Gerald Raymond "Gerry" Rosenthal (born September 2, 1980) is an
American actor, voice actor, singer-songwriter, and musician who
started out acting in TV commercials at the age of 7. He has starred
on films and short films and has guest starred in television series
such as Law & Order and Celebrity Deathmatch. He is best known for
providing the voice for Jimmy Hopkins, the main playable character in
the 2006 video game Bully, for which he was nominated for a 2006 Spike
VGA Award for Best Performance by a Human Male. He lives in Jersey
City, New Jersey and now mostly works as a guitarist, bassist,
keyboardist, and singer-songwriter. He teaches private music lessons
and performs in gigs professionally. He plays bass in both a Beatles
cover band called Hey Bulldog, as well as the Mama Doni Band, and
guitar in a wedding band called The Jersey Joint. Rosenthal also
writes, records, and plays guitar with his own original bands, Big
Wake and The Gerry Rosenthal Trio (GR3). He freelances with as many
different projects as possible, and performs solo and duo acoustic
sets all over the area.Rosenthal was around the age of 6 years old
when his mother took him into New York City to audition for an acting
agent and they liked him enough to send him out on some auditions. He
acted in several commercials as a child starting at the age of 7. He
claims that acting was something his parents dragged him to do more or
less, but around the beginning of 9th grade he realized that acting
was something he truly wanted to do. Rosenthal has appeared in
numerous television commercials and radio voice-overs, along with
television series including TV's Law & Order and Law & Order: Special
Victims Unit, as well as the films Liberty Heights, Finding Forrester,
and Wirey Spindell. Rosenthal also provided the voice for the main
playable character Jimmy Hopkins in the 2006 video game Bully, from
Rockstar Games.Rosenthal's father began teaching him guitar and piano
around the age of 7. Between the ages of 10â€"13 he attended the St.
Thomas Choir School in New York City, a boarding school for young male
choristers, where he sang 5â€"6 church services a week at St. Thomas
Church Fifth Avenue with the St. Thomas Choir of Men and Boys under
the direction of Dr. Gerre Hancock. While at St. Thomas, Rosenthal
studied piano with concert pianist Leslie Singer and music theory with
composer Scott Eyerly (composer of the Opera house of Seven Gables, as
well as a faculty member at The Juilliard School). He was fortunate
enough to tour extensively with the St. Thomas Choir, traveling to
Austria, Italy, Vienna, and Ireland. In high school Rosenthal
continued his piano studies privately with Paul Salamone, a jazz
pianist from Scotch Plains, New Jersey. While earning a History degree
at Rutgers University, Rosenthal attended a semester at Berklee
College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts where he studied guitar
privately with John Marasco (Eartha Kitt, Al Martino) and John Thomas
(Kenny Drew, Tony Scott, Roy Haynes) as well as music theory with Jim
Stinnett (bass instructor for Mike Gordon of Phish.) While in college
he also studied privately on guitar with Karl Cochran (Ace Frehley,
Joe Lynn Turner.) And he always played with different groups for fun
in college, so within 6 months of moving home He was playing in about
4 different bands in the New Brunswick NJ music scene. It happened
slowly, but over the years his focus gradually shifted more and more
towards music, to the point where that's how he makes his living
today. He claims he still goes on acting auditions, but music is his
life at this point.
American actor, voice actor, singer-songwriter, and musician who
started out acting in TV commercials at the age of 7. He has starred
on films and short films and has guest starred in television series
such as Law & Order and Celebrity Deathmatch. He is best known for
providing the voice for Jimmy Hopkins, the main playable character in
the 2006 video game Bully, for which he was nominated for a 2006 Spike
VGA Award for Best Performance by a Human Male. He lives in Jersey
City, New Jersey and now mostly works as a guitarist, bassist,
keyboardist, and singer-songwriter. He teaches private music lessons
and performs in gigs professionally. He plays bass in both a Beatles
cover band called Hey Bulldog, as well as the Mama Doni Band, and
guitar in a wedding band called The Jersey Joint. Rosenthal also
writes, records, and plays guitar with his own original bands, Big
Wake and The Gerry Rosenthal Trio (GR3). He freelances with as many
different projects as possible, and performs solo and duo acoustic
sets all over the area.Rosenthal was around the age of 6 years old
when his mother took him into New York City to audition for an acting
agent and they liked him enough to send him out on some auditions. He
acted in several commercials as a child starting at the age of 7. He
claims that acting was something his parents dragged him to do more or
less, but around the beginning of 9th grade he realized that acting
was something he truly wanted to do. Rosenthal has appeared in
numerous television commercials and radio voice-overs, along with
television series including TV's Law & Order and Law & Order: Special
Victims Unit, as well as the films Liberty Heights, Finding Forrester,
and Wirey Spindell. Rosenthal also provided the voice for the main
playable character Jimmy Hopkins in the 2006 video game Bully, from
Rockstar Games.Rosenthal's father began teaching him guitar and piano
around the age of 7. Between the ages of 10â€"13 he attended the St.
Thomas Choir School in New York City, a boarding school for young male
choristers, where he sang 5â€"6 church services a week at St. Thomas
Church Fifth Avenue with the St. Thomas Choir of Men and Boys under
the direction of Dr. Gerre Hancock. While at St. Thomas, Rosenthal
studied piano with concert pianist Leslie Singer and music theory with
composer Scott Eyerly (composer of the Opera house of Seven Gables, as
well as a faculty member at The Juilliard School). He was fortunate
enough to tour extensively with the St. Thomas Choir, traveling to
Austria, Italy, Vienna, and Ireland. In high school Rosenthal
continued his piano studies privately with Paul Salamone, a jazz
pianist from Scotch Plains, New Jersey. While earning a History degree
at Rutgers University, Rosenthal attended a semester at Berklee
College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts where he studied guitar
privately with John Marasco (Eartha Kitt, Al Martino) and John Thomas
(Kenny Drew, Tony Scott, Roy Haynes) as well as music theory with Jim
Stinnett (bass instructor for Mike Gordon of Phish.) While in college
he also studied privately on guitar with Karl Cochran (Ace Frehley,
Joe Lynn Turner.) And he always played with different groups for fun
in college, so within 6 months of moving home He was playing in about
4 different bands in the New Brunswick NJ music scene. It happened
slowly, but over the years his focus gradually shifted more and more
towards music, to the point where that's how he makes his living
today. He claims he still goes on acting auditions, but music is his
life at this point.
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