Before nailing the lead in West Bank Story, Ben Newmark knew his life would be spent as an entertainer.

By the time he was in high school, he was an award-winner performer; Best One-Act Production and Best Actor at the Missouri State competition, Best Performance ( Fiddler on the Roof ) at the Interlochen Arts Academy.

His theater work includes lead roles in Guys and Doll, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, The Music Man, and Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Ben's recent television credits include NNBC's Days of Our Lives and Lifetime's The Division