Alan Rosenberg
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Alan Rosenberg (born October 4 1950) is an American actor of both stage and screen.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Personal life
Rosenberg was born and raised in Passaic, New Jersey, he was a Black Panther in the 1960s[1] and, later, became New York state's backgammon champion in 1982[2]. He graduated with a B.A. in Theater in 1972 from Case Western Reserve University. He is currently married to actress Marg Helgenberger of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation fame and has one son, named Hugh.
Alan's late brother, Mark Rosenberg, was a political activist in the 1960s and, later, a film producer. Rosenberg is a first cousin to musician Donald Fagen. Rosenberg is Jewish ([3]).
[edit] Career
Rosenberg is perhaps best known for his character Eli Levinson which appeared in both the series Civil Wars and the popular L.A. Law. He is also well known for his character Ira Woodbine in the sitcom, Cybill. More recently he was seen in the legal drama The Guardian as "Alvin Masterson".
In 1995, he received an Emmy Award nomination for a guest-starring role in the hit drama ER.
He was elected the 24th president of Screen Actors Guild (SAG) on September 23 2005. Rosenberg succeeds Melissa Gilbert, who served as president since 2001 and chose not to run for a third two-year term. Rosenberg received 39.99 percent (10,748 total votes) of the nationwide vote of the Guild’s general membership, defeating Morgan Fairchild and Robert Conrad. Fairchild received 34.72 percent (9,332 total votes) and Conrad received 25.29% percent (6,797 total votes). Rosenberg formally assumed the office of Guild president on September 25, and will serve a two-year term.
In 2005 he appeared as shady prosecutor "Adam Novak" in an episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation co-starring alongside his real life wife Marg Helgenberger. Novak was portrayed as a womanizer who encountered Catherine (Helgenberger) in a bar and later became the prime suspect in two homicides.
