Michael Rosenbaum is a popular American actor. Fame came to him after filming in the sensational television series “Smallville Secrets”. For the role of an insidious villain, the actor in 2002 received the Saturn Award in the nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. From 2003 to 2007, Michael was nominated annually for this award.
Childhood and youth
Michael Rosenbaum was born in the summer of 1972 in a small town called Oceanside (New York, USA) in a Jewish family. His mother, Julie, was a writer who released Journey for Life, and his father worked as a pharmacist. After some time, the boy’s family moved to Indiana (Newborg), where Michael grew up and received his first acting skills. Since by nature the actor is very sociable, active and easily makes contact, in childhood and adolescence he often took part in theatrical productions, first at school and then at university.
In addition to acting, Michael also tried himself as a director, staging various performances in the student theater. Studying at the University of Western Kentucky, he was admitted to the Sigma. Alpha. Epsilon. " The actor, having graduated from the university, was awarded a bachelor's degree in art. He later moved to New York in order to build his career in a big city. In many interviews about issues of his religious affiliation, Rosenbaum says that he was much closer to religion in New York than in Indiana. A photo of Michael Rosenbaum can be seen in the article.
The beginning of an actor’s career
Rosenbaum’s career began when MTV intern Vincent Letizia found his 8x10 black and white photo among other photos for casting a filming pilot of one program that the world never saw. Despite this, the directors noted the talent of Michael and invited to take part in the filming of a personalized project in the format of a reality show called The Temp. However, this program did not gain much success with the viewer. Perhaps only because the show was shot a little at the wrong time, since the heyday of projects of this format fell already in the early 2000s. With the release of the show, Rosenbaum became recognizable, which gave a certain head start in building his future career.
First movie roles
The next step of the actor was the participation in the movie Clint Eastwood "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil." The picture was shot according to the book of the same name by Berendt. In the film, Michael Rosenbaum received only a cameo role, but his colleagues on the set were the famous Kevin Spacey and beginner Jude Law. After this role, Rosenbaum starred in one of the horror films, took part in the shooting of the picture together with Charlize Theron. In the future, he starred in other films, but these roles did not bring him much fame.
The most famous role of the actor
The actor gained real popularity after the famous role of a cruel movie villain - Lex Luthor, the billionaire founder of LuthorCorp. This role on TV Guide was included in the list of 60 most terrible villains of all time in 2013. Michael Rosenbaum starred in Smallville's Secrets from 2001 to 2008.
The series shows the formation of Superman (Clark Kent), who at the very beginning was friendly with Lex Luther, but then friendship grows into a powerful confrontation between good and evil. In February 2008, Rosenbaum confirmed that he would leave the series after the show’s seventh season. The last time he appeared in the film was in the two-hour final series, which aired on May 13, 2011.
He is the first actor to truly shave his head baldly instead of putting on a fake bald head, as actors Gene Hackman and Lyle Talbot had done before. With this haircut, he stayed until the end of the filming of the series. For a spectacular acting, Michael trained his facial expressions, gait for a very long time. To date, the continuation of the sensational series is not planned, but many are not averse to seeing it in an animated format.
Further career
In 2014, Rosenbaum made his own film called Old Days, in which he played the main role of the actor who returned to his hometown in Indiana to reunite his school class. In 2017, the actor appeared in the second part of the film “Guardians of the Galaxy”. Mike Rosenbaum played the role of Martinex in the film.
Talented person is talented in everything
In addition to acting, Michael, possessing a pleasant voice, brilliantly engages in the voice acting of various animated series: The Wild Thornberry Family, Justice League, etc. In addition, Rosenbaum is a big fan of sports. His special passion is golf, hockey, baseball. He is a fan of the New York Rangers hockey team. The actor often goes on skates himself. Since 2005 and for several years he participated in the Seattle Hockey Championship as a guest star.
In addition to sports, the actor is interested in music: he loves the band Guns and roses, singing karaoke and playing the acoustic guitar. Also, Michael, being a skilled writer, recently sold his script, which is based on his own childhood memories. Now the actor returns to Indiana every summer to play the ball with old school friends. She also participates in various charity events and has been collaborating with Ronald McDonald's home for many years.
The personal life of Michael Rosenbaum
Nothing is known about Michael's personal life. He prefers to keep her secret. Despite the fact that the actor is 43 years old, he still remains single, which makes him keep his fans perplexed. At the moment, Michael lives in two cities: Los Angeles and Vancouver, where he participates in various theater productions in completely different roles and genres - from comedies to drama.