Bradley Whitford Movies and Career Information

Bradley Whitford (born October 10, 1959) is an American film and television actor. He is best known for his roles as Deputy White House Chief of Staff Josh Lyman on the NBC television drama The West Wing, as Danny Tripp on Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip and as antagonist Eric Gordon in the film Billy Madison. Whitford is now starring as Dan Stark in the Fox police buddy-comedy The Good Guys, which premiered May 19, 2010. One of Whitford's most memorable roles was as the evil businessman Eric Gordon in the 1995 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 guest appearance on ER in the Emmy award-winning March 1995 episode "Love's Labor Lost". Whitford joined The West Wing as Josh Lyman with the show's premiere in 1999. For his role, he won an Emmy Award 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). After The West Wing ended in May 2006, Whitford appeared in West Wing creator Aaron Sorkin's later series Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip playing