Robert Newman is the youngest of seven children. He was nominated for a Soap Opera Digest Award for Supporting Actor in 1998 and received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in 2002.

Here are a few other tidbits about the Guiding Light star you may not previously have known:

• Active in the Guiding Light Actor's Workshop.

• Avid golfer and huge Bruce Springsteen fan.

• Was an interim pastor at a church in Los Angeles.

• Featured in the audio version of book Moonlight with Kim Zimmer (Reva).