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Has a daughter named Isabel, and a son named Avi. Avid poker player. Played to pay for rent when he struggled as an actor. 1988: Graduated from Yale as a Theater Studies major. Brother-in-law of "The West Wing" (1999) cast mate Timothy Busfield. Malina's wife, Melissa Merwin, is the sister of Busfield's wife, Jenny Merwin. Malina told an audience at the University of Florida that early in his career, he was not allowed to audition for a pizza commercial that took place during Passover, because the casting agents wanted him actually to eat the pizza. He refused, because pizza dough is leavened, rendering it not kosher for Passover. Malina offered to mime eating the pizza instead, but the advertiser's casting agents insisted that he had to eat the pizza or he would not be able to audition.