M. Ben Newman

Ben Newman, known professionally as M. Ben Newman, is an American actor, director, and teacher. He is from Colorado Springs, Colorado, and currently resides in Portland, Oregon. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Northern Colorado in 2002 and his Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Missouri-Kansas City in 2007.

Career
He started his career getting involved in theater and acting in numerous plays, first working at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. He also took part in performance art theatre at the Kansas City Repertory Theatre and the Kansas City Actors Theatre. Teaching is what initially brought him to Portland in 2012 when he became involved in the Northwest Children's Theater and School. M. Ben Newman actually started teaching and directing as early as 2001, however, as a teaching artist at Denver Center Theatre Academy.

He is currently an instructor at the Portland Actors Conservatory and a company member and alumni artist of Wide Eyed Productions, where he's acted in numerous plays and also directed an original show, ''A World Elsewhere! Arias in the Key of Clown''. He has also been a member of the Actors' Equity Association (AEA) since 2001 and a member of Screen Actors Guild/American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) since 2007.

Newman's first role on television was the recurring role of Jeremiah Rogers on Grimm.