by Larry Richman
June 12, 2008 1:28 PM

We've been following the exploding career of young actor Michael Welch for several years on this blog.

In February, PROnetworks was the first online to announce that he had been cast in the role of Mike Newton in Twilight, the highly anticipated Summit Pictures release of the film based on Stephenie Meyer's popular novel. Twilight is due in theaters on December 12.

In addition, Michael has seven films just released or coming out before the end of the year, as well as a number of television projects. He starred in several of my favorite films of 2006 and 2007: All the Boys Love Mandy Lane (scheduled to be released within a few months), An American Crime (currently airing on Showtime), and Lost Dream (in post-production). He has also completed Remember the Daze and Day of the Dead (both just released on DVD), The Thacker Case, American Son (soon to debut on Starz), and four episodes of the FX series The Riches.

Michael has both an official site at michaelwelchonline.com/ as well as an official MySpace at myspace.com/officialmichaelwelch.

Michael has granted us this exclusive first look at his newest photoshoot. Thanks Michael!

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