Michael Birkeland has appeared on camera many times for his work in LDS-themed movies, but he found himself in jail after a UVSC art instructor told police that he appeared on the Web camera of a stolen computer.

Birkeland, who appeared in movies such as "Church Ball," "The Singles Ward" and "The Home Teachers," was booked into the Utah County Jail on Friday on one count of felony theft. He bailed out Monday afternoon.

According to an affidavit filed in Provo's 4th District Court, Birkeland attended an art class at Utah Valley State College in April as the guest of a class model. While he was there, he was seen using an instructor's computer, which was missing after he left the classroom, court documents said.

Two days later, the instructor noticed that someone was logged on to the missing computer, and the instructor saw Birkeland on the computer's built-in camera, the affidavit said. After the computer's owner contacted Birkeland -- first online, then by phone -- the actor covered the camera to conceal his identity, according to the affidavit. The computer was left in a gift shop at Thanksgiving Point.