Joshua Malina Biography
Joshua Malina is an American film and stage actor best known for his roles in The West Wing, Sports Night, Scandal, and The Big Bang Theory on NBC.
How old is Joshua Malina? – Age
He is 56 years old as of 17 January 2022. He was born in 1966 in New York, New York, United States. His real name is Joshua Charles Malina.
Joshua Malina Family – Education
Fran and Robert Malina, his parents, were founding members of Young Israel of Scarsdale in New Rochelle, where he grew up. His father was a Broadway producer, an attorney, and an investment banker. While the name “Malina” does not sound Jewish to most people and often leads them to believe he is Latino (due to confusion of “Malina” with the Spanish surname Molina), the actor has stated that the name is Czech in origin, derived from the “Czech [word] for ‘raspberry.'” Malina went to Westchester Day School for middle school and Horace Mann School for high school. He graduated from Yale University with a B.A. in Theater.
Joshua Malina Wife
Malina met costume designer Melissa Merwin in 1992 through her sister Jenny and ex-brother-in-law, actor Timothy Busfield. Merwin converted to Judaism under the auspices of the Conservative Party. Isabel and Avi, their two children, were born in 1996.
Joshua Malina’s Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $5 Million.
Joshua Malina Sports Night
He played Jeremy Goodwin, Associate Producer & Research Analyst who has an on-again, off-again relationship with Natalie in the American television series Sports Night. Sports Night is a fictitious sports news program similar to SportsCenter. It first aired on the fictional Continental Sports Channel from Rockefeller Center in New York City in 1996. According to Continental Corp’s CFO, the network has an annual deficit of up to $120 million. Despite outperforming CNN/I, Sports Night is “getting our asses kicked” by ESPN and Fox. Sports Night’s first season is a sitcom, but it is frequently portrayed as a comedy-drama.
Joshua Malina Scandal
He played David Rosen, the United States Attorney General for the Grant administration of the American political thriller television series Scandal. He served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the first two seasons before being promoted to United States Attorney for the District of Columbia in the third. President Fitzgerald Grant nominated him for Attorney General in the fourth season, and he was confirmed. He was almost fired for corruption in the fifth season after agreeing to drop an investigation into Tamurac Sugar in exchange for Florida’s Governor Baker’s endorsement of his then-girlfriend/fiancée Susan Ross, but the sixth season reveals he retained his position as Attorney General.
Joshua Malina The West Wing
He appeared as Will Bailey, initially hired as a speechwriter and moves into the role of deputy communications director in the American serial political drama television series The West Wing. He later becomes the vice president’s chief of staff, Russell’s campaign manager, and communications director. He becomes a congressman for Oregon after the series concludes.
The West Wing used a large ensemble cast to portray the many positions involved in the daily work of the federal government’s Executive Branch. The core cast consists of the president, the first lady, and the president’s senior staff and advisers. A slew of secondary characters appears on occasion to round out storylines that primarily revolve around this core group.
Joshua Malina The Big Bang Theory
In the episode “The Benefactor Factor,” he plays Dr. Siebert, the newly appointed president of the California Institute of Technology, who is constantly irritated by Dr. Sheldon Cooper. The California Institute of Technology is led by Dr. Siebert. He appears to be in charge of obtaining university funding and overseeing how it is spent. He sent Sheldon on a three-month National Science Foundation expedition to the Arctic Circle and was irritated when Sheldon paid him a late-night visit. In “The Discovery Dissipation” (S7E10), Siebert becomes enraged once more because of Sheldon’s inappropriate behavior during an NPR radio interview. It is implied that Siebert then swears at Sheldon, because Sheldon tells him that statement is worth a dollar.
He is seen in his office in “The Monetary Insufficiency” when Sheldon asks for $500 million for his string theory research. In “The Plagiarism Schism,” the president gathers the super-asymmetry rivals to persuade them to stop bickering because the Nobel committee frowns on this and may choose a different project entirely. In “The Grant Allocation Derivation,” the President instructs Leonard to distribute some extra grant money so that he will not be chastised.
Joshua Malina Movies and TV Shows
♦ Sliders
♦ From the Earth to the Moon
♦ Bulworth
♦ Sports Night
♦ Kill the Man
♦ How to Marry a Billionaire: A Christmas Tale
♦ Without Charlie
♦ The West Wing
♦ See Jane Date
♦ View from the Top
♦ Big Shots
♦ Numb3rs
♦ Greys Anatomy
♦ Medium
♦ CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
♦ Legally Mad
♦ Bones
♦ The Good Guys
♦ The Big Bang Theory
♦ Private Practice
♦ American Horror Story: Murder House
♦ Leap Year
♦ Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
♦ The Young Kieslowski