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Adam Rickitt
Born	Adam Peter Rickitt 29 May 1978 (1978-05-29) (age 30) Crewe, Cheshire, England
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Adam Peter Rickitt (born 29 May 1978 to Peter and Jill Rickitt in Crewe, Cheshire), is an English actor, former singer and model. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian defeats the Sassanid army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Crewe is a town in Cheshire, England, the largest town in the borough of Crewe and Nantwich, in which it is the only Unparished area. Cheshire (or archaically the County of Chester) is a county in North West England. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian defeats the Sassanid army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Crewe is a town in Cheshire, England, the largest town in the borough of Crewe and Nantwich, in which it is the only Unparished area. Cheshire (or archaically the County of Chester) is a county in North West England. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works A model is a person who is posed or displayed for the purpose of Art, Fashion, or other products and Advertising.

His surname is frequently mis-spelled as 'Rickett', including once on the credits of Coronation Street when he returned in 2002.

1 Biography
2 Career
3 References

Biography

Rickitt is the youngest child of four in his family. He has three older brothers: Tim (Timothy Grant), Mark (Mark Edward) and Sam (Samuel James). The family business is the estate agency Rickitt Grant^[1] which operates in Chester and London. Estate Agent is a British English term for a person or business that arranges the selling renting or management of Homes land and other Chester is the County town of Cheshire, England. Lying on the River Dee, close to the border with Wales, it is home to 77040 London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Adam was educated at Sedbergh School, a boarding school in Cumbria. Sedbergh School is a co-educational boarding school in Sedbergh, Cumbria for boys and girls between the ages of 13 and 18 inclusive Boundaries and divisions Cumbria is neighboured by Northumberland, County Durham, North Yorkshire, Lancashire, and the Lieutenancy He played in the rugby first team.

Rickitt has spoken about suffering from bulimia in his teenage years and male sufferers have largely been neglected. Bulimia nervosa is an Eating disorder characterized by recurrent Binge eating, followed by compensatory behaviors referred to as "purging" ^[2] He lost 3 stone (42 lb/19 kg) in weight. The stone is a unit of Weight. It is part of the Imperial system of weights and measures used in the British Isles, and formerly used in most

After leaving school, he flirted with the idea of becoming a journalist, but his work experience placement at the Northwich Chronicle in Cheshire lasted only one day.

When Rickitt turned 20, fans swamped him with 200 teddy bears, mountains of chocolates and bunches of flowers. He stated: "I didn't know what to do with them all. The house was full to bursting. It was amazing. " He handed the gift bonanza over to local hospitals and other charities.

Rickitt is 5 foot 11 inches (1. 80 m) tall.

Career

Coronation Street

He is most famous for his role on popular ITV soap opera Coronation Street, where he took over the role of Nick Tilsley in 1997. Independent Television (generally known as ITV) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters set up under the Independent A soap opera is an ongoing episodic work of Fiction, usually broadcast on Television or Radio. Coronation Street (commonly known as 'Corrie' is an award-winning Soap opera created by Tony Warren Nicholas Paul "Nick" Tilsley (previously Platt) is a Fictional character from the British Soap opera Coronation Street, most recently His girlfriend sent his pictures to various showbusiness agents, one of whom was Nigel Martin-Smith. Nigel Martin-Smith is a Manchester -based musical band manager who formed 1990s British boy band Take That. At first Martin-Smith had the idea of putting him in a boy band he was forming, but when he found out that Coronation Street were re-casting the part of Nick, Rickitt auditioned for the part and got the job. The part had previously been played by actor Warren Jackson until 1996 when the character moved to Canada. Warren Jackson (born 24 November 1980) is an English actor who is best known for playing the part of Nick Tilsley. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page

Rickitt left the series in 1999, returning briefly in 2002 and for a longer spell from 2003 to 2004 after which he along with several cast members were sacked when a new producer came to the show. His most famous and controversial storyline was in 2003 when the character of Nick was involved in the series' first gay kiss with Todd Grimshaw (played by Bruno Langley). Todd James Grimshaw is a Fictional character in the British television Soap opera Coronation Street. Bruno Langley (born March 21 1983) is an English Actor. Langley was born Devonor Norfolk --> of Australian

