Bradley Whitford

    Actor, Producer, Writer

    Birthdate: Oct 10, 1959

    Birthplace: Madison, Wisconsin, USA

    Bradley Whitford's credits in film, television and theater include work with some of the most noted writers, directors and playwrights in the arts, and constitute a career worthy of a Juilliard-trained actor -- which he is. But stardom is something else altogether, and it remained elusive, at least until 1999 and his appearance on NBC's acclaimed political drama, The West Wing (1999).

    Bradley Whitford was born in Madison, Wisconsin, to Genevieve Smith Whitford, a poet and writer, and George Van Norman Whitford. He studied theater and English literature at Wesleyan University and earned a master's degree in theater from the prestigious Juilliard Theater Center. Whitford's first professional performance was in the off-Broadway production of "Curse of the Starving Class," with Kathy Bates. He also starred in the Broadway production of "The West Wing" creator Aaron Sorkin's "A Few Good Men." His additional theater credits include "Three Days of Rain" at the Manhattan Theatre Club, "Measure for Measure" at the Lincoln Center, and the title role in "Coriolanus" at the Folger Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, D.C.

    Some of Whitford's most memorable performances include roles in such films as The Muse (1999) with Albert Brooks and Bicentennial Man (1999) with Robin Williams. He has also appeared in Scent of a Woman (1992), A Perfect World (1993), Philadelphia (1993), The Client (1994), My Life (1993), Red Corner (1997), Presumed Innocent (1990), and My Fellow Americans (1996). He also had a prominent supporting part in the horror thriller Get Out (2017), as a suspicious suburban father.

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      Three Christs

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      Philas Michael Fisk
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      The Darkest Minds

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      Megan Leavey

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      Get Out

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      Masterminds

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      All the Way

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      I Saw the Light

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      Saving Mr. Banks

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      The Cabin in the Woods

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    • 2007 |
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      Little Manhattanas Adam
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      The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pantsas Al
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      The Peopleas Michael Leary
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      Red Corneras Bob Ghery
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      My Lifeas Paul Ivanovich
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      Scent of a Woman

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      Adventures in Babysittingas Mike
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