Profile:
Name: Michael Owen Rosenbaum
Age: 29
Birthday: July 11
Birthplace: Oceanside, New York
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Depends on the day. Sometimes it is blonde, but lately, it's been dark brown (He has to shave it for playing Lex on Smallville).
Residence: Usually Los Angeles, but for the sit of the Smallville season, he currently resides in Canada.
Loves: Music (he plays the guitar,) and Hockey. He plays for an amateur league out of Los Angeles.
Fun Facts: He is left-handed, his favorite actor is Gary Oldman, and rumor
has it that...he smokes. (Hey, I think it's sexy...)
Oh yeah, in case you were wondering: "Very single."
Bio:
Self-assured and possessed with a rapid-fire sense of humor, Michael Rosenbaum shaved his blond locks for the role he seems born to play — a young Lex Luthor in "Smallville."
Born in Oceanside, N.Y. and raised in Newburgh, Ind., Rosenbaum excelled in high school drama classes. Once hooked, he took on lead roles in college stage productions such as "The Heidi Chronicles" while attending Western Kentucky University and performing in regional theater during his summers.
Upon graduation with a degree in mass communications and theater, he packed his bags and headed for New York to pursue acting. He quickly landed roles in off-Broadway productions and small independent films, and soon segued into regular appearances on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" in a sketch called "The Amsterdam Kids."
His first real break came when he got a series regular role on The WB comedy series "The Tom Show," with Tom Arnold. The relationship with the network continued as he was cast as Jack in the New York comedy "Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane."
Most recently, Rosenbaum appeared on the big screen in "Sweet November," which starred Keanu Reeves and Charlize Theron. He will be seen starring in the college sorority-set comedy "Dog Catcher" opposite Harland Williams and Barry Watson (The WB’s "7th Heaven"); and plays the lead role in the independent drama "Poolhall Junkies" with Christopher Walken, Rick Schroder and Chaz Palminteri. He also starred in the hit thriller "Urban Legend" and appeared in "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil," directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Kevin Spacey and John Cusack.
Athletic and outgoing, Rosenbaum is an avid hockey player and golfer. He is also a dedicated New York Rangers fan. In addition, Rosenbaum has a passion for music, and plays both acoustic and electric guitar.
Rosenbaum currently resides in Vancouver and Los Angeles.
Filmography:
2003 Bringing Down The Houze
2002 G-S.P.O.T ... aka Girl, the Swank, the Poet, the Old Man & the Thespian, The (2002) (USA: complete title)
2002 Sorority Boys... as Adam
2001 Pool Hall Junkies... as Danny Doyle
2001 "Justice League" TV (voice)... Wally West / The Flash
2001 Rave Macbeth... as Marcus
2001 "Smallville" TV Series... as Lex Luthor
2001 Sweet November... as Brandon
2001 "The Zeta Project" TV Series (voice)... as Agent West Episode Guide
2000 Eyeball Eddie... as Skelley
2000 Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker TV Series (voice)... Ghoul
1999 "Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane"... as Jack Cooper
1998 Urban Legend... as Parker Riley
1998 1999... as Brick
1997 The Day I Ran Into All My Ex-Boyfriends... as Bart
1997 Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil... as George
1997 "The Tom Show" TV Series... as Jonathan Summers
Notable TV guest appearances:
2001 "The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn"... as "Himself"
2001 "Batman Beyond"... playing "Agent West" (voice) in episode: "Countdown" (episode # 3.12) 4/7/2001
2000 "Batman Beyond"... playing "Carl" (voice) in episode: "Out of the Past" (episode # 3.5) 10/21/2000
2000 "Batman Beyond"... playing "Ollie" (voice) in episode: "Where's Terry?" (episode # 2.25) 5/27/2000
2000 "The Wild Thornberry's"... playing "Tom Ravenhearst"(voice) in episode: "Shaky Foundation, A" (episode # 2.33) 3/13/2000
2000 "Batman Beyond"... playing "Ollie" (voice) in episode: "Babel" (episode # 2.12) 1/8/2000
1999 "Batman Beyond"... playing "Wendell" (voice) in episode: "Hooked Up" (episode # 2.8) 11/13/1999
1999 "Batman Beyond"... playing "Carter Wilson/Terminal" (voice) in episode: "Hidden Agenda" (episode # 2.5) 10/16/1999
Quotes:
"I chose acting because I've always been a bit of an extrovert. I decided all that time spent entertaining myself in front of the mirror might be more useful if I shared it with other people."
"I didn't have to get permission to shave my head. It was part of the job. I don't mind. It would have bothered me if I had shaved my head and found all these dents and craters under there but, if you ask me, I'd have to say I've got a pretty good-looking head." - On shaving his head for the role of Smallville's Lex Luthor
"They asked me why I was wearing heels and I said, “I'm trying to hide my ass.” They gave me a prosthetic behind. They kept asking why I was wearing them and telling me that heels are out. I said, “But they make my ass look slimmer.“ - Michael, life on the set of Sorority Boys.
"It's fun, and it's so not me. If you ever meet me - I'm happy with a pint of Guinness in some small bar in the middle of nowhere. It's just cool to do things that aren't you. I think that's why I got into this business, so I could jump into another character."
"I've always wanted to die in a movie and I got by far the best death scene" - on his 'deadly' role in the slasher-flick 'Urban Legend'
"The role I was born to play is Han Solo. Unfortunately I was born too late!"