Pop career

Rickitt left Coronation Street in 1999 to start a music career. He signed a six-album deal, although he only released one album - Good Times - in 2000. Rickitt's first single, I Breathe Again, reached number five in the UK Top Ten, but follow up singles Everything My Heart Desires (also recorded by Mandy Moore), and Best Thing only entered the Top Twenty and Top Thirty respectively. Amanda Leigh "Mandy" Moore (born April 10 1984 is an American pop Singer, Songwriter, Actor, and Fashion designer The album failed, despite sexy music videos which showed off his muscular body (it peaked at No. 41 in the chart). Rickitt's disillusionment with the direction of his career led him to abandon pop music. ^[3] However in 2003, he played Mark Cohen in the musical Rent. Mark Cohen may refer to Mark Cohen (''Rent'', fictional character Mark Cohen (cricketer Mark Cohen (comedian Rent is a Rock musical, with music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson based on Giacomo Puccini 's Opera La Bohème

Rickitt actively courted gay audiences during this period, appearing regularly at gay venues and the BBC series Gaytime TV as well as children's television and mainstream pop festivals and television series. In the English language, gay is an Adjective that in modern usage refers to Homosexuality. Gaytime TV was a late-night Gay -themed Comedy and Lifestyle magazine programme broadcast on BBC 2 in the United Kingdom

Modelling

Prior to his acting career, Rickitt had briefly been a child model. A model is a person who is posed or displayed for the purpose of Art, Fashion, or other products and Advertising. He subsequently has modelled for UK magazines such as Attitude and Cosmopolitan. attitude is an award winning British Gay lifestyle magazine distributed worldwide Cosmopolitan is the best-selling young women's magazine in the world He is known especially in the tabloid press for having an extremely well-defined "six-pack". A tabloid is a Newspaper industry term which refers to a smaller newspaper format per spread to a weekly or semi-weekly alternative newspaper that focuses on local-interest The rectus abdominis muscle (commonly known as "abs" is a paired Muscle running vertically on each side of the anterior wall of the human abdomen (and in some other This, combined with his blond hair and good looks, has led to the accusation that he is a himbo. Bimbo is a term that emerged in popular English language usage in the early 20th century to describe an often attractive yet unintelligent woman Nonetheless, Rickitt turned down an opportunity to study law at Cambridge University in favour of continuing his modelling and acting career. The University of Cambridge (often Cambridge University) located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the

Conservative Party

In October 2005, Rickitt was approved as a prospective parliamentary candidate for the UK Conservative Party. Prospective parliamentary candidate ( PPC) is a term used in British politics to refer to candidates selected by political parties to fight individual The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is a Political party in the United Kingdom. ^[4] As part of this attempt to reinvent himself, in February 2006 he appeared on the political debate show Question Time, as the non-partisan guest. Question Time is a topical Debate Television programme in the United Kingdom, based on Any Questions?. In Political science, nonpartisan denotes an Election, event or organization in which the participants declare or do not formally have a Political party In May 2006, he was one of 100 would-be MPs chosen for the Conservative party 'A-list'. The following month he appeared on Sunday AM with Andrew Marr. The Andrew Marr Show is an hour long television programme broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on Sunday mornings from 9am Andrew William Stevenson Marr (born 31 July 1959 Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish Journalist and political commentator He attends major party functions and local party functions in the hope of being selected as well as developing a political blog on his website. A blog (a contraction of the term " Web log " is a Web site, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary descriptions of ^[5] However, a newspaper article alleged was not actually a member of the Conservative Party, and had only decided to support them because of his dislike of Prime Minister Tony Blair. The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the political leader of the United Kingdom Anthony Charles Lynton "Tony" Blair (born 6 May 1953 is a British Politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to Rickitt however refuted the claims and confirmed that he was a member. ^[6] He also, along with David Cameron, provoked the anger of Sir Nicholas Winterton when it was revealed that Rickitt was tipped to stand for the safe Conservative seat of Macclesfield which Winterton had represented for nearly thirty years. David William Donald Cameron (born 9 October 1966 is a British Politician and the current leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of Her Majesty's Sir Nicholas Raymond Winterton (born 31 March 1938) is a British Politician. Macclesfield is a Constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Winterton was outraged, stating that he had no intention of standing down from this seat: "I wish Adam luck, but there are no vacancies here. " ^[7]^[8]

According to his website,^[9] as of July 2007 he has elected to continue his acting career in New Zealand rather than seek selection as a candidate, although politics remains a long-term plan.

