- Born
- Birth nameRobert Wylie Newman
- Height6′ 2″ (1.88 m)
- Robert Newman is perhaps best known for his 28-year run as Joshua Lewis on the longest running program in broadcasting history, Guiding Light. The role garnered him 2 Daytime Emmy nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series.
He has recently guest starred on House of Cards, Chicago Fire, Homeland, Criminal Minds, NCIS, and Law and Order: SVU. Film credits include Amazing Spider-Man 2, Dracano, and the short film Deadline, which earned him the Best Actor award at the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival in 2015.
Off-Broadway Credits include Perfect Crime, She's of a Certain Age, Sessions: the Musical, and Quiet on the Set.
Most recent regional credits include 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 with 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.)
- IMDb mini biography by: RN
- SpouseBritt Helfer(September 27, 1986 - present) (2 children)
- ChildrenConnor Helfer NewmanKendal Helfer Newman
- Gender / Gender identityMale
- Attended Birmingham High School in California.
- Earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in theater from California State University at Northridge.
- Robert Newman's fictional character (Ashland Locke) on the Young & The Restless is married into the Newman family (married to Victoria Newman) on the series. Also, his real life son's name is Connor Newman, on the Young & the Restless, his fictional nephew has the same name on the show.
- Reunited with Guiding Light leading lady Kim Zimmer just 18 months after the soap's finale in a spring 2009 production of the musical, Curtains. Starring Newman as Lt. Frank Cioffi and Zimmer as Carmen Bernstein, it ran from March 29-April 10 at the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts in Houston, Texas, followed by the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, New Jersey from April 27-May 22.
- One of 7 children.
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