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Jacob Michael Newton is an actor who had a featured part as a Starfleet cadet in Star Trek.
Newton attended the University of Louisville, Kentucky where he was an Honors student and studied Theatre Arts. He also studied acting under Jon Huffman, John Sarno, and at the Playhouse West in Los Angeles. Beside several stage plays and roles in independent projects such as The Urge, The Candidate, Jamie Kennedy's Open Mic, and Pancakes, Newton was featured in the short comedy Ingénue fatale (2008) and in the short action film The Cypherian (2009).