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My Take
For me, Michael Rosenbaum is proof that a great villain can outshine the hero. His bald, brilliant Lex Luthor on Smallville gave that show its menace, and earning a spot on TV Guide's nastiest-villains list is the kind of compliment every actor playing a bad guy secretly wants. What I find likable is that he never seems precious about it; jumping into Guardians of the Galaxy and leaning hard into podcasting shows a guy comfortable laughing at the business he's in. There's a generosity in actors who become great interviewers of their own peers, and that second act suits him. I'd rather hear him talk shop than most.
Overview
Michael Owen Rosenbaum (born July 11, 1972) is an American actor and podcaster. He is known for portraying Lex Luthor on the television series Smallville, a role that TV Guide included in their 2013 list of "The 60 Nastiest Villains of All Time". Rosenbaum is also known for portraying Martinex in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Michael Rosenbaum
- Name (Japanese)
- マイケル・ローゼンバウム
- Reading
- まいける・ろーぜんばうむ
- Born
- July 11, 1972 (age 53)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Rat
- Origin
- Oceanside, New York, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / film director / film producer / writer / dub actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- John H. Castle High School
- University
- Western Kentucky University
Awards & achievements
- 2002 Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor on Television
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.