Shortland Street

Rickitt is currently playing the role of Kieran Mitchell in the New Zealand drama Shortland Street. Shortland Street is a New Zealand Soap opera, first broadcast on Monday 25 May 1992 In January 2007 it was announced that Rickitt would appear on the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street in a guest role, although as of his first appearance in March 2007, he was credited as a core cast member. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island Shortland Street is a New Zealand Soap opera, first broadcast on Monday 25 May 1992 Of note, he has mentioned in an online interview, that between Coronation Street and Shortland Street, he prefers starring on the latter. ^[10] His character was originally the main suspect for the serial killings of various characters, but has now been cleared. Kieran Mitchell has now become the owner of local bar The IV and Rickitt's contract with the show extended for another year.

Other ventures

Rickitt starred as Mark Cohen in the UK National touring of the musical Rent moving to the West End of London for a record breaking run. He made a return to the London stage to star in Bill Kenwright's production Office Games, followed by a new play Final Judgement and also appearing in Nick Moran's play Telstar on UK Tour. Bill Kenwright CBE (born 4 September, 1945, in Liverpool, Merseyside, England) is an Actor and Theatrical ^[11]

He also took part in the Channel Four reality show The Games during March 2006, although he only had two weeks' training, compared to the other contestants' twelve. Channel 4 is a public-service Television and Radio broadcaster in the United Kingdom centred around a television channel of the same name which began Reality television is a genre of Television programming which presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations documents actual events and usually features ordinary The Games was a Channel 4 Reality TV show that ran for four series in which 10 celebrities competed against each other by doing Olympic style He had replaced the scheduled contestant, electronic musician Goldie, had to pull out during an accident during training for the water ski jump, in which he fractured his femur. Electronic Musician is a monthly Magazine published by Prism Business Media featuring articles on Synthesizers, Music production and Clifford Joseph Price, better known as Goldie (born 19 September 1965 in Walsall, England) is an English Electronic music artist Water skiing is a Sport where an individual (or more than one individual is pulled behind a Motor boat or a cable ski installation on a body of water wearing The femur is the thigh bone In Humans, it is the longest, most voluminous and strongest Bone. Rickitt himself sustained two black eyes after over-rotating off the diving board. A black eye (periorbital Hematoma) is Bruising around the Eye commonly due to an injury to the face rather than an Eye injury. Diving off a deck into the Great South Bay of Long Islandjpg|thumb|A man dives into the Great South Bay of Long Island. ^[12] He finished last in the contest.

In December 2006 he appeared in his first pantomime, Cinderella, in the role of Prince Charming

The Chris Moyles Show has often mentioned Rickitt in the past, and once featured a segment entitled "Stick It Up Your Rickett". Pantomime (informally panto) (not to be confused with a Mime artist, referring to a theatrical performer of mime is a performance genre traditionally found Cinderella ( French: Cendrillon, Slovak: Popoluška, German: Aschenputtel, Spanish: Cenicienta Prince Charming is a Stock character who originates in a number of Fairy tales He is the Prince who comes to the rescue of the Damsel in distress The Chris Moyles Show is the current BBC Radio 1 breakfast show in the UK, and has been since Chris Moyles became the station's breakfast show

Shoplifting

On 21 September 2007, Rickitt was arrested and charged with shoplifting a block of cheese, a bottle of HP sauce and a jar of coffee from an Auckland supermarket. Events 1217 - The Estonian tribal leader Lembitu of Lehola was killed in a battle against Teutonic Knights. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. During an interview with Herald on Sunday he said that it was an honest mistake. ^[13].

References

Adam Rickitt at the Internet Movie Database

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