Biography
Robert Newman is widely recognized for his 28-year portrayal of Joshua Lewis on Guiding Light, the longest-running program in broadcasting history. This role earned him two Daytime Emmy nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series.
Recently, he has appeared as a guest star on shows such as House of Cards, Chicago Fire, Homeland, Criminal Minds, NCIS, and Law & Order: SVU. His film credits include Amazing Spider-Man 2, Dracano, and the short film Deadline, for which he won Best Actor at the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival in 2015.
His Off-Broadway work includes Perfect Crime, She's of a Certain Age, Sessions: the Musical, and Quiet on the Set.
His most recent regional theater credits feature Kiss Me Kate, Hairspray, Noises Off, The Civil War, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (with Kim Zimmer), The Lion in Winter (with Kim Zimmer), Disney's Hunchback of Notre Dame, the world premiere of Naked Influence, Stephen Sondheim's Putting It Together, Other Desert Cities, Man of La Mancha, Gypsy (with Tovah Feldshuh and Kim Zimmer), Love Letters, Fiddler on the Roof, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Deathtrap, Peter Pan, Shenandoah, Curtains, Annie, Nine, A Little Night Music, The Full Monty, and Sylvia, which he also directed.
