Mario Rosenstock

Mario Rosenstock
Rosenstock at the opening of theBord Gáis Energy Theatrein March 2010
Born	(1970-08-31)31 August 1970 London, United Kingdom
Nationality	Irish
Spouse	Bláthnaid Rosenstock
Children	2
Notable works and roles	Gift Grub

Mario Rosenstock(born 31 August 1970) is an Irish actor, comedian,impressionistand musician.

Career

Rosenstock first came to the attention of the Irish public playing the role of Dr. David Hanlon in the soapGlenroein the 1990s.

However, he is now best known for the popularGift Grubsegments which have featured on theIan Dempsey Breakfast Showon Today FM since May 1999 which Rosenstock created alongsidePaul McLoone,a radio presenter with Today FM and also frontman of the Northern Irish pop-punk/new-wave band,The Undertoneswhich occurred in 1999 and when McLoone served as a producer for the Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show.

Gift Grub is a series of comic sketches, impersonations and parodies that have featured Rosenstock assuming the personae ofBertie Ahern,Ronan Keating,Colin FarrellandRoy Keaneamongst many others; he also provides the manic voice of Right Price Tiles radio spokesperson "Daft Dave".

Rosenstock performed an impersonation ofJosé Mourinhoin a parody of a song from the musicalJoseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.This spread like wildfire on Internet message boards and eventually it was played on aSky Sportsbroadcast. Mourinho had heard the song and enjoyed the impersonation so much he asked Rosenstock to perform a private show for him and theChelseasquad.Rosenstock later released, with Mourinho's blessing, a single version of "José and his Amazing Technicolor Overcoat".He also released another song ("I Sign a Little Player or Two") on the internet with a parody of Mourinho in an interview then breaking into song.

In 2005, he starred as Keano in the comedy musical playI, Keano,which concernsKeane storming outof theRepublic of Ireland national football squadduring preparations for the2002 FIFA World Cup.

In 2005, Rosenstock achieved theChristmas number one singlein theIrish music Charts,with a parody ofWill Young's songLeave Right Now(which itself was a Christmas number-one in 2003). The parody concerned Roy Keane'scontroversial departurefromManchester Unitedand his falling-out withAlex Ferguson.As of 2011, Rosenstock is the last Irish national to top his country's Christmas charts.

Between December 2007 and May 2009, Rosenstock worked on a puppet comedy series entitledSpecial 1 TV(originallyI'm onSetanta Sports), which was presented as a parody weekly football talk show hosted by "José Mourinho". Rosenstock voiced all the puppet characters on the sketch, with the exception of "Rafael Benitez", who was performed by Keith Burke, including the main character Mourinho, his studio co-hosts "Sven-Göran Eriksson" and "Wayne Rooney", and regular phone-in callers like "Alex Ferguson", "Arsène Wenger", "Roy Keane" and "Mick McCarthy", as well as the non-football-related characters,Nelson Mandela,Willie Nelson,Barack ObamaandTom Cruise.

Outstanding Achievement Award at the 11th annual PPI (Phonographic Performance Ireland) Radio Awards.

In November 2012 his new show calledThe Mario Rosenstock Showstarted onRTÉ2.A second series of the show began to air in September 2013.

Family

Rosenstock is married, with two children. His uncle,Gabriel Rosenstock,is one of Ireland's most notable Irish language poets and member of INNTI with Michael Davitt (Poet),Nuala Ní DhomhnaillandLiam Ó Muirthile.Rosenstock's grandfather George was adoctorand writer fromSchleswig-Holstein,Germany. He never spoke German again after the war out of shame. He himself escaped the Nazis regime by only one generation, as he had Jewish roots. His grandmother was anursefrom Athenry,County Galway.

Filmography

• Miracle at Midnight(The Walt Disney Company)

External links

• Mario RosenstockatIMDb