Ricky Whittle's Biography
Who is Ricky Whittle?
Ricky Whittle was born in Oldham, England.His father Harry was in the RAF and consequently the Whittle family lived in various places around the world.
Ricky Whittle was scouted by Arsenal and Celtic, but an injury put paid to his hopes of becoming a footballer.
He then studied a Law with Criminology degree at Southampton University.
Whilst there he began modelling.Acting Career
In 2002, Ricky Whittle was cast as Ryan Naysmith in Sky One's Dream Team.
After breaking his leg in a charity football game, he then suffered a lung embolism and nearly died.
Ricky Whittle was able to get back into acting initially because he returned to Dream Team in a storyline where his character broke his leg.
In 2006 he was cast as Calvin Valentine in Hollyoaks.
In 2009 Ricky Whittle partnered Natalie Lowe in Strictly Come Dancing. They came second.
His partner was Carley Stenson, who plays Steph Dean in Hollyoaks, however in November 2009, there were reports that Ricky Whittle and Carley Stenson had split up.
In August 2010, Ricky Whittle was cleared of dangerous driving, having been accused of deliberately driving into a photographer, Stephen Farrell.
In 2017, he was cast as Shadow Moon in American Gods.
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