Justin Torkildsen (born July 3, 1981 in Boulder, Colorado) is an American actor, best known for his role as

Rick Forrester Rick Forrester is a fictional character from ''The Bold and the Beautiful'', an American soap opera on the CBS network. He was born in 1990 as the son of Brooke Logan and Eric Forrester. Portrayed by several adult actors, he is currently portra ...

on the daytime

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, ''

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''. He portrayed the role from 1999 to 2006. Torkildsen received his first nomination in 2000 for his portrayal of Rick at the YoungStar Awards for "Best Young Actor/Performance in a Daytime TV Series". In 2001, he won a

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for "Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series", and was consecutively nominated in the same category in 2002. He was also nominated at the

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in 2001 for "Best Performance in a Daytime TV Series - Young Actor". He was also nominated for a

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for "Outstanding Younger Lead Actor" in 2003.

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* 1981 births Living people American male soap opera actors American people of Norwegian descent Male actors from Boulder, Colorado Male actors from Colorado Daytime Emmy Award winners Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series winners {{US-tv-bio-stub