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Home/People/Ross Malinger
Ross Malinger profile photo
Born
Jul 7, 1984
Age 41
Place of Birth
Redwood City, California, USA
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male

Career Highlights

16
Movies
17
TV Shows
Also Known As
راس مالینگر
IMDb Profile

Ross Malinger

Acting

Biography
Ross Alan Malinger (born July 7, 1984) is an American former child actor. He's best known for his roles as Jonah Baldwin in Sleepless In Seattle (1993), voice of TJ Detweiler on the animated series Recess (1997), Harvey in Kindergarten Cop (1990), Michael DeRuzza - son of Shelley Long's character - on CBS's sitcom Good Advice (1993), Ben in Bye, Bye Love (1995), Tyler McCord - son of Jean-Claude Van Damme's character - in Sudden Death (1995), Tyler Hale on WB's sitcom Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher (1996), and Will on CBS's sitcom The Simple Life (1998). He reprised his voice role as an older TJ Detweiler on the 1 hour special Recess: All Growed Down (2003).
Recess: All Growed Down poster

Recess: All Growed Down

as Older T.J. (voice)
2003
Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street poster

Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street

as T.J. Detweiler (archive sound)
2001
Personally Yours poster

Personally Yours

as Derek
2000
Frog and Wombat poster

Frog and Wombat

as Steve
1998
Club Vampire poster

Club Vampire

as Max
1998
The Animated Adventures of Tom Sawyer poster

The Animated Adventures of Tom Sawyer

as Tom Sawyer (voice)
1998
Toothless poster

Toothless

as Bobby Jameson
1997
Little Bigfoot poster

Little Bigfoot

as Payton
1997
Peter and the Wolf poster

Peter and the Wolf

as Peter
1995
Sudden Death poster

Sudden Death

as Tyler McCord
1995
Bye Bye Love poster

Bye Bye Love

as Ben
1995
A Norman Rockwell Christmas poster

A Norman Rockwell Christmas

as Self
1993
Sleepless in Seattle poster

Sleepless in Seattle

as Jonah Baldwin
1993
In Sickness and in Health poster

In Sickness and in Health

as Michael
1992
Late for Dinner poster

Late for Dinner

as Little Donald Freeman
1991
Kindergarten Cop poster

Kindergarten Cop

as Harvey
1990