Alan Rosenberg

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Biography

A. Law" (NBC, 1993-94). New Jersey native Alan Rosenberg studied at the Yale School of Drama and got his first stage break in "A Prayer for My Daughter" (1978), which was workshopped at the Eugene O'Neill Playwright's Conference and then transferred to the New York Shakespeare Festival where he made his Off-Broadway debut. He subsequently went on to make his Broadway debut in Neil Simon's "Lost in Yonkers" in 1991. Rosenberg's first break in …
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Job Title

Actor

Born

October 4, 1950

Career Milestones

Born and raised in the Passaic and Clifton areas of New Jersey

1978

Made Off-Broadway debut in "Prayer for My Daughter" at the New York Shakespeare Festival

1979

Theatrical film debut in featured role, "The Wanderers"

1983

Moved to Los Angeles

1985

TV debut in a miniseries, "Robert Kennedy and His Times" (CBS)

1985

TV-movie debut, "Kojak: The Belarus File" (CBS)

1987

Made series TV debut as guest, "Days And Nights Of Molly Dodd" (NBC/Lifetime)

1991

Co-starred with wife Marg Helgenberger in the PBS presentation "Peacemaker"

1991

Debut as a regular in a TV drama series, "Civil Wars" (ABC)

1991

Made Broadway acting debut in "Lost in Yonkers"

1993

Joined the cast of the TV drama series, "L.A. Law" (NBC) as Eli Levinson

1994

Offered memorable guest appearance in an episode of "ER" (NBC); received Emmy nomination

1995

Cast as a regular in the sitcom, "Cybill" (CBS) as one of the title character's ex-husbands

1998

Appeared opposite wife Marg Helgenberger in the Lifetime movie "Giving Up the Ghost"

1999

Began recurring appearances as lawyer Stuart Brickman on the CBS drama "Chicago Hope"; promoted to regular in the final season

2001

Cast as Alvin Masterson on the CBS drama series "The Guardian"

2005

Elected the 24th president of Screen Actors Guild (SAG)

2005

Voiced the Jack Hammer in the animated feature "Robots"

2007

Began hosting a Public Television program, "Life: Part 2" in St. Paul, Minnesota

Awards

1995

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor In a Drama Series in ER

1996

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in Cybill