's Tale, for which he won his third Primetime Emmy Award in 2019. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bradley Whitford, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • Primetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series · 2015
  • Screen Actors Guild AwardOutstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series · 2002
  • Primetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series · 2001
  • Screen Actors Guild AwardOutstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series · 2001
  • Satellite AwardBest Actor – Television Series Drama · 2006 · nominated
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  • Screen Actors Guild AwardOutstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series · 2006 · nominated
  • Writers Guild of America AwardTelevision: Dramatic Series · 2006 · nominated
  • Screen Actors Guild AwardOutstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series · 2005 · nominated
  • Screen Actors Guild AwardOutstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series · 2004 · nominated
  • Primetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series · 2003 · nominated
  • Screen Actors Guild AwardOutstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series · 2003 · nominated
  • Primetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series · 2002 · nominated
  • Screen Actors Guild AwardOutstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series · 2002 · nominated
  • Primetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series · 2001 · nominated
  • Screen Actors Guild AwardOutstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series · 2001 · nominated

Filmography50+ titles

Nothing But the Truth

1995as 'Mack' McCarthy

Malcolm in the Middle

2000as Meg's Husband

Infinity Train

2019as Agent Sieve (voice)

The Mentalist

2008as Timothy Carter (uncredited)

The X-Files

1993as Daniel Trepkos

The U.S. and the Holocaust

2022as Thomas Wolfe (voice)

The West Wing

1999as Josh Lyman

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

2013as Roger Peralta

Shameless

2011as Abraham Paige

What If...?

2021as Colonel Flynn (voice)

The Handmaid's Tale

2017as Joseph Lawrence

Parks and Recreation

2009as Councilman Pillner

Monk

2002as Dean Berry

A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote

2020as Josh Lyman

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999as Pence Humphreys

ER

1994as Sean O'Brien

Scent of a Woman

1992as Randy

Awakenings

1990as Dr. Tyler

Reminders of Him

2026as Patrick Landry

Frasier

1993as Stu (voice)

Philadelphia

1993as Jamey Collins

The Diplomat

2023as Todd Penn

tick, tick... BOOM!

2021as Stephen Sondheim

Get Out

2017as Dean Armitage

The Call of the Wild

2020as Judge Miller

A Perfect World

1993as Bobby Lee

Death by Lightning

2025as James Blaine

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

2006as Danny Tripp

We Baby Bears

2022as Glen (voice)

The Last Full Measure

2019as Carlton Stanton

Megan Leavey

2017as Bob

Mom

2013as Mitch

Saving Mr. Banks

2013as Don DaGradi

An American Crime

2007as Prosecutor

Bicentennial Man

1999as Lloyd

Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter

2013as John Flynn

Alpha House

2013as Senator (Ned)

The Good Guys

2010as Dan Stark

Little Manhattan

2005as Adam

Touched by an Angel

1994as Steve Bell

Rosaline

2022as Adrian Capulet

In Plain Sight

2008as Adam Wilson / Adam Roston

Mad TV

1995as Self

NYPD Blue

1993as Norman Gardner

Not Going Quietly

2021Executive Producer

The Wonder Years

2021as Alan Van Der Kamp

The Darkest Minds

2018as President Gray

The Post

2017as Arthur Parsons

American Dad!

2005as Vic Mancuso (voice)

The Colbert Report

2005as Self (uncredited)