Alan Rosenberg Biography

Date of Birth
4 October 1950, Passaic, New Jersey, USA
Height
5' 8" (1.73 m)

Spouse
Marg Helgenberger (9 September 1989 - present) 1 son
Robin Bartlett (? - ?) (divorced)

Trivia

He was the New York State backgammon champ in 1982.

Has a son named Hugh.

His character, divorce lawyer Eli Levinson in the 1991-1993 courtroom series "Civil Wars" (1991), was so popular that it was repeated on "L.A. Law" (1986) for the 1993-94 season. Rosenberg had already appeared in two episodes as lawyer William Willis in 1989/90.

Played both saints and sinners: from gangster Frank Nitti in a TV biopic of Al Capone to the Apostle Thomas in the controversial film The Last Temptation of Christ (1988).

Made his Broadway debut in "Lost in Yonkers."

Father was a swing-era musician.

During the 'radical' 60s, Alan became a member of the Black Panthers and was an active protestor of the Vietnam War.

Met second wife actress Marg Helgenberger while both were appearing in the daytime soap "Ryan's Hope" (1975) in 1984. Alan was married at the time to actress Robin Bartlett. They hooked up again by accident at a Los Angeles bank two years later (Alan was now divorced) and married in 1989. They have one son and have appeared in several projects together, including the Lifetime TV-movie Giving Up the Ghost (1998) (TV).

Younger brother of producer Mark Rosenberg, who died of a heart attack in 1992 at the age of 44.

23 September 2005 - Alan beat out "Morgan Fairchild" and "Robert Conrad" to become the new President of the Screen Actors Guild.

Cousin of Donald Fagen

Appeared with wife Marg Helgenberger in the "CSI" episode "Weeping Willows." According to Helgenberger, on the DVD commentary, he was uncomfortable treating her the way he does, even though it was just a fictional encounter.

Personal Quotes

Fair play doesn't pertain in bargaining. What matters there is leverage. Here (pointing to the crowd) is the leverage. Our leverage is that we're the product. We took a bad deal for cable 25 years ago. We took a horrible deal for VHS 20 years ago. We won't be fooled again. (At WGA Rally in front of FOX Plaza)

Source: imdb.com