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BIOGRAPHY

Ricky Whittle
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Ricky Whittle, born December 21 in Oldham near Manchester in the North of England, is a British actor, model and football player.

Whittle is more recognized as an actor and best know for his role in Sky One's Dream Team as Ryan Naysmith, Holby City and is now currently playing Calvin Valentine in popular Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks.

After being scouted by both Arsenal and Celtic football clubs, an injury forced Whittle to pursue a Law degree with Criminology at Southampton University for 4 years, in case of injury in the future. Here he began modelling, becoming the face of a Reebok campaign in 2000.

After a successful audition and recall for the lead character in Sky One's "Dream Team", Whittle left university to pursue an acting career. After two action-packed seasons as Dream Team's "bad boy" Ryan Naysmith, Ricky appeared as a guest character on BBC One's "Holby City", where he played his first gay character, David Richards.

Sadly, after breaking his leg in a freak accident, seven operations meant Whittle was bed bound for a few months and was told he would never run again and would be lucky to walk without limping.

After receiving strength and support from hundreds of fan mails wishing him a quick recovery, Ricky has now completed his rehabilitation and is back playing full contact football, proving the doctors wrong.