John Newton

Birthplace: Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Birthday: December 29, 1965

With his muscular physique and dark good looks, John Haymes Newton seemed perfectly cast in the dual role of the teenage Clark Kent and his alter ego "Superboy" in the 1988 syndicated series. But after one season, he was replaced by another actor and instead began to carve out a career on stage and screen. The native North Carolinian headed to Manhattan at age 19 to study acting and soon found himself headlining a TV series. After leaving "Superboy", Newton garnered praise for his leading role in a 1990 production of "O…more

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Actor

The Adventures of Superboy
Clark Kent/Superboy
Dark Tides
Don
Operation Sandman: Warriors in Hell
Major Martin Richards
Melrose Place
Ryan McBride
The Emancipation of Lizzie Stern
Jason Coates

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Career Milestones

1998
Joined cast of Fox's "Melrose Place" as Ryan McBride
1997
Had recurring role on "Walker, Texas Ranger" (CBS)
1997
Starred alongside Corin Nemec and Alexis Arquette as Navy SEALs in the feature action adventure "Goodbye America"
1993
Co-starred in "Alive", the based-on-fact drama about survivors of a plane crash in the Andes
1992
First feature lead as a half-breed martial artist in "Desert Kickboxer"