14 Facts About Alan Rosenberg

From 2005 to 2009, Rosenberg was president of the Screen Actors Guild, the principal motion picture industry on-screen performers' union.

Alan Rosenberg was born on October 4,1950, and raised in Passaic, New Jersey, in a Conservative Judaism household.

Alan Rosenberg's late brother, Mark, was a political activist in the 1960s, later a film producer.

In 1979, Alan Rosenberg appeared in the movie The Wanderers, as Turkey.

Alan Rosenberg supplied the voice of the bounty hunter Boba Fett on NPR's adaptation of The Empire Strikes Back.

Alan Rosenberg is known for his appearance as the crazed "Mad Bomber" in the 1986 cult-classic Stewardess School and Paul Bartel's screwball comedy Not for Publication opposite Nancy Allen.

Alan Rosenberg starred in The Temptations miniseries in 1998 as long-time manager Shelly Berger.

Alan Rosenberg performed in the legal drama The Guardian as Alvin Masterson.

Alan Rosenberg appeared on Broadway in What's Wrong With This Picture and Lost In Yonkers, and off-Broadway in Isn't It Romantic, A Prayer for My Daughter, and Kid Champion.

Alan Rosenberg was elected the 24th president of the Screen Actors Guild on September 23,2005, succeeding Melissa Gilbert, who had served as president since 2001 and chose not to run for a third two-year term.

Alan Rosenberg received 39.99 percent of the nationwide vote of the Guild's general membership, defeating Morgan Fairchild and Robert Conrad.

Alan Rosenberg has hosted episodes of the public television program, Life: Part 2, which began in 2007 and is produced in St Paul, Minnesota.

Alan Rosenberg portrayed Professor Youens, an alcoholic college professor and mentor to Lip Gallagher.

Alan Rosenberg met Marg Helgenberger in New York City in 1984, while guest-starring on her soap opera Ryan's Hope.