Michael Rosenbaum

Michael Rosenbaum (born July 11, 1972)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> is an American actor and podcaster. He is known for portraying Lex Luthor on the television series Smallville, a role that TV Guide included in their 2013 list of "The 60 Nastiest Villains of All Time".<ref>Bretts, Bruce; Roush, Matt; (March 25, 2013). "Baddies to the Bone: The 60 nastiest villains of all time". TV Guide. pp. 14-15.</ref>

Rosenbaum is also known for portraying Martinex in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Parker in Urban Legend, Adam/Adina in Sorority Boys and Dutch Nilbog on Fox's Breaking In. He also has an extensive voiceover career in animation, such as his role of Wally West / The Flash in the DC Animated Universe series Justice League (2001–2004) and its sequel Justice League Unlimited (2004–2006). Between 2015 and 2016, he played the lead role in the TV Land comedy series Impastor.

He is also the lead singer of the band Sun Spin with his friend Rob Danson. The band's first album, Best Days was released on February 9, 2021.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Early life

Rosenbaum was born in Oceanside, New York and raised in Newburgh, Indiana.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> His mother, Julie (née Eckstein), is a writer and his father, Mark Rosenbaum, worked in pharmaceuticals.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He is one of six children with two brothers, Eric and Adam, and a sister, Laurie. After his parents' divorce, his mother remarried sports reporter Gordon Engelhardt, and his father remarried Alexis Pelegrino, with whom he had two daughters, Rosenbaum's half-sisters. His uncle is pet behaviorist Warren Eckstein.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Rosenbaum is Jewish, and says he was "closer to religion" in New York than in Indiana.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Rosenbaum graduated from Castle High School in Newburgh, Indiana and from Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Kentucky with a degree in theatre arts. Immediately after, he moved to New York City to pursue an acting career.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Career

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Rosenbaum in 2024

In 2001, Rosenbaum received a Saturn Award for his portrayal of Lex Luthor on Smallville.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Continuing in the superhero genre, he played Wally West (a.k.a. the Flash) in the DC Comics animated series Justice League, Static Shock, and Justice League Unlimited, as well as portraying a younger version of Wally West as Kid Flash in Teen Titans. In the third season Justice League Unlimited episode "The Great Brain Robbery", Rosenbaum reprised his role as Lex Luthor when Wally and Lex Luthor temporarily switched bodies. In February 2008, Rosenbaum confirmed that he would be leaving Smallville after the seventh season. After many months of speculation and him first turning down the contract to return, it was announced on February 11, 2011 that Rosenbaum would return to Smallville for the two-hour series finale, which aired on May 13, 2011,<ref name=Rice>Template:Cite magazine</ref> with Rosenbaum reprising his role as Lex Luthor.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 2012, Rosenbaum appeared in Hit and Run, which starred Dax Shepard and Kristen Bell.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Rosenbaum portrayed the character Gil, a jealous ex-boyfriend from Annie's (Bell's character) past.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Rosenbaum provided the voice work for Ghoul in the animated DCAU film Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker. Rosenbaum filmed the original SyFy comedy series Saved By Zeroes; yet was never picked up.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He recurred in Fox's original sitcom Breaking In; the show was cancelled initially after the first season but got a second chance, and Rosenbaum was promoted to series regular. The series was cancelled again after a few episodes of the second season.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 2014, Rosenbaum made his feature-film directorial and writing debut with the comedy Back in the Day, starring as an actor who returns to his hometown in Indiana for a class reunion. The film was filmed in Newburgh and Evansville, Indiana.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Prior to the production of Back in the Day, Rosenbaum planned to direct another comedy film, titled Sorry is For Sissies. The film had a cast including Jon Heder, Colin Hanks and Jennifer Love Hewitt; however, at least half of the film's budget was lost, and the film was scrapped.<ref>Inside of You podcast, Episode 13, 5:00 (July 3, 2018)</ref>

On June 17, 2014, Rosenbaum was cast as the lead in the TV Land original sitcom Impastor. The plot has been summarised as a "low-life who hides out in a small town by conning the residents into thinking he is their newly hired gay pastor".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In 2017, Rosenbaum served as narrator for the reality television show Hunted which pitted investigators against teams of ordinary citizens trying to evade capture as fugitives.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Rosenbaum also starred in the Indie thriller The Neighbor opposite William Fichtner.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 2018, Rosenbaum debuted his casual celebrity interview-based podcast called Inside of You.<ref name=LADailyNews>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> His first guest was his Smallville co-star Tom Welling.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The two subsequently launched the podcast Talkville in July 2022, where they re-watch every episode of Smallville.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Rosenbaum reprised the role of Martinex in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, which premiered in May 2023.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

On January 6, 2023, Rosenbaum's band Sun Spin released their second album, Never Is What it Is.

