Justin Torkildsen

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Justin Torkildsen (born July 3, 1981 in Boulder, Colorado) [ citation needed ] is an American actor, best known for his role as Rick Forrester on the daytime soap opera, The Bold and the Beautiful . He portrayed the role from 1999 to 2006.

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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 Daytime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series", [1] and was consecutively nominated in the same category in 2002. He was also nominated at the Young Artist Awards in 2001 for "Best Performance in a Daytime TV Series - Young Actor". He was also nominated for a Soap Opera Digest Award for "Outstanding Younger Lead Actor" in 2003.

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef.
2001 Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series The Bold and the Beautiful Won [2]
2002Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series The Bold and the Beautiful Nominated [3]

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References

  1. David Bauder (2001-05-19). "Two Emmys For Regis Philbin". The Washington Post . Washington, D.C. ISSN   0190-8286. OCLC   1330888409.
  2. "Daytime Emmys Central: 28th Annual (2000-2001)". soapcentral.com. Retrieved 2022-06-25.
  3. "Daytime Emmys Central: 29th Annual (2001-2002)". soapcentral.com. