Bradley Whitford: movies and TV shows
Bradley Whitford has 161 credits in the archive: 79 films and 82 TV series, from 1944 to 2026. Highest rated: Malcolm in the Middle (8.5/10).
Career timeline
1944 – 2026 · busiest year: 2019 (11 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Office Romance | Peter Vance | Film | 6.4 | 66 |
| 2026 | Reminders of Him | Patrick Landry | Film | 7.8 | 66 |
| 2026 | For Worse | Dave | Film | 4.8 | 66 |
| 2026 | For Worse | Film | 4.8 | 66 | |
| 2025 | Death by Lightning | James Blaine | TV | 7.3 | 65 |
| 2025 | #1 Happy Family USA | Principal (voice) | TV | 7.2 | 65 |
| 2025 | FruitHead | Richard | Film | 8.5 | 65 |
| 2025 | The Big Everything | God | Film | — | 65 |
| 2024 | Parish | Anton Valmont | TV | 6.3 | 64 |
| 2024 | The Madness | Stu Magnusson | TV | 6.3 | 64 |
| 2024 | I'll Be Right There | Henry | Film | 6.0 | 64 |
| 2023 | The Diplomat | Todd Penn | TV | 7.6 | 63 |
| 2023 | SHARE? | #006395873 | Film | 5.5 | 63 |
| 2023 | Don't Touch My Hair | "The Suit" | Film | — | 63 |
| 2022 | We Baby Bears | Glen (voice) | TV | 7.3 | 62 |
| 2022 | The U.S. and the Holocaust | Thomas Wolfe (voice) | TV | 8.3 | 62 |
| 2022 | Rosaline | Adrian Capulet | Film | 7.1 | 62 |
| 2021 | What If...? | Colonel Flynn (voice) | TV | 8.0 | 61 |
| 2021 | The Wonder Years | Alan Van Der Kamp | TV | 7.0 | 61 |
| 2021 | tick, tick... BOOM! | Stephen Sondheim | Film | 7.6 | 61 |
| 2021 | How It Ends | Kenny | Film | 4.8 | 61 |
| 2021 | Not Going Quietly | Film | 7.0 | 61 | |
| 2020 | Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous | Mitch (voice) | TV | 8.0 | 60 |
| 2020 | The Call of the Wild | Judge Miller | Film | 7.5 | 60 |
| 2020 | The Last Full Measure | Carlton Stanton | Film | 7.3 | 60 |
| 2020 | Songbird | William Griffin | Film | 6.2 | 60 |
| 2020 | Sergio | Paul Bremer | Film | 6.6 | 60 |
| 2020 | A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote | Josh Lyman | Film | 7.9 | 60 |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self | TV | 6.3 | 59 |
| 2019 | Godzilla: King of the Monsters | Dr. Rick Stanton | Film | 6.7 | 59 |
| 2019 | Infinity Train | Agent Sieve (voice) | TV | 8.4 | 59 |
| 2019 | Flack | Calvin Cooper | TV | 6.8 | 59 |
| 2019 | Human Discoveries | Leader Elk (voice) | TV | 5.3 | 59 |
| 2019 | Perfect Harmony | Arthur Cochran | TV | 6.1 | 59 |
| 2019 | Perfect Harmony | TV | 6.1 | 59 | |
| 2019 | Valley of the Boom | James L. Barksdale | TV | 5.9 | 59 |
| 2019 | Phil | Michael Fisk | Film | 4.8 | 59 |
| 2019 | Transparent: Musicale Finale | Magnus | Film | 6.7 | 59 |
| 2019 | Godzilla: King of The Monsters- The Antarctic Base | Film | 10.0 | 59 | |
| 2018 | The Darkest Minds | President Gray | Film | 7.0 | 58 |
| 2018 | Destroyer | DiFranco | Film | 5.9 | 58 |
| 2017 | The Handmaid's Tale | Joseph Lawrence | TV | 8.2 | 57 |
| 2017 | The Handmaid's Tale | TV | 8.2 | 57 | |
| 2017 | The Post | Arthur Parsons | Film | 7.0 | 57 |
| 2017 | Get Out | Dean Armitage | Film | 7.6 | 57 |
| 2017 | Chicago Justice | Albert Forest | TV | 6.8 | 57 |
| 2017 | Megan Leavey | Bob | Film | 7.3 | 57 |
| 2017 | Three Christs | Clyde | Film | 6.7 | 57 |
| 2017 | Unicorn Store | Gene | Film | 5.9 | 57 |
| 2017 | A Happening of Monumental Proportions | Mr. Schneedy | Film | 5.2 | 57 |
| 2017 | Unveiling the Horror of Get Out | Self | Film | — | 57 |
| 2016 | Full Frontal with Samantha Bee | Self | TV | 5.9 | 56 |
| 2016 | Other People | Norman Mulcahey | Film | 6.4 | 56 |
| 2016 | I Saw the Light | Fred Rose | Film | 6.2 | 56 |
| 2016 | All the Way | Hubert Humphrey | Film | 6.6 | 56 |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self - Guest | TV | 6.1 | 55 |
| 2015 | The Late Late Show with James Corden | Self - Guest | TV | 5.1 | 55 |
| 2015 | HAPPYish | Jonathan Cooke | TV | 6.8 | 55 |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | TV | 5.1 | 54 |
| 2014 | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Self | TV | 4.2 | 54 |
| 2014 | Transparent | Magnus | TV | 6.4 | 54 |
| 2014 | Transparent | Macy | TV | 6.4 | 54 |
| 2014 | Transparent | Magnus Hirschfeld | TV | 6.4 | 54 |
| 2014 | Decoding Annie Parker | Marshall | Film | 6.0 | 54 |
| 2013 | Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Roger Peralta | TV | 8.2 | 53 |
| 2013 | Mom | Mitch | TV | 7.3 | 53 |
| 2013 | Drunk History | William Jennings Bryan | TV | 6.8 | 53 |
| 2013 | Trophy Wife | Pete Harrison | TV | 6.3 | 53 |
| 2013 | Alpha House | Senator (Ned) | TV | 7.2 | 53 |
| 2013 | Saving Mr. Banks | Don DaGradi | Film | 7.3 | 53 |
| 2013 | Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter | John Flynn | Film | 7.2 | 53 |
| 2013 | CBGB | Nicky Grant | Film | 6.4 | 53 |
| 2013 | Savannah | Jack Cay | Film | 6.2 | 53 |
| 2012 | The Cabin in the Woods | Steve Hadley | Film | 6.7 | 52 |
| 2012 | Go On | Hughie | TV | 6.5 | 52 |
| 2012 | The Asset | Leo Maxiell | Film | — | 52 |
| 2011 | Shameless | Abraham Paige | TV | 8.2 | 51 |
| 2011 | Have a Little Faith | Mitch | Film | 6.6 | 51 |
| 2010 | Law & Order: LA | Attorney Miklin | TV | 6.8 | 50 |
| 2010 | Who Do You Think You Are? | Self | TV | 6.9 | 50 |
| 2010 | The Good Guys | Dan Stark | TV | 7.3 | 50 |
| 2010 | The Good Guys | TV | 7.3 | 50 | |
| 2009 | Parks and Recreation | Councilman Pillner | TV | 8.0 | 49 |
| 2008 | The Mentalist | Timothy Carter (uncredited) | TV | 8.4 | 48 |
| 2008 | In Plain Sight | Adam Wilson / Adam Roston | TV | 7.1 | 48 |
| 2008 | Bottle Shock | Professor Saunders | Film | 6.4 | 48 |
| 2008 | Burn Up | Mack | TV | 7.7 | 48 |
| 2007 | The Sarah Silverman Program. | Toby Grossnickel | TV | 6.2 | 47 |
| 2007 | An American Crime | Prosecutor | Film | 7.3 | 47 |
| 2006 | The Megan Mullally Show | Self - Guest | TV | 4.7 | 46 |
| 2006 | Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip | Danny Tripp | TV | 7.4 | 46 |
| 2006 | Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip | TV | 7.4 | 46 | |
| 2005 | American Dad! | Vic Mancuso (voice) | TV | 7.0 | 45 |
| 2005 | The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Self | TV | 6.8 | 45 |
| 2005 | The Colbert Report | Self | TV | 6.9 | 45 |
| 2005 | The Colbert Report | Self (uncredited) | TV | 6.9 | 45 |
| 2005 | The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants | Al Lowell | Film | 6.5 | 45 |
| 2005 | Little Manhattan | Adam | Film | 7.2 | 45 |
| 2005 | Fathers and Sons | Anthony | Film | 5.1 | 45 |
| 2003 | Real Time with Bill Maher | Self | TV | 6.1 | 43 |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self | TV | 5.3 | 43 |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self | TV | 5.5 | 43 |
| 2002 | Monk | Dean Berry | TV | 8.0 | 42 |
| 2001 | Kate & Leopold | J.J. Camden | Film | 6.3 | 41 |
| 2001 | Banzai | TV | 7.0 | 41 | |
| 2000 | Malcolm in the Middle | Meg's Husband | TV | 8.5 | 40 |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Frank Maddox | TV | 8.0 | 39 |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Pence Humphreys | TV | 8.0 | 39 |
| 1999 | The West Wing | Josh Lyman | TV | 8.3 | 39 |
| 1999 | The West Wing | TV | 8.3 | 39 | |
| 1999 | Bicentennial Man | Lloyd | Film | 7.3 | 39 |
| 1999 | The Muse | Hal | Film | 5.2 | 39 |
| 1999 | Behind the Mask | Brian Shushan | Film | 5.5 | 39 |
| 1999 | Countdown: The Sky's on Fire | John Morgan, KTML News | Film | 6.3 | 39 |
| 1998 | Felicity | Tom Anderson (uncredited) | TV | 6.6 | 38 |
| 1998 | The Secret Lives of Men | TV | 9.0 | 38 | |
| 1997 | The View | Self | TV | 4.3 | 37 |
| 1997 | Red Corner | Bob Ghery | Film | 6.3 | 37 |
| 1997 | Masterminds | Miles Lawrence | Film | 5.3 | 37 |
| 1997 | Cloned | Rick Weston | Film | 5.3 | 37 |
| 1997 | In the Line of Duty: Blaze of Glory | Tom LaSalle (credited as Brad Whitford) | Film | 5.4 | 37 |
| 1996 | Tracey Takes On... | TV | 8.2 | 36 | |
| 1996 | High Incident | TV | 8.0 | 36 | |
| 1996 | Wildly Available | Professor | Film | 4.7 | 36 |
| 1996 | My Fellow Americans | Carl Witnaur | Film | 6.1 | 36 |
| 1995 | Billy Madison | Eric Gordon | Film | 6.2 | 35 |
| 1995 | MADtv | Self | TV | 7.1 | 35 |
| 1995 | Nothing But the Truth | 'Mack' McCarthy | Film | 10.0 | 35 |
| 1994 | ER | Sean O'Brien | TV | 7.8 | 34 |
| 1994 | Touched by an Angel | Steve Bell | TV | 7.2 | 34 |
| 1994 | Ellen | Doug | TV | 6.1 | 34 |
| 1994 | The Client | Thomas Fink | Film | 6.7 | 34 |
| 1994 | The Desperate Trail | Tommy Donnelly | Film | 4.8 | 34 |
| 1994 | Cobb | Process Server | Film | 5.7 | 34 |
| 1994 | Web of Deception | Larry Lake | Film | 3.2 | 34 |
| 1993 | The X-Files | Daniel Trepkos | TV | 8.4 | 33 |
| 1993 | Frasier | Stu (voice) | TV | 7.7 | 33 |
| 1993 | NYPD Blue | Norman Gardner | TV | 7.0 | 33 |
| 1993 | Philadelphia | Jamey Collins | Film | 7.7 | 33 |
| 1993 | A Perfect World | Bobby Lee | Film | 7.5 | 33 |
| 1993 | RoboCop 3 | Fleck | Film | 4.9 | 33 |
| 1993 | My Life | Paul Ivanovich | Film | 6.7 | 33 |
| 1993 | Black Tie Affair | TV | 10.0 | 33 | |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Self | TV | 5.4 | 32 |
| 1992 | Scent of a Woman | Randy | Film | 7.8 | 32 |
| 1990 | Awakenings | Dr. Tyler | Film | 7.8 | 30 |
| 1990 | Presumed Innocent | Jamie Kemp | Film | 6.8 | 30 |
| 1990 | Young Guns II | Charles Phalen | Film | 6.5 | 30 |
| 1990 | Vital Signs | Dr. Donald Ballentine | Film | 4.6 | 30 |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Self - Guest | TV | 5.6 | 28 |
| 1987 | Adventures in Babysitting | Mike Todwell | Film | 6.9 | 27 |
| 1987 | Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise | Roger | Film | 5.6 | 27 |
| 1987 | The Betty Ford Story | Jack Ford | Film | — | 27 |
| 1986 | C.A.T. Squad | Leon Trepper | Film | 5.0 | 26 |
| 1986 | Doorman | Terry Reilly | Film | 7.0 | 26 |
| 1985 | The Equalizer | Dillart | TV | 7.1 | 25 |
| 1984 | Tales from the Darkside | Tom Dash | TV | 7.2 | 24 |
| 1980 | A Capitol Fourth | Self | TV | — | 20 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self (uncredited) | TV | 6.9 | 15 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee | TV | 7.1 | 15 |
| The Spittin' Image | Film | 10.0 | — |