The critically acclaimed show was unable to find a large fan base and was canceled after two seasons, with some critics saying the show's troubles were exacerbated by having to share Sorkin's time with his concurrent project on rival network NBC, The West Wing. The Goodwin character began as a research analyst, but was promoted to associate producer by the second season, creating a larger role for Malina. He is most known for portraying Will Bailey on the hit NBC series The West Wing and Jeremy Goodwin on Sports Night.įrom 1998–2000, Malina starred as character Jeremy Goodwin on Sorkin's Sports Night, a show that attracted him from the moment Sorkin sent him the pilot script. He has since appeared in nearly every Sorkin film and TV show (the exceptions being Charlie Wilson's War, The Newsroom, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, and The Social Network).

He has joked in interviews that Sorkin's casting him in subsequent productions may owe to the fact that he once performed the Heimlich maneuver on Sorkin, saving his life, when the writer began to choke while eating a hamburger at a bowling match with the cast of the play.

He had contacting Sorkin initially at the suggestion of his parents when he first went to New York City, as they knew Sorkin was a high-school classmate and friend of Josh's cousins the cousins in turn, had spoken highly of Josh to Sorkin, who suggested he audition for the play. Josh made his acting debut as an understudy in the Broadway production of Aaron Sorkin's A Few Good Men and later moving into an onstage role. Josh came in sixth (out of 1,191 players) in the first event of the 2008 LA Poker Classic at Commerce Casino, for a win of over 11 thousand dollars. He and Melissa married on Decemthey have two children, a daughter, Isabel and a son, Avi. He met his wife, Melissa Merwin, a costume designer, in 1992 through his friendship with his sister and brother-in-law Jenny & Timothy Busfield (former West Wing (1999) cast mate) Jenny predicted the marriage two years before the couple ever met. He went on to graduate in 1998 from Yale University with a B.A. He graduated from Westchester Day School from 8th grade and attended Horace Mann School in Riverdale, New York, graduating in the class of 1984. His father was an attorney, investment banker and Broadway producer.

Josh's parents are Fran & Robert Malina they were founding members of Young Israel of Scarsdale in New Rochelle where he grew up.

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