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Michael Owen Rosenbaum is perhaps best known for portraying Lex Luthor on Smallville.
Rosenbaum was born in Oceanside, New York and raised in Newburgh, Indiana. Rosenbaum graduated from Castle High School in Indiana and from Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Kentucky, where he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, with a degree in theatre arts. Immediately after, he moved to New York City to pursue an acting career.
In 2001, Rosenbaum received a Saturn Award for his portrayal of 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. In February of 2007, Rosenbaum confirmed that he would be leaving Smallville after the show's seventh season. However, he may return as an occasional special guest star, as the show has been picked up for an eighth season on the CW Network.
Rosenbaum has a few notable vocal impressions in his repertoire, including Christopher Walken, Keanu Reeves, 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; ironically, Spacey portrayed Lex Luthor in the film Superman Returns. Rosenbaum is an ardent New York Rangers fan and often plays in charity hockey games.
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