In October 2023, Los Angeles Daily News reported that Rosenbaum and his longtime friend Jon Heder would star in the horror-themed reality television series Scared with Michael Rosenbaum and Jon Heder. Rosenbaum said of the project, "I wanted to do a reality show because we love horror movies. We'll go to the scariest places on Earth."<ref name=LADailyNews/>

In 2024, Rosenbaum was the lead actor in the audio series TRUE NOIR: The Assassination of Anton Cermak. The series was penned by Road to Perdition's, Max Allan Collins.Template:Cn

Filmography

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Michael Rosenbaum at GalaxyCon Richmond in 2020

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	The Devil & the Angel	The Devil
	The Day I Ran into All My Ex-Boyfriends	Bart
	Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil	George Tucker
1998	1999	Brick
	Urban Legend	Parker Riley
2000	Eyeball Eddie	Skelley	Short film
	Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker	Ghoul	Voice Direct-to-video<ref name="btva2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.</ref>
2001	Sweet November	Brandon / Brandy
	Rave Macbeth	Marcus
2002	Poolhall Junkies	Danny
	Sorority Boys	Adam / Adina
2003	Special	Fred Molinski
	Bringing Down the House	Todd Gendler
2005	Cursed	Kyle	Uncredited
	Racing Stripes	Ruffshodd	Voice<ref name="btva2" />
2007	Cutlass	Background Extra #2	Short film
	Kickin' It Old Skool	Kip
2008	Dragonlance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight	Tanis Half-Elven	Voice Direct-to-video
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2010	Father of Invention	Eddie
	Catch .44	Brandon
	Ghild	Brauly Gullivan	Short film
2012	Justice League: Doom	Barry Allen / The Flash	Voice Direct-to-video<ref name="btva2" />
	Hit and Run	Gil Rathbinn
2014	Back in the Day	Jim Owens	Also director, writer, and executive producer
2015	Justice League: Throne of Atlantis	Drift Leader	Voice Direct-to-video<ref name="btva2" />
2016	The Neighbor	Scott
2017	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2	Martinex
2020	DC Showcase: The Phantom Stranger	Seth	Voice Short film<ref name="btva2" />
2023	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3	Martinex

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	The Tom Show	Jonathan Summers	Episode: "The Talk"
1999	Rocket Power	Sports Announcer	Voice, episode: "Super McVariel 900/Loss of Squid"
1999–2000	Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane	Jack Cooper	Main cast, 24 episodes
1999–2001	Batman Beyond	Ollie, Carter Wilson / Terminal, Wendell, Carl, Agent West	Voice, 6 episodes<ref name="btva2" />
2000	The Wild Thornberrys	Tom Ravenhearst	Voice, episode: "A Shaky Foundation"<ref name="btva2" />
2000–2004	Static Shock	Trapper, The Flash	Voice, 5 episodes<ref name="btva2" />
2001–2008, 2011	Smallville	Lex Luthor	154 episodes Main cast (Seasons 1–7) Special guest (Season 10) Directed the 125th episode "Freak" Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor on Television (2002) SFX Award for Best Newcomer (2003) Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor on Television (2003, 2004, 2005 & 2006) Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series Drama (2003) Nominated – Teen Choice Awards for Choice TV Sidekick (2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009)
2001–2002	The Zeta Project	Agent West	Voice, recurring role<ref name="btva2" />
2001–2004	Justice League	Wally West / The Flash, Deadshot	Voice, main role<ref name="btva2" />
2003	Players	Himself	Episode: "Charlie's Angels"
2004–2005	Jackie Chan Adventures	Drago	Voice 11 episodes
2004–2006	Justice League Unlimited	Wally West / The Flash, Deadshot, Ghoul	Voice, recurring role<ref name="btva2" />
2005–2006	Teen Titans	Kid Flash	Voice, 2 episodes<ref name="btva2" />
2005	It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia	Colin	Episode: "Gun Fever"
2006	Zorro: Generation Z	Bernardo	Voice, main role
	Ultraman Tiga	Evil Tiga	Voice
2008	James Gunn's PG Porn	Charlie Brown	2 episodes
2009	Untitled Family Pilot<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>	Derek
	Batman: The Brave and the Bold	Deadman	Voice, episode: "Dawn of the Dead Man!"<ref name="btva2" />
2011–2012	Breaking In	Dutch Nilbog	8 episodes
2015–2016	Impastor<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || Buddy Dobbs || Main role
2017	Hunted	Narrator	7 episodes
	Typical Rick	Mark	Episode: "Mr. Gaber"
2019	Robot Chicken	Westley	Voice, episode: "Musya Shakhtyorov in: Honeyboogers"

Video games

Year	Title	Voice role
2003	Gladius	Valens
2006	Yakuza	Akira Nishikiyama<ref name="btva2" />
2008	Dark Sector	Hayden Tenno<ref name="btva2" />
2012	Lollipop Chainsaw	Nick Carlyle<ref name="btva2" />
2013	Infinite Crisis	Barry Allen / The Flash<ref>Template:Cite video game</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2015	Batman: Arkham Knight	Johnny Charisma<ref name="BAK">Template:Cite video game</ref>
2016	Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2018	Lego DC Super-Villains	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="btva2" />

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