Michael Rosenbaum

Michael is very good friends with actor Jamie Kennedy and director Eli Roth.

If Michael could play any role he wants, it would be that of Shaggy on Scooby-Doo.

According to Michael, his worst habit is that he doesn't call his mom back.

Michael's role model is his grandfather because he was a complete family man.

According to Michael, the most difficult part of the acting business is the rejection that actors get.

Michael is very good friends with the entire Smallville cast.

Michael sang the song named "Brown-Eyed Girl" at Smallville co-star Tom Welling's wedding.

Michael was once mistaken for a real thief by Vancouver police officer until the store manager convinced him that he was an actor and plays Lex in Smallville.

Michael has a brother named Eric.

Michael has appeared on the covers of the following magazines:

CFQ Spotlite
Cult Times
TV Zone

As a child, Michael dreamed of becoming a Sports Announcer.

Michael is a huge New York Rangers fan.

Michael is lactose-intolerant.

Michael is the eldest son of Mark and Julie Rosenbaum.

Awards:
2002 - Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series for Smallville

Nominations:
2002 - Cinescape Genre Face of the Future Award for Smallville
2002-2003 - Teen Choice Award for TV - Choice Sidekick for Smallville
2003-2006 - Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series for Smallville
2004 - Golden Satellite Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Drama for Smallville
2007 - Teen Choice Award for Choice TV: Villain for Smallville

An animated version of Michael Rosenbaum appears on a billboard in #38 of Justice League Unlimited.

Favorites:
Charity - Ronald McDonald House Charities
Sports Team - New York Rangers
Comedy - Slapshot
Band - Guns N Roses
Actor - Gary Oldman
Music - 80s soft rock Artists: Foreigner, Hall & Oates, and Olivia Newton-John

Both Michael and Tom Welling have starred in movies with Steve Martin in it. Michael was in Bringing Down the House and Tom was in Cheaper by the Dozen and Cheaper by the Dozen 2.

On an interview with E!, he said his stripper name would be "Bobo Epstein".

Rosenbaum shaved his head over 1,000 times for his role of Lex Luthor on Smallville and spends over 90 minutes in hair and makeup a day.

The last two actors to play villain Lex Luthor, Michael Rosenbaum and actor Kevin Spacey, worked together in the 1997 drama Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.

Michael was one of People Magazine's Sexiest Men Alive, 2006. He is found in the "Bald and Beautiful" section.

Michael has movie posters of Napoleon Dynamite and Rocky in one of his rooms; along with a poster of all the heroes of D.C. comics.

Rosenbaum attended the Superman Returns movie premiere at Mann's Village Theater in Westwood, California on June 21, 2006. On June 9 the same year, he was at Metropolis for the Superman Celebration festivities.

Michael was the voice actor for Sega's PlayStation2 game Yakuza.

Michael Rosenbaum appeared in MTV's Top 50 Cribs at No.41.

In the Smallville episode "Spell", the actor portraying Lex playing the piano was actually a double who had studied at the Russian conservatory.

Michael doesn't often run lines with his fellow co-stars for Smallville because he likes to keep it fresh.

Michael wears a Knights football Shirt in Sorority Boys which is a reference to the Castle Knights from Castle High School in Newburgh, Indiana.

When he played Brandon in the 2001 film Sweet November, Michael dyed his hair brunette.

Michael is a big sports fan. As a child, he once thought of pursuing a career as a sports announcer.

Michael has worked as a telemarketer. He also got a job at Petland discounts, sweeping up bird droppings every morning at 7AM.

Michael is 6 feet (1.83 metres) tall.

Michael is passionate about music and plays the electric and acoustic guitar. He also enjoys writing songs. He also likes to play golf and hockey.

Michael went to Sharon Elementary School. He graduated in Newburgh, Indiana from Castle High School and graduated from Western Kentucky University in 1995 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree, majoring in theater and communications.

Michael goes back to Indiana every summer to play in a wiffle ball tournament with high school friends.

Michael's nickname is Rosey.

He is Jewish.