Gerry Rosenthal

Gerry Rosenthal is an American musician, singer-songwriter and actor. He has starred in 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 and a 10th Annual Interactive Achievement Award for Outstanding Achievement in Character Performance - Male.

Early life Rosenthal graduated from North Plainfield High School in 1998 in North Plainfield, New Jersey, where he was active in theater programs. He attended college at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey where he studied history and political science.

Music Rosenthal's father began teaching him guitar and piano at 7 years old. Between the ages of ten and thirteen he attended the St. Thomas Choir School in New York City, a boarding school for young male choristers. He sang in five or six 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 toured with the St. Thomas Choir, traveling to Austria, Italy, Vienna, and Ireland. In high school Rosenthal continued his piano studies privately with jazz pianist Paul Salamone. 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 guitar privately with Karl Cochran (Ace Frehley, Joe Lynn Turner.) He also played with different groups for fun in college, so within six months of moving home He was playing in about four bands in the New Brunswick, New Jersey, area. Over the years his focus gradually shifted more and more towards music, and that's how he makes his living today. He says that he still goes on acting auditions, but music is his life at this point.

Personal life Rosenthal grew up with two brothers, also musicians. His younger brother Hank died of a drug overdose at the age of 26 on September 30, 2017.

Rosenthal and his wife Megan McGrath became parents of their son James sometime in late 2018.

Today, Rosenthal and his family currently live in Jersey City, New Jersey. He teaches private music lessons and performs in gigs professionally. He freelances with as many different projects as possible, and performs solo and duo acoustic sets all over the area.

Discography Big Wake (2011) Why We Belong - Single (2016) Why We Belong (2019) Is This the Night - Single (2019) First. - Single (2019)

Filmography Film Year Title RoleNotes 1998 Shirtsleeves Meehan Short film 1998 Stepmom Loop group 1999 Wirey Spindell Mike Johnson 1999 Liberty Heights Murray 2000 Finding Forrester Student Speaker 2004 Delivery Trainee Short film 2017 Flatliners Loop group

Television Year Title RoleNotes 1998 Law & Order Randy Baxter Episode: "Damaged" 1999–2002 Celebrity Deathmatch Various voice roles 4 episodes 2000 Law & Order Student # 2 Episode: "Return" 2003 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Paul Howley Episode: "Mercy" 2021–2022 Angelo Rules Schmitty, Hunter, Alonzo, Clyde (English version, voices) 4 episodes

Video games Year Title RoleNotes 2006 Bully Jimmy Hopkins Additional scenes/missionsUnused beta scene/missionAlso motion-capture in Scholarship Edition