Editing Michael Rosenbaum (section)

==Early life==
Rosenbaum was born in [[Oceanside, New York]] and raised in [[Newburgh, Indiana]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/86/Michael-Rosenbaum.html|title=Michael Rosenbaum biodata|website=Filmreference.com|access-date=2017-01-15}}</ref> His mother, Julie (née Eckstein), is a writer and his father, Mark Rosenbaum, worked in pharmaceuticals.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/523348%7C0/Michael-Rosenbaum|title=Michael Rosenbaum biography|website=Turner Classic Movies|access-date=February 21, 2017}}</ref> He is one of six children with two brothers, Eric and Adam, and a sister, Laurie. After his parents' divorce, his mother remarried sports reporter Gordon Engelhardt, and his father remarried Alexis Pelegrino, with whom he had two daughters, Rosenbaum's half-sisters. His uncle is pet behaviorist [[Warren Eckstein]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.warreneckstein.com/b/Derek-now-lives-in-the-Hollywood-Hills/-50897426434694357.html|website=warreneckstein.com|title=Derek now lives in the Hollywood Hills|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201232610/http://www.warreneckstein.com/b/Derek-now-lives-in-the-Hollywood-Hills/-50897426434694357.html|archive-date=February 1, 2014}}</ref> Rosenbaum is [[Jews|Jewish]], and says he was "closer to religion" in New York than in Indiana.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.michaelrosenbaum.com/maariv.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120710233907/http://www.michaelrosenbaum.com/maariv.html|title=Smallville Interview|website=michaelrosenbaum.com|first=Haggay|last=Kraus|date=April 2002|archive-date=July 10, 2012}}</ref>

Rosenbaum graduated from [[John H. Castle High School|Castle High School]] in [[Newburgh, Indiana]] and from [[Western Kentucky University]] in [[Bowling Green, Kentucky]] with a degree in [[theatre]] arts. Immediately after, he moved to New York City to pursue an acting career.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wku.edu/next/michael-rosenbaum/index.php|title=Michael's Story|website=www.wku.edu|access-date=2019-12-13}}</ref>