Bradley Whitford

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.