who played the attorney general in the west wing

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Who is the Attorney General on the X Factor 2003?

Dylan Baker Attorney General Alan Fisk1 episode, 2003 Kiersten Warren Blair Spoonhour1 episode, 2003 Jeff Perry Burt Ganz1 episode, 2003 James Morrison Colonel Jessie Weiskopf1 episode, 2003

Who are the actors in labor lawyer?

Labor Lawyer1 episode, 2001 Bradley White James1 episode, 2001 Jordan Baker Dr. Cynthia Sayles1 episode, 2001 Steven Gilborn Rep. Paul Dearborn, R1 episode, 2001 Lawrence O'Donnell Dr. Bartlet1 episode, 2001

Who are the actors that have been on White House staff?

Johnny Chechitelli White House Staffer(uncredited) 2 episodes, 2006 Dax Garner Foo Fighters Roadie(uncredited) 2 episodes, 2006 Mike Monroe Security Guard(uncredited) 2 episodes, 2006 Fatima Grate

Are there any characters in the west wing who are abandoned?

That said, the series is not flawless, and some characters did not receive the seminal treatment that others did. There are many great characters in The West Wing who were written out or abandoned, and though some did eventually return in the end, others vanished with no explanation were never heard from or even mentioned again.

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Who was the attorney general on West Wing?

List of Attorneys Generalbartlet cabinetAttorney GeneralDan Larson • Alan FiskSecretary of the InteriorBill HortonSecretary of AgricultureRoger TribbeySecretary of CommerceMitch Bryce13 more rows

Who replaces Will Bailey West Wing?

Joshua MalinaBornJoshua Charles Malina January 17, 1966 New York City, U.S.Alma materYale UniversityOccupationActorYears active1992–present3 more rows

Who did Oliver Platt play in West Wing?

Oliver BabishOliver Platt is a Canadian-American actor. Platt portrays Oliver Babish on The West Wing, for which he was nominated for an Emmy.

Who replaced Leo West Wing?

Secretary C.J. CreggIn season six Leo had a heart attack outside Camp David, leading to his replacement by White House Press Secretary C.J. Cregg.

Why did they cancel The West Wing?

The West Wing's cancellation was the result of declining viewership and a shift in writing style, but was also the natural endpoint of the series.

Why did Sam leave West Wing?

Despite his charm and charisma, Sam was written out of the show in the fourth season as a result of disagreements over pay and the diminishing size of his role on the show. Rob Lowe played Deputy Communications Director Sam Seaborn, a standout character of the first 4 seasons.

Why was Dr Charles in a wheelchair in real life?

While in his first year studying medicine at Harvard Medical School, Krauthammer became permanently paralyzed from the waist down after a diving board accident that severed his spinal cord at cervical spinal nerve 5.

What happened to Fitzwallace West Wing?

Death. He was killed in the line of duty during an attack on a convoy of US diplomats, who were on a fact-finding mission in Gaza. A bomb detonated next to the road, killing three and wounding several others, including Donna Moss.

Who plays Toby's ex wife on West Wing?

"The West Wing" The California 47th (TV Episode 2003) - Kathleen York as Andrea Wyatt - IMDb.

Who became vice president after Leo McGarry died?

Following the death of McGarry on Election Day, Santos chooses Baker for the Vice Presidency, eventually deciding to submit Baker's name to Congress under the terms of the 25th Amendment, rather than asking the Electoral College to vote for him.

Why did Sorkin leave West Wing?

He was still working for The West Wing during that time, having just wrapped the second season. He told The Guardian that his manic writing habits and drug use unfortunately fed into one another during that time, and his unreliability became an issue for the show's production.

Why did Hoynes leave West Wing?

John Hoynes is an American politician of the Democratic Party, who served as Vice President of the United States under Josiah Bartlet from 1999 to 2003, when he resigned due to a sex scandal.

What happens to Will Bailey West Wing?

By the time of the dedication of the Bartlet Presidential Library in New Hampshire several years later, Will has become a Congressman who sits on Ways and Means as a backbencher "who may have a shot at chairman in 32 years."

