
Bradley Whitford
Known For
Acting
Born
1959-10-10 in Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Biography
Bradley Whitford (born October 10, 1959) is an American actor and producer. He is best known for his portrayal of White House Deputy Chief of Staff Josh Lyman in the NBC television political drama The West Wing (1999–2006), for which he was nominated for three consecutive Primetime Emmy Awards from 2001 to 2003, winning in 2001. The role earned him three consecutive Golden Globe Award nominations. 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 Mindsand Rick Stanton in the monster film Godzilla: King of the Monsters. In 2015, he won a second Primetime Emmy Award for his role as Marcy in Transparent and later garnered a fifth nomination for portraying Magnus Hirschfeld in the same series. Since 2018, Whitford has portrayed Commander Joseph Lawrence in the 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.
Most Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Frank Maddox

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Pence Humphreys

Shameless
as Abraham Paige

The X-Files
as Daniel Trepkos

The Mentalist
as Timothy Carter (uncredited)

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest

Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self

The West Wing
as Josh Lyman

Monk
as Dean Berry

Frasier
as Stu (voice)

Brooklyn Nine-Nine
as Roger Peralta

Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self

Parks and Recreation
as Councilman Pillner

ER
as Sean O'Brien

Mom
as Mitch

Malcolm in the Middle
as Meg's Husband

The View
as Self

The Handmaid's Tale
as Joseph Lawrence

The Colbert Report
as Self