Michael Welch (born July 25, 1987) is an American actor. He is best known for the role of Luke Girardi on the television series Joan of Arcadia and for the role of Mike Newton in the films Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn.
Career Welch is known for his role as Mike Newton in The Twilight Saga film series. Although he auditioned for the part of Edward Cullen, he was cast in the role of Mike Newton. He's also well known for his role as Luke Girardi in the television series Joan of Arcadia, which ran for two seasons (2003–2005).
Welch was cast in the series Z Nation on Syfy, which began airing in the fall of 2014. He also appeared in the 2014 film Boy Meets Girl, a romantic comedy which received many awards at LGBT film festivals in the U.S. and internationally.
Awards
Los Angeles FirstGlance Film Festival (2011) — Won, Festival Award – Best Actor for Unrequited (2010) (Lucky Day Studios) FilmOut San Diego (2014) — Won, FilmOut Festival Award – Best Actor for Boy Meets Girl.
Welch is the recipient of two Young Artist Awards. His first was for his performance in the film Star Trek: Insurrection at the age of 10. The second was for his work as Luke Girardi on Joan of Arcadia.
Personal life Welch's father is Protestant, and his mother is Jewish.
Welch married Marissa Lefton in 2008. The couple separated in 2011 and jointly filed for divorce in California on February 14, 2013. He married model Samantha Maggio in 2016. Welch has two children.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1998 Star Trek: Insurrection Artim 2001 Delivering Milo Mr. Owen 2001 Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse Pinocchio Voice; direct-to-video film 2002 The Angel Doll Little Jerry Barlow 2003 The United States of LelandRyan Pollard 2006 All the Boys Love Mandy Lane Emmet 2007 An American Crime Teddy Lewis 2008 Twilight Mike Newton 2008 Archie's Final Project Earl 2008 The Coverup Kevin Thacker 2008 Day of the Dead Trevor Cross 2009 The Twilight Saga: New Moon Mike Newton 2010 Unrequited Ben Jacobs 2010 The Twilight Saga: Eclipse Mike Newton 2011 Born Bad Denny Straight-to-DVD 2011 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 Mike Newton 2013 Grace Unplugged Quentin 2013 Hansel & Gretel Get Baked Hansel Jaeger 2014 Boy Meets Girl Robby 2014 Boys of Abu Ghraib Pits 2017 M.F.A. Mason 2018 The Final Wish Aaron 2019 Blood Craft Tyler Waters 2020 A Soldier's Revenge Danziger 2021 Last Shoot Out Jody
Television Year Title Role Notes 1998 Frasier Young Niles Episode: "Where Every Bloke Knows Your Name" (season 5, episode 10) 1998–1999 Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place Michael Rush 3 episodes 1999 7th Heaven Donovan Birbeck Episode: "All Dogs Go to Heaven" (season 3, episode 20) 1999 Walker, Texas Ranger Adam Crossland "Jacob's Ladder" 1999 Jesse Gabe 3 episodes2000 The Pretender Eric Gantry Episode: "School Daze" (Season 4, episode 16) 2001 The X-Files Trevor Episode: "Badlaa" (season 8, episode 10) 2001 Malcolm In The Middle Josh Episode: "New Neighbors" (season 2, episode 13) 2001–2003 House of Mouse Pinocchio 2002 Fillmore! Wade 2002 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Todd Branson Episode: "Blood Lust" (season 3, episode 9) 2003 Stargate SG-1 Young Jack Episode: "Fragile Balance" (season 7, episode 3) 2003–2005 Joan of Arcadia Luke Girardi Main role; Young Artist Award winner 2005 Cold Case Daniel Potter – 1972 Episode: "Honor" (season 3, episode 8) 2005 Crossing Jordan Boy raised from the dead Episode "Mysterious Ways" (season 5, episode 19) 2006 NCIS Kody Meyers Episode: "Bait" (season 3, episode 18) 2007 CSI: Miami Shane Partner Episode: "Permanent Vacation" (season 6, episode 8) 2007 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Scott Heston Episode: "Pretend" (season 8, episode 21) 2008 The Riches Ike 4 episodes 2010 Criminal Minds Syd Pearson Episode: "JJ" (season 6, episode 2) 2011 Bones Norman Hayes Episode: "The Feet on the Beach" (season 6, episode 17) 2013 Grimm Jake Barnes Episode: "One Night Stand" (season 3, episode 4) 2014–2015 Z Nation Mack Thompson Main role 2015 Scandal Officer Newton Episode: "The Lawn Chair" (season 4, episode 14) 2015 NCIS: New Orleans Kevin Heller Episode: "The List" (season 1, episode 18) 2016 Lucifer Kyle Erikson Episode: "St. Lucifer" (season 1, episode 11) 2016 The Catch Teddy Seavers Episode: "The Ringer" (season 1, episode 7) 2016 Another Period Franklin D. Roosevelt Episode: "Roosevelt" (season 2, episode 5) 2017–2019 Star vs the Forces of Evil Mewni Crowd 2017 The Bachelor Next Door Donnie TV film2018 Home by Spring Howard TV film2018 I'll Be Watching Jake Marsh TV film2019 Who's Stalking Me?James Dawson TV film2019 Station 19 Harold Episode: "Crazy Train" (season 2, episode 10)2019 Erasing His PastDavid TV film2020 A Christmas Hero Nick TV film
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