Joshua Charles Malina (born January 17, 1966) is an American film and
stage actor known for playing Will Bailey on the NBC drama The West
Wing, Jeremy Goodwin on Sports Night, David Rosen on Scandal, and
President Siebert on The Big Bang Theory.Malina was born in New York
City. His parents, Fran and Robert Malina, were founding members of
Young Israel of Scarsdale in New Rochelle, where he grew up. His
father was an attorney, investment banker and Broadway producer. The
actor has commented that while the name "Malina" does not sound Jewish
to most people and often leads them to assume he is Latino (often due
to confusion of "Malina" with the Spanish surname Molina), the name is
Polish-Jewish in origin, from the "Polish [word] for
'raspberry.'"Malina attended middle school at Westchester Day School
and high school at the Horace Mann School. He earned a B.A. in Theater
from Yale University. At Yale, he was a member of The Spizzwinks, an a
cappella group, together with fellow actor Noah Emmerich.
stage actor known for playing Will Bailey on the NBC drama The West
Wing, Jeremy Goodwin on Sports Night, David Rosen on Scandal, and
President Siebert on The Big Bang Theory.Malina was born in New York
City. His parents, Fran and Robert Malina, were founding members of
Young Israel of Scarsdale in New Rochelle, where he grew up. His
father was an attorney, investment banker and Broadway producer. The
actor has commented that while the name "Malina" does not sound Jewish
to most people and often leads them to assume he is Latino (often due
to confusion of "Malina" with the Spanish surname Molina), the name is
Polish-Jewish in origin, from the "Polish [word] for
'raspberry.'"Malina attended middle school at Westchester Day School
and high school at the Horace Mann School. He earned a B.A. in Theater
from Yale University. At Yale, he was a member of The Spizzwinks, an a
cappella group, together with fellow actor Noah Emmerich.
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