Joshua Malina

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, US Attorney General David Rosen on Scandal, and Caltech 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.[1][2] 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 in origin, from the “Polish [word] for ‘raspberry.'”