Ed Metzger

Ed Metzger is an American playwright and an actor known for his character roles in the movies such as Dr. Albert Einstein in 'Watchmen' and 'Joe’s Rotten World', and Teddy Roosevelt in 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'. Metzger, in his live one-man shows, has also portrayed Albert Einstein in 'Albert Einstein: The Practical Bohemian' and Ernst Hemingway in 'Hemingway: On the Edge', for more than three decades.

Ed Metzger was born in the Borough of Brooklyn in New York Click to look into! >> Read More... where he attended the Thomas Jefferson High School. Metzger pursued his graduation at the University of Florida, Gainesville. Later on, for five years, Metzger undertook drama and theatre acting with Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio, New York. Metzger’s portrayal of Albert Einstein in his one-man show stage play involves an Einstein’s point of view of the Holocaust, his Theory of Relativity, his mannerisms, and idiosyncrasies. Metzger’s is the only play that has been endorsed throughout the years by the Einstein family, and they have publicly stated that it’s hard to tell the difference between Metzger’s and Albert’s behaviour. Metzger has also portrayed the legendary scientist in movies such as the Garrett Brawith directed FDR: American Badass, Joe’s Rotten World, the Zack Snyder Zachary Edward Snyder is also known as Zack was bo >> Read More... directed Watchmen, and in television shows such as 'The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!', Chris Rock’s 'Everybody Hates Chris', and the David Heil starrer 'Newton’s Apple'. Metzger has also been cast as the former United States President, Theodore Roosevelt in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and former President George Washington in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!. Metzger founded the Theater Arts Drama Camp for high school children, where he imparts knowledge on Lee Strasberg’s methods. Besides, Metzger has also featured in movies such as Ash Baron-Cohen’s 'Pups', the Sidney Lumet directed 'Dog Day Afternoon', and in Television shows such as Abby Mann’s 'Kojak', Steve Bochco’s creation, 'Hill Street Blues', and the George McGrath starrer 'On the Television'.

Metzger has also authored books such as Assassinate Einstein and Einstein Goes Hollywood. Metzger is married to the talent agent, Laya.