Joshua Malina
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| Joshua Malina | |
| Born | January 17, 1966 (age 41) New Rochelle, New York |
| Notable roles | Will Bailey on The West Wing |
Joshua Malina (born 17 January 1966) is an American film and stage actor. He is perhaps most famous for portraying character Will Bailey on the NBC drama The West Wing.
Born and raised in New Rochelle, New York, Malina graduated from Yale University with a B.A. in Theater. He made his acting debut in the Broadway production of Aaron Sorkin's A Few Good Men.[1] From 1998-2000, Malina starred as character Jeremy Goodwin on Sorkin's Sports Night. The critically-acclaimed show was unable to find a large fan base and was cancelled after two seasons.
He played Will Bailey on The West Wing from 2002 to 2006. With the role, he continues his feat of appearing in every project written or produced by Sorkin, although as of yet Malina has no announced involvement in Sorkin's Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.
During his tenure on The West Wing, Malina was known to the rest of the cast as a tireless prankster. It is said he coated telephones with Vaseline and reset producer Alex Grave's iPod menus to Mandarin Chinese. It is also said he stole some of Bradley Whitford's letterhead stationery and used it in an elaborate prank. With the help of co-star and television love interest Janel Moloney, Malina sent a Valentine's Day bouquet to season six newcomer Jimmy Smits which included a card crafted on Whitford's stolen letterhead stating: "Dear Jimmy, Working with you has been a delight. Be my Valentine."[2]
Joshua Malina is a co-creator and producer of Bravo's cable TV series Celebrity Poker Showdown.
He is the brother-in-law of fellow West Wing actor Timothy Busfield.
[edit] Selected filmography
- A Few Good Men (1992) - Orderly
- In the Line of Fire (1993) - Secret Service Agent Chavez
- Separate Lives (1995) - Randall
- The American President (1995) - David
- Just Friends (1996) - Bob
- Bulworth (1998) - Bill Feldman
- Kill the Man (1999) - Bob Stein
- Without Charlie (2001) - Charlie
- View from the Top (2003) - Randy Jones
[edit] References
- ^ Curt Schleier (2005-09-02). A ‘West Wing’ Jew close to the president. Jewish News Weekly of Northern California. Retrieved on January 14, 2007.
- ^ http://sg.ufl.edu/accent/transcripts/joshmalina.txt
