Newlander is best known for his role as Alan Frog, one of the two vampire-hunting Frog brothers, in The Lost Boys, alongside Corey Feldman. He reprises his role as Alan Frog in the Lost Boys: The Thirst, as he and Feldman fight side-by-side again for what's been celebrated as the return of theFrog Brothers. Newlander also makes an appearance as Alan Frog in one of the alternative endings for Lost Boys: The Tribe. He also played alongside the late River Phoenix in a TV Movie,, and Jason Bateman in Valerie. He also appeared in the 1988 remake of The Blob. He starred in two commercials during the 80's, for Pearle Vision and AT&T in 1984 and 1987 respectively. A graduate of Beverly Hills High School, he went on to get a BFA in acting at NYU, and acted on stages in New York, Vermont, Kentucky and California throughout his 20s. While doing theater, Newlander began writing and became an award-winning playwright with his 1996 play "Remember This" at Actors Theatre of Louisville. He put all of his talents together for his film "Rooster," which played on the film festival circuit, most notably at the Hamptons International Film Festival in 2003. In 2009, he then went on to write, produce, direct and star in a second short film titled Room Service. He made cameo appearances in both seasons of The Two Coreys, a reality TV show starring Lost Boys co-stars Corey Haim and Corey Feldman on A&E Network. Since then, he has played small roles in multiple movies, including Bone Tomahawk, alongside Kurt Russell. Newlander created Wikisoap, the first ever user-created soap opera on the web. He is currently working on his play, "The Virtual Adventures of Riff-Cat Polito" He had a cameo appearance as a police officer in "The Tale of Two Coreys," the Lifetime movie documenting the lives of Corey Haim and Corey Feldman. Newlander co-hosted a short bi-weekly podcast called "The Jamison Newlander and Some Other Guy Show" with an unidentified co-host. The podcast included regular updates on Newlander's life and career, as well as comedy sketches, celebrity guests, and casual conversation. It was released every second Sunday, but is now on extended hiatus, although previous episodes remain available. Newlander is working on an upcoming second podcast titled Current Frequencies, a collection of original 20-30 minute radio-dramas based on contemporary issues.
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Personal life
Newlander was born on April 2, 1970 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California. He is the youngest of a Jewish family with Italian descent, with two older sisters. At the age of two his parents divorced. As a child, he was a somewhat slow reader, which later in life was attributed to mild dyslexia. He wore leg braces from ages seven to nine due to Necrosis. With the leg braces, he played baseball, and had a runner who ran for him after he hit the ball. Inspired by the doctors he was surrounded with at a young age, he decided that he wanted to be an orthopaedic surgeon. His mother suggested he did commercials to get money for medical school. Ironically, this instead lead him to a career in acting. In 2002, he married fellow actress Hanny Landau. They have two sons, Nathan Dov Newlander and Azi Sylvester Newlander.
