Birth name: Michael Owen Rosenbaum
Born: July 11, 1972 (age 35) Oceanside, New York
Official site: http://www.michaelrosenbaum.com
Notable roles: Jack Cooper in Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane (aka Zoe), The Flash (voice) in Justice League, Lex Luthor in Smallville.
Michael Owen Rosenbaum
(born July 11, 1972) is an American actor. He is best known for
portraying Lex Luthor Smallville Continuing in the comic book genre, he
voiced Wally West (a.k.a. The Flash) in the DC Comics animated series
Justice League. Rosenbaum has also done film and other voiceover work.
In February of 2007, Rosenbaum confirmed that he would be leaving
Smallville after the show's 7th season. However, he may return as an
occasional special guest star.
Biography
Rosenbaum
was born in Oceanside, New York and raised in Newburgh, Indiana. He is
Jewish and graduated from Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green,
Kentucky, with a degree in theatre arts and immediately moved to New
York City to pursue an acting career.
Rosenbaum
is also known for his love of ice hockey, a sport he grew up playing.
He is an ardent New York Rangers fan and often plays in charity hockey
games.
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¨.
- It´s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005) (episode: Gun Fever, as Colin)
Films
- Dragonlance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight (2007), will provide voice forTanis 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)
Movies
- Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (2000) (as Ghoul)
- Racing Stripes (2005) (as Ruffshodd )
- Dragonlance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight (in production) (as Tanis Half-Elven)
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)
- 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.
Video games
- Gladius (2003) as Valens
- Yakuza (2006) as Akira Nishiki
Trivia
- He is an avid New York Rangers fan and has been spotted many times at MSG watching them.
- Rosenbaum did not shave his head before auditioning for the part of Lex Luthor.
- 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.
- He is left-handed.
- In 2001, Michael Rosenbaum received a Saturn Award for his portrayal of Lex Luthor.
- He holds the dubious record of being knocked unconscious more times than any other character on Smallville (42 times as of season 7).
- His favorite band is Guns N´ Roses.
- 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.
- In an episode of MTV Cribs, Rosenbaum shows his love of singing karaoke and exercising.
- Rosenbaum's directorial debut was an episode of Smallville entitled "Freak," which aired in 2007.
LINKS:
· Michael Rosenbaum ( media related to him at Wikipedia Commons )
· Rosenbaumcity http://www.rosenbaumcity.com
· http://www.lexandlana.net
SOURCE: "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Rosenbaum