Question: who did bradley whitfird play in the post
Answer: Whitford also played Danny Tripp in Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip , Dan Stark in the Fox police buddy - comedy The Good Guys , Timothy Carter , a character who was believed to be Red John , in the CBS series The Mentalist , antagonist Eric Gordon in the film Billy Madison , Arthur Parsons in The Post , and Dean Armitage in the horror film Get Out .