Ricky Whittle

Ricky Whittle was born on Nov 23, 1981 in UK. Ricky Whittle's big-screen debut came with Dream Team - Season 6 directed by Carson Black in 2002, strarring Ryan Naysmith. Ricky Whittle is known for American Gods directed by David Slade, Ricky Whittle stars as Shadow Moon and Emily Browning as Laura Moon. Ricky Whittle has got 1 awards and 5 nominations so far. The most recent award Ricky Whittle achieved is Television and Radio Industries Club Awards. The upcoming new movie Ricky Whittle plays is Nappily Ever After which will be released on Sep 21, 2018.

Ricky was born in Oldham, Lancashire. His father was in the Royal Air Force which meant travelling the world to different bases. Ricky was scouted to play as a professional footballer for Arsenal and Celtic football clubs but this was thwarted by injury and instead he went to Southampton University to read Law. Whilst there he began modeling and became the Face of Reebok for 2000. He then moved into acting, with his first lead role in the football drama 'Dream Team'. In 2007 he left to play in another British soap, as P.C. Calvin Valentine in the award winning soap 'Hollyoaks'. In 2010, Ricky took his talents to Los Angeles immediately booking a lead in Sony romantic comedy Austenland before gaining several TV roles in mistresses, NCIS,single ladies amongst others. His versatility and nuance depicted as Lincoln in sci fi Netflix drama The100 before his breakout role and critically acclaimed portrayal as shadow Moon in the award winning American Gods ,streamed worldwide on Amazon