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Biography

Brad grew up in Wisconsin, and was involved in theater in high school but never thought that he could do it professionally. He graduated…more

Born

10/10/1959, Madison, Wisconsin USA

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Star (6)

Role
- The Good Guys
  Dan Stark
  - S 1: Ep 20 Partners
    12/10/10
  - S 1: Ep 19 Cop Killer
    12/3/10
  - S 1: Ep 18 Supercops
    11/19/10
  - S 1: Ep 17 The Getaway
    11/12/10
  - S 1: Ep 16 Silence of the Dan
    11/5/10
  - + 15 More Credits
- Burn Up
  Mack
  - S 1: Ep 2 Part 2
    7/25/08
  - S 1: Ep 1 Part 1
    7/23/08
- Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
  Danny Tripp
  - S 1: Ep 22 What Kind Of Day Has It Been
    6/28/07
  - S 1: Ep 21 K & R (3)
    6/21/07
  - S 1: Ep 20 K & R (2)
    6/14/07
  - S 1: Ep 19 K & R (1)
    6/7/07
  - S 1: Ep 18 Breaking News
    5/31/07
  - + 17 More Credits
- The West Wing
  Josh Lyman
  - S 7: Ep 22 Tomorrow
    5/14/06
  - S 7: Ep 21 Institutional Memory
    5/7/06
  - S 7: Ep 20 The Last Hurrah
    4/30/06
  - S 7: Ep 19 Transition
    4/23/06
  - S 7: Ep 18 Requiem
    4/16/06
  - + 151 More Credits
- The Secret Lives of Men
  Phil Cahill
  - S 1: Ep 7 Dancing in the Dark
    11/11/98
  - S 1: Ep 6 The Lump
    11/4/98
  - S 1: Ep 5 The Long Goodbye
    10/28/98
  - S 1: Ep 4 Dating Is Hell
    10/21/98
  - S 1: Ep 3 Sex, Lies and Videotape
    10/14/98
  - + 8 More Credits
- Black Tie Affair
  Dave Brodsky
  - S 1: Ep 5 Five
    6/19/93
  - S 1: Ep 4 Four
    6/12/93
  - S 1: Ep 3 Three
    6/5/93
  - S 1: Ep 2 Two
    5/29/93
  - S 1: Ep 1 One
    5/29/93
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Guest Star (40)

Role
- Parks and Recreation
  Councilman Pilner
  - S 4: Ep 19 Live Ammo
    4/19/12
- Live! with Kelly
  Himself
  - S 24: Ep 141 April 12, 2012
    4/12/12
  - S 20: Ep 168 May 19, 2008
    5/19/08
- The Mentalist
  Ross/Red John
  - S 4: Ep 1 Scarlet Ribbons
    9/22/11
- The Mentalist
  Red John (uncredited)
  - S 3: Ep 24 Strawberries & Cream Part II
    5/19/11
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 172 Bradley Whitford/Shelby Lynne/Jeff Stilson
    6/14/10
  - S 4: Ep 71 Bradley Whitford/Lake Bell/Cynthia Littleton
    2/6/08
  - S 3: Ep 10 Bradley Whitford/Trudie Styler/Larry Johnson/Sam Roberts
    9/22/06
- The Sarah Silverman Program
  Toby Grossnickel
  - S 3: Ep 4 NightMayor
    2/25/10
- The Joy Behar Show
  Himself
  - S 2010: Ep 40 Cynthia McFadden
    11/23/09
- Monk
  Dean Berry
  - S 7: Ep 11 Mr. Monk On Wheels
    1/16/09
- TMZ
  Himself
- Real Time with Bill Maher
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 13 May 18, 2007
    5/18/07
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
  Guest
  - S 15: Ep 74 Jarod Miller; Bradley Whitford; Ray LaMontagne
    10/6/06
- Real Time with Bill Maher
  himself
  - S 4: Ep 17 September 22, 2006
    9/22/06
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 11 Julia Louis-Dreyfus/Bradley Whitford/Dilanna
    9/18/06
  - S 3: Ep 158 Cast of The West Wing
    5/11/06
  - S 2: Ep 78 Bradley Whitford/Laura Prepon
    1/5/05
  - S 1: Ep 29 Bradley Whitford/Dennis Haysbert/Eleanor Bravler
    10/16/03
- The Primetime Emmy Awards
  Himself
  - S 58: Ep 1 The 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    8/27/06
  - S 54: Ep 1 The 54th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    9/22/02
  - S 53: Ep 1 The 53rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    11/4/01
- Real Time with Bill Maher
  Guest
  - S 4: Ep 11 May 5, 2006
    5/5/06
  - S 3: Ep 15 September 2, 2005
    9/2/05
- The Colbert Report
  Guest
- Jimmy Kimmel Live
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 73 Bradley Whitford, Huey Lewis, & The News
    6/7/05
- Saturday Night Live
  Aerosmith
  - — The Best of Tom Hanks
    11/6/04
- Real Time with Bill Maher
  Self
  - S 2: Ep 21 October 22, 2004
    10/22/04
- The Wayne Brady Show (syndicated)
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 48 11/5/03
    11/5/03
- Banzai
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 6 Episode 6
    8/17/03
- Saturday Night Live
  Himself
  - S 28: Ep 8 Al Gore/Phish
    12/14/02
- Frasier
  Voice of Stu
  - S 10: Ep 4 Kissing Cousin
    10/15/02
- MadTV
  Himself
  - S 8: Ep 3 Episode #803
    9/28/02
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
  Himself
  - S 10: Ep 40 Show #2106
    8/9/01
- The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
  Guest
  - S 5: Ep 141 Bradley Whitford
    5/30/01
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 163 Show #975
    5/7/01
  - S 5: Ep 71 Show #883
    12/13/00
- People's Choice Awards
  Himself
  - S 27: Ep 1 The 27th Annual People's Choice Awards
    1/7/01
- The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 131 Jane Seymour, Bradley Whitford, and Tonic
    1/11/00
- Malcolm in the Middle
  Meg's Husband
- Felicity
  Tom Anderson (uncredited)
  - S 1: Ep 19 Happy Birthday
    4/27/99
- Tracey Takes On...
  Nik
  - S 2: Ep 4 Las Vegas
    2/8/97
- High Incident
  deputy
  - S 2: Ep 15 Black and Blue
    2/6/97
- Touched By an Angel
  Steve Bell
  - S 2: Ep 17 Out of the Darkness
    2/17/96
- ER
  Sean O'Brien
  - S 2: Ep 10 A Miracle Happens Here
    12/14/95
  - S 1: Ep 18 Love's Labor Lost
    3/9/95
- The X-Files
  Dr Daniel Trepkos
  - S 2: Ep 9 Firewalker
    11/18/94
- Ellen
  Doug
  - S 2: Ep 5 The Fix-Up
    10/19/94
- NYPD Blue
  Norman Gardner
  - S 2: Ep 2 From Whom the Skell Rolls
    10/18/94
  - S 2: Ep 1 Trials & Tribulations
    10/11/94
  - S 1: Ep 21 Guns 'n Rosaries
    5/10/94
  - S 1: Ep 13 Abandando Abandoned
    1/11/94
- Tales from the Darkside
  Tom Dash
  - S 4: Ep 12 The Deal
    2/28/88
- The Equalizer
  Dillart
  - S 1: Ep 7 The Children's Song
    10/30/85
Special Guest Star (2)

