Vorlage:Infobox actor Ricky Whittle is a British actor, born 23 November 1981Vorlage:Fact in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England,[1] who has appeared in Sky One's Dream Team as Ryan Naysmith, Holby City and is currently playing Calvin Valentine in popular Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks.
Ricky broke his leg in a charity match during his time at Dream Team. When he returned to acting, his character Ryan Naysmith had the story of a broken leg written into the script.Vorlage:Fact
In October 2007, Whittle was featured in the guise of the devil on a special Hallowe'en cover of Ikonz magazine, and has also been Torso Of The Week, in an edition of Heat magazine.
In January 2008, Ricky appeared on a celebrity edition of The Weakest Link, reaching the final, but losing out to Crimewatch UK star, Rav Wilding. Wilding then donated half of the prize money to Whittle's charity J-U-M-P, with Whittle describing him as "a beautiful man".[2]
Personal life
Ricky is good friends with co-stars Jamie Lomas, Stuart Manning and former Dream Team co-stars Robert Kazinsky, Wayne Carter and Kara Tointon. He still keeps in touch with many of his Dream Team co-stars.[3]
Since then, he has moved on to be a Hollyoaks heart-throb, and made it to the Hollyoaks Hunks 2008 Calendar.
Whittle is currently dating fellow Hollyoaks cast member Carley Stenson who plays Steph Cunningham.