Home / Discover / People

Bradley Whitford

Bradley Whitford is an American actor. He is 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. This role also earned him three consecutive Golden Globe Award nominations.

English

Get Out

2017
as Dean Armitage

Tick, Tick… Boom!

2021
as Stephen Sondheim

The Darkest Minds

2018
as President Gray

The Handmaid's Tale

2017
as Commander Lawrence

The West Wing

1999
as Josh Lyman

Unicorn Store

2017
as Gladys

The Call of the Wild

2020
as Judge Miller

Songbird

2020
as William Griffin

Saving Mr. Banks

2013
as Don DaGradi

Bicentennial Man

1999
as Lloyd Charney

The Cabin in the Woods

2012
as Steve Hadley

Trophy Wife

2013
as Pete

Billy Madison

1995
as Eric Gordon

Echo 3

2022
as Eric Haas II

Philadelphia

1993
as Jamey Collins

RoboCop 3

1993
as Fleck

Echo 3

2022
as Eric Haas II

The Post

2017
as Arthur Parsons

Sergio

2020
as Paul Bremer

Awakenings

1990
as Dr. Tyler

Kate & Leopold

2001
as J.J. Camden

Fathers and Sons

2005
as Anthony

The Desperate Trail

1995
as Tommy Donnelly

Parish

2024
as Anton

Vital Signs

1990
as Dr. Donald Ballentine

The Muse

1999
as Hal

Three Christs

2020
as Clyde

The Betty Ford Story

1987
as Jack Ford

My Fellow Americans

1996
as Carl Witnaur

C.A.T. Squad

1986
as Leon Trepper

HAPPYish

2015
as Jonathan

All the Way

2016
as Hubert Humphrey

My Life

1993
as Paul Ivanovich

Burn Up

2008
as James 'Mack' Mackintosh

Presumed Innocent

1990
as Jamie Kemp

Young Guns II

1990
as Charles Phalen

Perfect Harmony

2019
as Arthur Cochran

CBGB

2013
as Nicky Grant

Masterminds

1997
as Miles Lawrence

Countdown: The Sky's on Fire

1999
as John Morgan, KTML News

Bottle Shock

2008
as Professor Saunders

An American Crime

2007
as Prosecutor

Other People

2016
as Norman Mulcahey

The Client

1994
as Thomas Fink

Destroyer

2018
as DiFranco

A Perfect World

1993
as Bobby Lee

Lauren

2012
as Milgram

How It Ends

2021
as Liza’s Dad

Red Corner

1997
as Bob Ghery

Cloned

1997
as Rick Weston

I Saw the Light

2016
as Fred Rose

Valley of the Boom

2019
as James Barksdale

Savannah

2013
as Jack Cay

The Good Guys (2010)

2010
as Dan Stark

The Last Full Measure

2019
as Carlton Stanton

Director

Episode The Handmaid's Tale
Allegiance
2022

Writer

Episode The West Wing
Faith Based Initiative
2005
Episode The West Wing
Internal Displacement
2006

Guest Star

Episode The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Bradley Whitford, Carlos Watson
2021
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Elizabeth Banks, Bradley Whitford, David Tennant, Billy Ray Cyrus
2019
Episode The Mentalist
Strawberries and Cream (2)
2011
Episode NYPD Blue
From Whom the Skell Rolls
1994
Episode NYPD Blue
Guns 'n Rosaries
1994
Episode Frasier
Kissing Cousin
2002
Episode NYPD Blue
Abandando Abandoned
1994
Episode Real Time with Bill Maher
September 02, 2005
2005
Episode Banzai
Episode 6
2001
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Mark Hamill, Bradley Whitford, Lewis Capaldi
2019
Episode The Colbert Report
Bradley Whitford
2005
Episode Alpha House
The Retreat
2014
Episode Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Admiral Peralta
2020
Episode LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Morris Chestnut, Chris Noth, Bradley Whitford, Martina McBride
2016
Episode The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Cast of The West Wing
2006
Episode The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Jimmy Smits/Laura Prepon
2005
Episode Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous
Brave
2021
Episode Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous
Misguided
2021
Episode Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Two Turkeys
2017
Episode Years of Living Dangerously
Safe Passage
2016
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Michelle Monaghan, Bradley Whitford, London Grammar
2017
Episode Real Time with Bill Maher
September 22, 2006
2006
Episode The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore
Starbucks vs Racism & Greedy Preachers
2015
Episode Felicity
Happy Birthday
1999
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Aaron Sorkin, Bradley Whitford
2015
Episode The Equalizer
The Children's Song
1985
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Bradley Whitford, Whitney Cummings, King Calaway, Chance the Rapper
2019
Episode The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Bradley Whitford, Shelby Lynne
2010
Episode Malcolm in the Middle
Company Picnic (Part 1)
2002
Episode Chelsea Lately
Bradley Whitford
2010
Episode NYPD Blue
Trials & Tribulations
1994
Episode ER
A Miracle Happens Here
1995
Episode Transparent
Rollin'
2014
Episode ER
Love's Labor Lost
1995
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Bradley Whitford, Brett Gelman
2020
Episode Malcolm in the Middle
Company Picnic (Part 2)
2002
Episode Monk
Mr. Monk on Wheels
2009
Episode Parks and Recreation
Live Ammo
2012
Episode Tales from the Darkside
The Deal
1988
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Ryan Seacrest; Bradley Whitford; Mac Miller
2013
Episode What If…?
What If… Captain Carter Were The First Avenger?
2021
Episode Mom
Big Floor Pillows and a Ball of Fire
2019
Episode Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Karen Peralta
2016
Episode Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Captain Peralta
2015
Episode Hallmark Hall Of Fame
Mitch Albom's Have a Little Faith
2011
Episode The X-Files
Firewalker
1994
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Connie Britton, Bradley Whitford, Jamie Bell, Cirque du Soleil Luzia
2018
Episode Variety: Actors on Actors
Nicole Kidman, Kristen Stewart and more
2022
Episode Shameless (US)
Frank the Plumber
2013
Episode Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Reasonable Doubt
2014
Episode Touched by an Angel
Out of the Darkness
1996
Episode Flack
Calvin
2019
Episode The Talk
Bradley Whitford
2017
Episode The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Jessica Alba, Bradley Whitford, George Takei
2016
Episode Real Time with Bill Maher
May 05, 2006
2006
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Allison Janney, Bradley Whitford, Gwen Stefani, Bibi Bourelly
2016
Episode Saturday Night Live
Al Gore/Phish
2002
Episode Shameless (US)
Civil Wrongs
2013
Episode Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous
Step One
2021
Episode Ellen
The Fix-Up
1994
Episode Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous
Chaos Theory
2021