Who is Jed Bartlet based on?

Bartlet was born in 1944 and raised in Manchester, New Hampshire. He is a direct descendant of Dr. Josiah Bartlett, a real-world signatory of the Declaration of Independence. Bartlet is a devout Catholic.

Does Donna leave the West Wing?

During most of the series, Donna works for White House Deputy Chief of Staff Josh Lyman as a senior assistant (or, as she jokingly calls herself in one episode, the "deputy deputy chief of staff"), until she quits her job to work for the presidential campaign of Bob Russell in season 6.

Is there a spin off of the West Wing?

A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All VoteThe West Wing / Spin-off

Who played Angela Blake in West Wing?

Disappears after the first season of The West Wing and is never mentioned again. Angela Blake ( Michael Hyatt ): Worked for Leo McGarry while he was Secretary of Labor .

What channel is the West Wing on?

The television series The West Wing is a political drama series which was originally broadcast on NBC .

Who is the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff?

Admiral Percy "Fitz" Fitzwallace ( John Amos ): Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (Seasons 1–5). Fitzwallace is a career surface warfare officer. He is killed by terrorists while on a diplomatic mission following his retirement.

Who played Delores Landingham in Two Cathedrals?

Delores Landingham ( Kathryn Joosten and Kirsten Nelson in flashback in " Two Cathedrals "): The President's executive secretary (Season 1–2). Killed in a car accident (Season 2 episode "18th and Potomac"). Appears in flashbacks (Seasons 3–4). Often referred to simply as "Mrs. Landingham".

Who was Lewis Berryhill?

Lewis Berryhill ( William Devane ): Secretary of State. Was nearly nominated by President Bartlet for the office of vice president after John Hoynes' resignation. (Seasons 4–7)

Who played Lionel Tribbey?

Lionel Tribbey ( John Larroquette ): The fourth White House Counsel of the Bartlet administration, but the first to appear in the series. He is shown to have extremely liberal views and to be incredibly animated and theatrical in his displeasure that the President tends to be more moderate in action.

Who is Jeff Haffley?

Rep. Jeff Haffley ( Steven Culp ): Republican from Washington; House Majority Whip, 1997–2003, Speaker of the House, 2003–2007. Senator Howard Stackhouse ( George Coe) Democrat from Minnesota. Ran a liberal third-party candidacy for the Presidency in 2002 but later endorsed President Bartlet.

Who played Will Bailey in The West Wing?

2. 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 .

When did West Wing Weekly end?

Malina co-hosted the podcast The West Wing Weekly with Hrishikesh Hirway. The series debuted in March 2016, and ended in January 2020.

Who played Jeremy Goodwin?

From 1998 to 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. The Goodwin character began as a research analyst, but was promoted to associate producer by the second season, creating a larger role for Malina.

Who is Malina on Big Bang Theory?

From 2011 to 2019, Malina appeared as University President Siebert on The Big Bang Theory .

Who played Annette Bening's assistant?

In his next film, Sorkin's The American President, Malina had a somewhat larger role as assistant to Annette Bening 's environmental-activist character. Malina played two different characters over four episodes on the talk-show satire The Larry Sanders Show.

Who is Karl Mixworthy?

In 2007, Malina became one of the four stars of the short-lived ABC dramedy Big Shots. His character, Karl Mixworthy, was a pharmaceutical company executive juggling a wife and a mistress, who meet when the jilted lover tries to expose him to his wife but befriends her instead.

Who is Malina from Poker Showdown?

Malina is a co-creator and producer of Bravo 's cable TV series Celebrity Poker Showdown. In private life, he is an avid poker player, having played with Sorkin while on Broadway, used poker winnings to pay his rent early in his career, and organized a cast-and-crew game that lasted the full duration of Sports Night and occasionally delayed the start of shooting. The idea for the show came from a weekly high-stakes poker game hosted by Hank Azaria, which Malina and friend Andrew Hill Newman attended.

Personal Details

Stage: Appeared (as "Miriam") in "QED", Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, CA. See more »

Did You Know?

