Bradley Whitford
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Bradley Whitford (born 10 October 1959 in Madison, Wisconsin) is an American actor.
Whitford majored in English and Theater at Wesleyan University and then went on to receive a master's degree from The Juilliard School.
Whitford is best known for his role as Deputy Chief of Staff Josh Lyman on the NBC television drama The West Wing, which he began with the show's premiere in 1999. For that role, he won an Emmy in 2001 for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. Whitford also wrote two episodes of the series ("Faith Based Initiative" in the sixth season and "Internal Displacement" in the seventh).
Whitford is also popular for his role as the evil businessman Eric Gordon in the 1995 smash comedy Billy Madison. He made his Broadway theatre debut playing Lt. Daniel Kaffee, succeeding Tom Hulce, in A Few Good Men. Whitford also made a memorable guest appearance on ER in the award-winning episode "Love's Labor Lost".
With The West Wing to end in May 2006, Whitford signed on to West Wing creator Aaron Sorkin's new series Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip playing the role of Danny Tripp.[link]
He is married to actress Jane Kaczmarek, best known for her role as "Lois" on Malcolm in the Middle. They live in Los Angeles, California with their three children.
Filmography
- (1987)
- Adventures in Babysitting (1987)
- Presumed Innocent (1990)
- Young Guns II (1990)
- Scent of a Woman (1992)
- My Life (1993)
- Philadelphia (1993)
- RoboCop 3 (1993)
- Billy Madison (1995)
- My Fellow Americans (1996)
- Kate & Leopold (2001)
- The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants (2005)
- Little Manhattan (2005)
- An American Crime (2007)
External links
- [Huffington Post] blog regarding the IRS investigation into the All Saint's Episcopal Church of Pasadena, of which Whitford is a member
- [2004 Commencement Speech at the University of Wisconsin]
- [2004 Election Ad]
- [Just Brad]
- [2001 NPR Interview]
- [2002 Interview (MoreMusic104)]
- [2005 NBC Today Clip]
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