Michael Rosenbaum

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Michael Rosenbaum
<tr><td style="text-align:left;">Birth name</td><td>Michael Owen Rosenbaum</td></tr>
Born	June 11 1972 (age 37) Oceanside, New York
Notable roles	Lex Luthor in Smallville

Michael Owen Rosenbaum (born July 11, 1972 in Oceanside, New York) 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.

Though born on Long Island, Rosenbaum was raised in Newburgh, Indiana. He 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.

1 Filmography
2 Trivia
3 External links

[edit] Filmography

[edit] 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)
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005) (episode: Gun Fever, as Colin)

[edit] Films

Dragonlance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight (2007), will provide voice for Tanis Half-Elven.
Kicking It Old Skool (2006)
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)

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[edit] Animation

Racing Stripes- Bucksnod

[edit] 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

[edit] 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)

[edit] Video games

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

[edit] Trivia

Rosenbaum did not shave his head before auditioning for the part of Lex Luthor.
Ironically, in an episode of Justice League Unlimited, the Flash trades bodies with Lex Luthor for a brief period of time. Unlike most animated series' that have used this situation, 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.
He is left handed.
In 2001, Michael Rosenbaum received a Saturn Award for his portrayal of Lex Luthor. In an interview he stated that actor John Shea of Lois and Clark was his inspiration for portraying the character.
He has the dubious distinction of having been knocked unconscious more times than any other character on Smallville (35 times as of season 6).[1]
His favorite band is Guns N' Roses
Rosenbaum has a couple of notable vocal impressions in his repertoire, including Christopher Walken 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. Ironically enough, Kevin Spacey portrays Lex Luthor in Superman Returns.

[edit] External links

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