Role
- In Plain Sight
  Adam
  - S 4: Ep 2 Crazy Like a Witness
    5/8/11
- Malcolm in the Middle
  Meg's Husband
  - S 3: Ep 12 Company Picnic (2)
    2/3/02
Writer (1)

Role
- The West Wing
  Writer
  - S 7: Ep 11 Internal Displacement
    1/15/06
  - S 6: Ep 10 Faith Based Initiative
    1/5/05
Director (1)

Role
- Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 22 What Kind Of Day Has It Been
    6/28/07
Producer (1)

Role
- The Good Guys
  Producer
  - S 1: Ep 20 Partners
    12/10/10
  - S 1: Ep 19 Cop Killer
    12/3/10
  - S 1: Ep 18 Supercops
    11/19/10
  - S 1: Ep 17 The Getaway
    11/12/10
  - S 1: Ep 16 Silence of the Dan
    11/5/10
  - + 15 More Credits

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(PART TWO) Parks and Recreation E.P. Mike Schur on Superstar Cameos, Sad Comedy, and Why Donna Is Amazing

By Price Peterson, Apr 19, 2012

Plus: Schur describes his optimism for a possible Season 5. read more
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News Briefs: Pilot Casting Means Abby Elliott May Leave SNL

By Tim Surette, Feb 24, 2012

Plus: Terriers' Michael Raymond James gets a new gig, Jonah Hill will host SNL, and TLC orders a series about cheapskates. read more

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- Like his West Wing co-star, Martin Sheen, Bradley is a Democrat and in 2000, Bradley campaigned for Al Gore. Initially coming out for Senator Clinton in the 2008 Democratic nominee race, he put his support behind Barack Obama's Presidential candidacy.
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- In 2005, Bradley and his wife Jane hosted a charity dinner for the Union of Concerned Scientists.
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- Bradley contributes a blog to The Huffington Post, an Internet newspaper. His entries have covered an IRS investigation into his Church (All Saints Church in Pasadena) and on Equality.
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- Bradley Whitford: Dulé Hill was such a joy to meet. My only fear for Dulé, and I keep telling him this, is he's such a young actor to have this experience. I just want him to know that it's not always like this. Boy, did his parents do a great job with him. He's tremendously positive and open. He's got incredible equilibrium. He's just terrific.
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- (On The West Wing) Bradley Whitford: Any one of these scripts I'd happily do as a play for months. It would be a lot easier for all of us if Aaron was not as good a writer.
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- (On The West Wing) Bradley Whitford: We're often asked if we aren't idealizing the motivations of these people and I honestly don't think we are. I think if you go and sit down with a bunch of people from the Clinton White House and a bunch of people from the Bush White House, whoever you might disagree with, I guarantee you that they're there because they believe it.
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