Michael Rosenbaum

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Michael Rosenbaum
Birth name Michael Owen Rosenbaum
Born July 11, 1972 (age 34)
Oceanside, New York
Notable roles Jack Cooper in Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane
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 on 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.

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.

Contents

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Television series

[edit] Films

[edit] Voice Over Work

[edit] Television

[edit] Movies

[edit] Video games

[edit] 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 (39 times as of season 6).[1]
  • 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.
  • Rosenbaum likes to go barhopping with friends in downtown Plattsburgh, NY. He frequents Peabody's Bar more than any others.

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to:
Preceded by
John Shea
for Lois and Clark		 Actors portraying Lex Luthor
2001–
for Smallville		 Succeeded by
Kevin Spacey
for Superman Returns
Persondata
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
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org../../../m/i/c/Michael_Rosenbaum_cf82.html"