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Michael Rosenbaum
Rosenbaum at the BE Blow Out
Birth name	Michael Owen Rosenbaum
Born	July 11 1972 (1972-07-11) (age 35) Oceanside, New York
Official site	http://www.michaelrosenbaum.com

Michael Owen Rosenbaum (born July 11, 1972) is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for portraying Lex Luthor on Smallville. Rosenbaum has also done film and other voiceover work.

1 Biography
2 Filmography
3 Cameos In Animation/Comic
4 References
5 External links

Biography

Early life

Rosenbaum was born in Oceanside, New York and raised in Newburgh, Indiana.^[1] He is Jewish and was "closer to religion" in New York than in Indiana.^[2] 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

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 Michael with the working title of "The Michael Rosenbaum Project." The project later became known as "The Temp" and covered Rosenbaum in a reality TV 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. In 2001, Rosenbaum received a Saturn Award for his portrayal of Lex Luthor. Continuing in the comic book genre, he voiced Wally West (a.k.a. The Flash) in the DC Comics animated series Justice League. In February of 2007, Rosenbaum confirmed that he would be leaving Smallville after the show's seventh season. However, he may return as an occasional special guest star.^[3] 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; Spacey portrays Lex Luthor in Superman Returns.

Personal life

Rosenbaum is an ardent New York Rangers fan and often plays in charity hockey games. His favorite band is Guns N' Roses. In an episode of MTV Cribs, Rosenbaum shows his love of singing karaoke and exercising. He is left-handed.

Filmography

Television series

Late Night with Conan O'Brien (segment: "The Amsterdam Kids")
The Rinky Dinky Show (550)
Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane (1999-2000) (as Jack)
Smallville (2001-present) (as Lex Luthor)
- Directed the 125th episode, titled "Freak"
- He holds the record of being knocked unconscious more times than any other character on Smallville (44 times as of season 7)^[4]
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005) (episode: Gun Fever, as Colin)

Films

Dragonlance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight (2007), will provide voice for Tanis Half-Elven
Kicking It Old Skool (2007)
Racing Stripes (2005), (voice) Roughshod
Cursed (2005)
Bringing Down the House (2003)
Special (2003)
Sorority Boys (2002)
Poolhall Junkies (2001)
Rave Macbeth (2001)
Sweet November (2001)
Eyeball Eddie (2000)
1999 (1998)
Urban Legend (1998)
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997)
The Day I Ran Into All My Ex-Boyfriends (1997)
The Devil & the Angel (1997)

Television

Batman Beyond (1999-2001) (various characters)
Justice League (2001-2004) (as The Flash and Deadshot)
Justice League Unlimited (2004-2006) (as The Flash, Deadshot, and Doctor Polaris)
- In the Justice League Unlimited episode "The Great Brain Robbery," the Flash trades bodies with Lex Luthor for a brief period of time. The voice actors continued to provide the voices of their character's normal bodies, so The Flash's body still sounded like the Flash, even while it was inhabited by Luthor's mind. Thus, Rosenbaum voiced Lex Luthor for most of the episode, the same role he has on Smallville.
The Zeta Project (2001-2002) (as Agent West)
Static Shock (2000-2004) (Trapper (Series 1, 2 & 4), various voices, and guest appearance as The Flash in a 2003 episode)
Jackie Chan Adventures (2000-2005) as Drago.
Teen Titans (2005) as Kid Flash

Movies

Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (2000) (as Ghoul)
Sweet November (2001) (as Brandon / Brandy)
Racing Stripes (2005) (as Ruffshodd )
Kickin It Old Skool (2007) (as Kip )
Dragonlance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight (in production) (as Tanis Half-Elven)

Video games

Gladius (2003) as Valens
Yakuza (2006) as Akira Nishiki

Cameos In Animation/Comic

Justice League episode Tabula Rasa: Amazo while looking for Lex Luthor runs into Michael Rosenbaum^[5]^[6]
Justice League Unlimited #38: In 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

External links

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

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NAME	Rosenbaum, Michael Owen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	American actor
DATE OF BIRTH	July 11 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH	Oceanside, New York
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH