1. Bradley Whitford was born on October 10,1959 and is an American actor and producer.
34 Facts About Bradley Whitford
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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, for which he was nominated for three consecutive Primetime Emmy Awards from 2001 to 2003, winning in 2001.
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Since 2018, Bradley 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 was born in Madison, Wisconsin, the son of Genevieve Louie and George Van Norman Bradley Whitford.
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Bradley Whitford majored in English and theatre at Wesleyan University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1981.
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Bradley Whitford then studied drama at the Juilliard School, where he was a member of "Group 14".
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Bradley Whitford first appeared on television in a 1985 episode of The Equalizer, followed by a two-year recurring role on the ABC daytime drama All My Children.
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Bradley Whitford made his Broadway theatre debut in 1990 playing Lt.
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Bradley Whitford joined the cast of Sorkin's The West Wing as Josh Lyman with the show's premiere in 1999.
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Bradley Whitford wrote two episodes of the series.
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Bradley Whitford appeared in the British drama Burn Up on the BBC in July 2008.
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Bradley Whitford starred in the play Boeing-Boeing which opened on Broadway on May 4,2008.
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In 2010, Bradley Whitford starred as Dan Stark in the Fox TV comedy The Good Guys opposite Colin Hanks.
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In 2011, Bradley Whitford guest-starred in In Plain Sight on USA Network as a man combatting paranoia.
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Bradley Whitford appeared in the season three finale of The Mentalist as a minion of and decoy for "Red John", the long-sought nemesis of the show's protagonist Patrick Jane.
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In 2013, Bradley Whitford played Pete Harrison in the ABC comedy Trophy Wife, which was canceled after one season, and that same year played Don DaGradi in the drama film Saving Mr Banks.
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In 2014, Bradley Whitford appeared in a recurring role as a cross-dressing businessman during the first season of the Amazon Studios series Transparent.
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Bradley Whitford went on to win the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for his performance.
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Bradley Whitford returned during the series' second season as Magnus Hirschfeld.
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In 2017, Bradley Whitford played Dean Armitage, a father and neurosurgeon, in the racially themed horror film Get Out, and antagonist Arthur Parsons in the political thriller The Post.
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In 2018, Bradley Whitford played President Gray in the dystopian science fiction film The Darkest Minds, and joined the cast of the web dystopian tragedy The Handmaid's Tale as Commander Joseph Lawrence, guest starring in the final two episodes of the second season.
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Bradley Whitford won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series in 2019 for his performance and became the first person to have won the guest acting Emmy Awards for both comedy and drama.
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Bradley Whitford returned as a series regular for the third season and garnered a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.
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In 2019, Bradley Whitford played Rick Stanton in the monster film Godzilla: King of the Monsters, and from 2019 to 2020, he starred in the musical comedy series Perfect Harmony, which ran for one season on NBC.
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Bradley Whitford began dating his Transparent co-star Amy Landecker in 2015.
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In May 2007, Bradley Whitford was honored by Alliance for Justice, a nonprofit organization, as the 2007 Champion of Justice.
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Bradley Whitford was the keynote speaker for Class Day at Princeton University in June 2007.
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Bradley Whitford contributed to The Huffington Post as a columnist.
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Bradley Whitford serves on the Board of Advisors of Let America Vote, an organization founded by former Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander that aims to end voter suppression.
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Bradley Whitford serves on the advisory board of Citizens' Climate Lobby, an international grassroots environmental group founded by Marshall L Saunders that trains and supports volunteers to build relationships with their elected representatives in order to influence climate policy.
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In 2011, Bradley Whitford spoke at a protest in his native Madison, Wisconsin, in opposition to Governor Scott Walker's budget repair bill.
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Bradley Whitford supported Hillary Clinton in the 2016 United States presidential election.
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Bradley Whitford has been a vocal critic of 45th and 47th US president Donald Trump.
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That same year, Bradley Whitford appeared in a public service announcement in support of abortion rights alongside other cast members of The Handmaid's Tale.