Michael Rosenbaum

Michael Rosenbaum
Michael Rosenbaum

Michael Rosenbaum, circa September 2010
Born Michael Owen Rosenbaum
July 11, 1972 (1972-07-11) (age 39)
Oceanside, New York, U.S.
Occupation Actor/Director
Years active 1997–present
Website
http://www.michaelrosenbaum.com

Michael Owen Rosenbaum (born July 11, 1972) is an American actor and director. He is best known for portraying Lex Luthor on the Superman-inspired television series Smallville and Dutch on FOX's Breaking In, and for providing the voice for the Flash in the DC animated universe. Rosenbaum has also done film and other voiceover work.

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Early life

Rosenbaum was born in Oceanside, New York, and raised in Newburgh, Indiana.[1] His mother, Julie, is a writer, and his father, Mark Rosenbaum, worked in pharmaceuticals.[2] He has a brother named Eric. He is Jewish, and was "closer to religion" in New York than in Indiana.[3] Rosenbaum graduated from Castle High School in Indiana and from Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Kentucky, where he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, with a degree in theatre arts. Immediately after, he moved to New York City to pursue an acting career.

Career

Rosenbaum at the BE Blow Out, August 2006

Once in New York, an MTV Networks intern named Vincent Letizia spotted his 8 x 10 black-and-white photo in a batch of other casting submissions for a pilot called "Talk Girl". The pilot was never green-lighted, but Rosenbaum stood out as a newly discovered talent. A new MTV pilot was conceived specifically for Rosenbaum with the working title of "The Michael Rosenbaum Project." The project later became known as "The Temp" and covered Rosenbaum in a reality television setting as a temp, who would walk into a different job each day. The pilot featured Rosenbaum as a Cat filling in on Broadway's "Cats" musical, and as a zoo keeper filling in at the zoo, sweeping animal manure and the like. The pilot never took off with MTV Executives. It was the mid 1990s before the mega boom of Reality TV and though the show was good, it was possibly before its time. This turned out to be a good thing for Rosenbaum who shortly thereafter left for Los Angeles where his talents could be showcased to a wider audience.[citation needed]

In 2001, Rosenbaum received a Saturn Award for his portrayal of Lex Luthor on Smallville, a role that caused him to drop out of Eli Roth's Cabin Fever at one time. Smallville was starting to hit its stride and schedules collided leaving Roth to fill the role himself. Continuing in the comic book genre, he played Wally West (a.k.a. The Flash) in the DC Comics animated series Justice League, Static Shock, and Justice League Unlimited as well as portraying a younger Wally West as Kid Flash in Teen Titans. In the third season Justice League episode "Great Brain Robbery", Rosenbaum reprised his role as Lex Luthor when his character was trapped in Clancy Brown's Lex Luthor's body. In February 2007, Rosenbaum confirmed that he would be leaving Smallville after season seven of the show, but later returned to the show's final episode of Smallville.

Rosenbaum has a few notable vocal impressions in his repertoire, including Christopher Walken, Keanu Reeves, and Kevin Spacey. The makers of the DCAU have used these impressions in their work, having Rosenbaum do his Walken voice for Ghoul in Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker and his Spacey voice for Deadshot; coincidentally, Spacey portrayed Lex Luthor in the film Superman Returns, and Walken played Max Shreck in Batman Returns. He is currently filming the SyFy comedy series Saved By Zeroes [4][5] and Breaking In.

After many months of speculation and him first turning down the contract to return, it was finally announced on February 11, 2011 that Rosenbaum would return to Smallville for the two-hour series finale, which aired on May 13, 2011[6] with Rosenbaum reprising his role as Lex Luthor.[7]

Personal life

Rosenbaum is an ardent New York Rangers fan and often plays in charity hockey games. His favorite band is Guns N' Roses. His favorite animal is a wolf. In an episode of MTV Cribs, Rosenbaum shows his love of singing, karaoke, exercising and Cap'n Crunch. He is left-handed. Rosenbaum often likes to play miniature golf. He was voted Sexiest Villain by TV Guide and People magazine voted him one of the sexiest men alive in 2006.

Filmography

Television

Year Project Role Other notes
1998 The Tom Show Jonathan Summers Episode: "The Talk"
1999 Rocket Power Sports Announcer Voice
Episode: "Super McVariel 900/Loss of Squid"
1999–2000 Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane Jack Cooper Main Cast: 24 Episodes
1999–2001 Batman Beyond Terminal/Carter Wilson
Wendell
Ollie
Carl
Agent West
Voice
6 Episodes
2000 The Wild Thornberrys Tom Ravenhearst Voice
Episode: "A Shaky Foundation"
2000–2004 Static Shock Trapper
The Flash
Speedtrap
Voice
5 Episodes
2001–2008, 2011 [6] Smallville Lex Luthor Main Cast: 152 Episodes
Special Guest: Season 10
Directed the 125th episode, titled "Freak"
2001–2002 The Zeta Project Agent West Voice
8 Episodes
2001, 2002 The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn Himself 2 Episodes
2001–2006 Justice League Wally West/The Flash Voice
54 Episodes
2003 Player$ Himself Episode: Charlie's Angels
Late Night with Conan O'Brien Himself 1 Episode
2004–2005 Jackie Chan Adventures Drago Voice
11 Episodes
2005–2006 Teen Titans Kid Flash Voice
2 Episodes
2005 The Tony Danza Show Himself 1 Episode
Cribs Himself 1 Episode
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Colin Episode: "Gun Fever"
Last Call with Carson Daly Himself 2 Episodes
2007 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson Himself 1 Episodes
2008 PG Porn Charlie Brown Episodes: "Peanus", "A Very Peanus Christmas"
2009 Untitled Family Pilot[8] Derek Signed on for a currently untitled NBC family program
Batman: The Brave and the Bold Deadman/Triad Boss Voice
Episode: "Dawn of the Dead Man!"
2010 Saved by Zeroes Mikey Doyle Pre-production[9]
2011 Breaking In[10] Dutch Recurring

Films

Michael Rosenbaum at the Jules Verne Adventures Film Festival
Year Project Role Other notes
1997 The Devil & the Angel The Devil
The Day I Ran Into All My Ex-Boyfriends Bart
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil George Tucker
1998 1999 Brick
Urban Legend Parker Riley
2000 Eyeball Eddie Skelley Short film
Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker Ghoul Provided Voice
2001 Sweet November Brandon/Brandy
Rave Macbeth Marcus
2002 Poolhall Junkies Danny
Sorority Boys Adam/Adina
2003 Special Fred Molinski
Bringing Down the House Todd Gendler
2005 Cursed Kyle Uncredited
Racing Stripes Ruffshodd Provided Voice
2007 Cutlass Background Extra #2 Short film
Kickin' It Old Skool Kip
Dragonlance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight Tanis Half-Elven Provided Voice
2008 Shear Love [11] Short film
2009 Wing Man Rumored
2010 Father of Invention Eddie
Catch .44 Brandon
Ghild Brauly Gullivan Short film
2012 Justice League: Doom Barry Allen / The Flash Voice

Video games

Year Project Role Other notes
2003 Gladius Valens Provided Voice
2006 Yakuza Akira Nishiki Provided Voice
2008 Dark Sector Hayden Tenno Provided Voice

Cameos in animation/comic

  • In the Justice League episode Tabula Rasa, Amazo, while looking for Lex Luthor, runs into a character which shares a striking resemblance to Michael Rosenbaum (the character has never been confirmed to be an intentional look-alike of Rosenbaum, though).
  • In Justice League Unlimited #38: On page 10, Giganta and Flash are having a discussion while sitting on a billboard. It reads: INJURED? Call Rosenbaum and Associates (the person in the picture bears a strong resemblance to Michael Rosenbaum).

References

  1. ^ "Michael Rosenbaum Biography (1972-)". 2008. http://www.filmreference.com/film/86/Michael-Rosenbaum.html. Retrieved 2009-02-04. 
  2. ^ http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/523348%7C0/Michael-Rosenbaum/
  3. ^ Kraus, Haggay (April 2002). "Smallville Interview". http://www.michaelrosenbaum.com/maariv.html. Retrieved 2009-02-04. 
  4. ^ Kevin Coll. "TV News: Michael Rosenbaum and Syfy Team Up for Comedy Series Saved by Zeroes". FusedFilm. http://www.fusedfilm.com/2010/03/tv-news-michael-rosenbaum-and-syfy-team-up-for-comedy-series-saved-by-zeroes. 
  5. ^ Jon Lachonis. "Smallville's Michael Rosenbaum Returning to TV". TV Overmind. http://www.tvovermind.com/smallville/smallvilles-michael-rosenbaum-returning-to-tv/20812. 
  6. ^ a b Lynette Rice and James Hibberd (February 11, 2011). "'Smallville' scoop: Michael Rosenbaum will return for series finale". ew.com. http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/02/11/smallville-michael-rosenbaum-final/. Retrieved March 10, 2011. 
  7. ^ "Michael Rosenbaum Returning to Smallville For Series Finale". TVGuide.com. http://www.tvguide.com/News/Michael-Rosenbaum-Smallville-1029232.aspx. Retrieved February 16, 2011. 
  8. ^ "Missi Pyle joins NBC family pilot". The Hollywood Reporter. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3i2fea4bd91d0d44f9886e280e502989b9. 
  9. ^ Saved by Zeroes at the Internet Movie Database
  10. ^ "Breaking News: Fox Comedy Has Big Plans For Smallville Vet Michael Rosenbaum". TVLine. http://www.tvline.com/2011/01/breaking-news-fox-show-has-plans-for-smallville-vet-michael-rosenbaum. 
  11. ^ Shear Love the Movie

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Preceded by
John Shea
for Lois and Clark
Actors portraying Lex Luthor
2001-2008
for Smallville
Succeeded by
Kevin Spacey
for Superman Returns

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