Adam Rothenberg

Adam Rothenberg (born June 20, 1975) is an American actor, best known for his role as Capt. Homer Jackson in the BBC One drama mystery series Ripper Street (2012–16). In film, he has starred in Mad Money as Bob Truman, Tennessee (2008) as Carter, and The Immigrant (2013) as Officer DeKeiffer.

Early life Rothenberg was born to Gillian and Kenneth Rothenberg in Tenafly, New Jersey on June 20, 1975, and graduated from Tenafly High School in 1998. He is of Jewish ancestry on his father's side and has two brothers and three sisters. In 2008, he revealed to People that, before turning to acting, he was a garbage man, a fact-checker for Mademoiselle, and a security guard. Rothenberg trained as an actor at The Acting Studio - New York under James Price in New York City; while there, he performed numerous roles with Chelsea Repertory Company & LAB. From 1996 to 1997, he served in the United States Army, based in Germany.

Career Rothenberg has performed on television, in film and in theatre. In New York, Rothenberg has starred in many Off-Broadway productions. These include the lead in Second Stage Theatre's revival of Danny and the Deep Blue Sea (2004), as well as his critically acclaimed role in The Women's Project's Birdy (2003). In 2006, Rothenberg played the Scottish storyteller Chimney Bosch in the MCC Theater's The Wooden Breeks, directed by Trip Cullman. Outside of New York, Rothenberg starred opposite Patricia Clarkson as Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire at the Kennedy Center's Tennessee Williams Festival (2004).

At the Williamstown Theatre Festival, he starred as Doug in Alexandra Gersten-Vassilaros's Mother of Invention (2003), directed by Nicholas Martin, and as Lord Darlington in Lady Windermere's Fan (2005), directed by Moisés Kaufman. In 2011, he starred as Nils Krogstad in A Doll's House. Rothenberg then starred in the Mark Taper Forum's 2011 production of Burn This. Other theatre performances include Finder's Fee at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, A Steady Rain, The Center of Gravity, Mad Forest, I'm Really Here and Almost Like Being.

In his television work, Rothenberg filmed one of the lead roles, Evan Wexler, in Fox's unaired television pilot Damages, and was also one of the leads, Eddie Caprio, in the comedy series Misconceptions, which also did not air. In 2008, he appeared as David "Augie" Augustine in the comedy-drama series The Ex List. Since 2012, he has had a starring role in the BBC One drama mystery television series Ripper Street, portraying Capt. Homer Jackson. In 2015, he was cast in the pilot of ABC's crime drama series Wicked City as Detective Jack Roth, an officer searching for a serial killer on the Sunset Strip. His role was recast in July 2015 after the show received its ABC airdate, and the role was instead given to Jeremy Sisto.

Personal life Rothenberg married actress Charlene McKenna in January 2021 at Castle Leslie, Glaslough.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 1999 Modern Young Man Unknown Short film 2001 Cruise Control Flapjax Patron Short film 2003 Coyote Beach The Man Short film; also producer2008 Mad Money Bob Truman Tennessee Carter 2009 Under New Management Mark Boyd 2011 The Dish & the Spoon Rose's Husband 2013 The Immigrant Officer DeKeiffer 2017 Dark Ascension Keith 2021 The Mauritanian Santiago

Television

Theatre Year Title Role Venue Ref2003 Mother of Invention Doug Williamstown Theatre Festival, Williamstown, United States Birdy Sergeant Al Columbato WP Theater, New York City, United States 2004 A Streetcar Named Desire Stanley Kowalski John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C., United States Danny and the Deep Blue Sea Danny Second Stage Theater, New York City, United States 2005 Lady Windermere's Fan Lord Darlington Williamstown Theatre Festival, Williamstown, United States 2009 The Retributionists Jascha Playwrights Horizons, New York City, United States 2010 There Are No More Big Secrets Gabe Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, New York City, United States 2011 Burn This Pale Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, United States A Doll's House Nils Krogstad Williamstown Theatre Festival, Williamstown, United States 2016 Fool for Love Eddie Found 111, London, United Kingdom