Bradley Whitford

American Actor
Bradley Whitford is an acclaimed American actor and producer best known for his role as Josh Lyman in the popular TV series The West Wing. He has received numerous awards and nominations, including three consecutive Primetime Emmy Awards. Whitford has also appeared in various other TV shows and films, showcasing his versatility as an actor.

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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 Minds and 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 Primetime Emmy Award nomination for portraying Magnus Hirschfeld in the same series. Since 2018, Whitford has portrayed Commander Joseph Lawrence in Hulu dystopian drama The Handmaid’s Tale, for which he won his third Primetime Emmy Award in 2019.

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Bradley Whitford is best known for his portrayal of White House Deputy Chief of Staff Josh Lyman in the NBC television political drama The West Wing from 1999 to 2006.

Bradley Whitford has won three Primetime Emmy Awards, including one for his role as Marcy in the TV series Transparent in 2015.

In addition to The West Wing, Bradley Whitford has played roles in various other TV shows and films, including Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, The Good Guys, The Mentalist, Billy Madison, The Post, Get Out, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Darkest Minds, and Godzilla: King of the Monsters.

Bradley Whitford was born on October 10, 1959.

Since 2018, Bradley 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.

Bradley Whitford is an American actor and producer, known for his versatile and acclaimed performances in television and film.

The role of Josh Lyman in The West Wing earned Bradley Whitford three consecutive Golden Globe Award nominations.

Quotes by Bradley Whitford

Aaron is a very passionate, maniacal writer so the scripts really come from him, but he is very open to… y’know, we’ll plan ideas and we’ll certainly tussle about stuff when the script comes out. So, to a certain extent, he’s very interested. If there’s some problem or something that doesn’t ring true, he wants to know why and he wants to correct it or fight for it.

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Anybody who can dial a telephone can master tennis scoring in about 15 minutes.

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Cal Ripken is steady, he focuses on his job, and he’s a good guy.

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Having an affair with an intern is just an incredibly stupid thing to do.

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I am an old, old friend of Aaron Sorkin’s, who is the executive producer and writer. He had been talking about doing a political show for a long time and I had been interested in it for a long time. The moment I became available, he called me last year and asked me if I wanted to do it and then I just had to audition for the powers that be, and I got it.

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I can’t believe George Bush might be president.

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I grew up in a family where the internalized understanding was that the kids were going to grow up into a better world. I worry, because I don’t think my kids are going to have that. The world is very scary. The world would be scary without the choices the current administration made, but they just exacerbated it. And it ticks me off. I want my kids to have a good life.

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I have to think that I think it’s always been a horse race between this administration’s temporary political acumen and their completely, utterly, totally bankrupt policies. And they’re coming home to roost. It was always a question of time. These guys aren’t conservative. These guys are radicals.

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I heard an Israeli speaking on Palestinian human rights issues, an interesting guy, and he said “There’s no military solution to terrorism. If there were, Israel would be the safest place in the world. But there’s no military solution.”

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I identify with this guy’s frustration and inability to control his fury at moments. I even identify with the way that this guy covers up a lot with humour. So yeah, it’s interesting.

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I want to see Bob Dylan do sketch comedy. I’m a huge Bob Dylan fan.

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I was at the vice president’s Christmas party. I thought that his speech was spectacular, and I knew that it was a very emotional and difficult thing for him to do, but I admonished him for not waiting just one more stinking day.

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Infuse your life with action. Don’t wait for it to happen. Make it happen. Make your own future. Make your own hope. Make your own love. And whatever your beliefs, honor your creator, not by passively waiting for grace to come down from upon high, but by doing what you can to make grace happen… yourself, right now, right down here on Earth.

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John Wells let me write a couple of West Wings, which was an incredible gift. I loved it once I got past the brain injury part of it, and so I’m working on a couple of things that are far from fruition, but what I want to pursue.

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Love means never having to say you’re a zero.

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One of the most surreal moments in this election was after the third debate, when I heard a talking head say, Al Gore won on substance, on the issues. But you have to give the victory to Bush because he seems presidential.

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Richard Schiff is a really good baseball player. It’s surprising because he looks exhausted.

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The issue for my character, and the issue of the show is, how dirty do your feet have to get without suffocating yourself in the mud in order to get an inch of what you really want done?

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This election ain’t no stinkin’ TV show.

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We’re telling a story. And the demands of that are different from the demands of a documentary. The audience must believe in order to keep faith in the story.

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Whatever you do, make sure you want to write more than you want to be a writer. Make sure you want to act more than you want to be an actor. That is what will sustain you.

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When you act, you’re always playing a version of yourself. You can’t bring more to the role than what you are.

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With the success of a show, you get an opportunity to call attention to things that you believe in.

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You don’t want to become one of those Hollywood idiots who is just blathering about anything.

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You don’t want your credibility banana to turn brown, but you do want to speak out about what you believe in.

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You need to be real enough to be believable, but you don’t necessarily have to be real enough to be real. There is a distinction.

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