Remains very close friends with her Kate & Allie (1984) co-star, Ari Meyers. See more »

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Overview

Politicians

• Matt Santos (Jimmy Smits): Democratic candidate for president in 2006 (Seasons 6–7). Succeeds Josiah Bartlet as President of the United States. (Season 7). Three-term U.S. Representative from Texas. Frustrated at legislative setbacks in the House, Santos is on the verge of announcing a decision not to seek re-election, but instead is convinced by Josh Lyman to launch a long-shot campaign for the presidency.

White House staff

• Madeline "Mandy" Hampton (Moira Kelly): Political consultant during Bartlet's first campaign. Worked as a media consultant at Lennox-Chase after the campaign. Briefly consults for Democratic Senator Lloyd Russell before being hired by the White House as a political consultant and Media Director (Season 1). She is not seen or mentioned again after the first season.
• Angela Blake (Michael Hyatt): Worked for Leo McGarry while he was Secretary of Labor . While a politica…

Foreign officials

• Maureen Graty (Pamela Salem): Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (Season 6)
• Lord John Marbury (Roger Rees) is first introduced as the former British High Commissioner to India and an expert on the Indian subcontinent. He is later appointed Ambassador from the United Kingdom. Known for his colorful and flamboyant personality, he frequently pretends to mistake White House Chief of Staff Leo McGarry for the White House butler (calling him 'Gerald') and outwardly flirts wit…

Campaign staff

• Bruno Gianelli (Ron Silver): A sharp political operative and consultant introduced in the third season as the campaign manager of Bartlet's 2002 bid for reelection, and continues in this role through the fourth season. His unmatched track record of victories includes a House district that no Democrat has won for decades, several different U.S. senators and state governors, as well as a win for an unspecified Israeli prime minister. The character reappears as Eric Baker's campaig…

Media

• Danny Concannon; (Timothy Busfield): senior White House correspondent for The Washington Post and love interest for C.J. Cregg; the two have a child together and have been living together for three years (marriage not confirmed in dialogue) as revealed in the last episode (Seasons 1–2, 4–5, 7).
• Greg Brock (Sam Robards): White House correspondent for The New York Times. Greg Brock is also the name of a real editor for The New York Times. One of the most regularly referre…

Family

• Abigail Ann 'Abbey' Bartlet, M.D. (Stockard Channing): First Lady of the United States (Seasons 1–7).
• Jonathan Bartlet: Younger brother of Josiah Bartlet (mentioned, never seen).
• Elizabeth "Liz" Bartlet Westin (Annabeth Gish): The President's eldest daughter, married with two children. (Seasons 5–7). President Bartlet thinks she is the real political mind in her marriage (not her husband) and she should run for office instead of him.

Other characters

• Laurie (Lisa Edelstein): Sam Seaborn's friend. Law student working as a call girl (Season 1 and mentioned several times in 2).
• Al Kiefer (John de Lancie): Democratic pollster who had a short relationship with Joey Lucas. The senior staff cannot stand him and when Joey's abilities became apparent, she takes over his previous role as the Bartlet Administration's top pollster. (Season 1)

Overview

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.

Early life and education

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 Czech in origin, fro…

Career

He made his acting debut in the Broadway production of Aaron Sorkin's A Few Good Men, and later in the play's run moved into a major role. Malina had contacted 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 Malina's cousins. The cousins, in turn, had spoken highly of Malina to Sorkin, who suggested he audition for the play. Malina has joked in interviews that Sorkin's casting him in su…

Personal life

In 1992, Malina met costume designer Melissa Merwin through his friendship with her sister, Jenny, and ex-brother-in-law, actor Timothy Busfield. Merwin converted to Judaism under Conservative auspices. They married in 1996 and have two children, Isabel and Avi.

Filmography

• A Few Good Men (1992) – Tom
• In the Line of Fire (1993) – Secret Service Agent Chavez
• Separate Lives (1995) – Randall
• The American President (1995) – David

External links

• Joshua Malina at IMDb
• Photos from Wireimage