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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.

Filmography

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)

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)

Voice Over Work

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

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)

Video games

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

Trivia

• 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).
• 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; Spacey portrays Lex Luthor in Superman Returns.

External links

• Official Website
• Michael Rosenbaum cast bio on The CW
• Michael Rosenbaum at IMDb
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• 1972 births
• Living people
• American people
• American television actors
• American voice actors
• Jewish American actors
• People from Evansville, Indiana
• People from Long Island
• Actor's who portray Comic Book characters