Ross Malinger

A precocious child performer, Ross Malinger appeared in numerous commercials, a handful of features, guest spots on several TV series--including a stint as a regular on the short-lived CBS sitcom "Good Advice" (1993-94)--and a TV-movie by the age of eight. He is perhaps best-known for portraying the matchmaking son of Tom Hanks in Nora Ephron's romantic comedy "Sleepless in Seattle" (1993). Other feature credits include "Kindergarten Cop" (1990), "Late for Dinner" (1991), "Bye Bye, Love" and "Sudden Death" (both 1995). Malinger was also a member of the class taught by "Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher" on that WB sitcom's first season (1996-97) before segueing to romancing Claudia Salinger (Lacey Chabert) in the Fox series "Party of Five" in 1998.

Filmography

Life Events

1989

Began appearing in commercials at age 4

1990

Feature debut, Ivan Reitman's "Kindergarten Cop"

1990

TV debut with a guest spot on "Beverly Hills 90210"

1991

First substantial feature role, "Eve of Destruction"

1992

TV-movie debut, "In Sickness and in Health" on CBS

1993

First role as a TV series regular on the CBS sitcom "Good Advice" as the son of Shelly Long

1998

Played recurring role of suitor to Lacey Chabert's Claudia on the Fox series "Party of Five"

1998

Produced the 33-minute comedy thriller "18D"

Videos

Sleepless In Seattle (1993) -- (Movie Clip) Not Even When I Was Young Leaving her parents’ Christmas dinner in (Annapolis) Maryland, having just announced their engagement, Walter (Bill Pullman) and Annie (Meg Ryan) head back to Washington D.C. in separate cars, and she hears Jonah (Ross Malinger) call the radio show (Caroline Aaron the host) on behalf of his widowed dad (Tom Hanks), early in Sleepless In Seattle, 1993.

Sleepless In Seattle (1993) -- (Movie Clip) All I Could Say Was Hello (Significant SPOILER!) Meg Ryan as (otherwise) engaged Annie is benevolently stalking Tom Hanks, as single-dad Sam, (with Ross Malinger as his son and Rita Wilson, Tom’s real-life wife, as his sister, though Meg assumes she’s a girlfriend), then explaining to Becky (Rosie O’Donnell) back in Baltimore, leading to a second reference to Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr, in An Affair To Remember, 1957, in Sleepless In Seattle, 1993.

Sleepless In Seattle - (Original Trailer) Tom Hanks' son uses a radio talk show to find a new wife for his father in Nora Ephron's Sleepless In Seattle (1993) co-starring Meg Ryan.

Family

Brian Malinger

Father

Producer; former salesman.

Laura Malinger

Mother

Producer.

Ashley Malinger

Sister

Actor. Born in March 1986.

Tyler Cole Malinger

Brother

Actor. Born in January 1989.

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1989

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1991

1992

1993

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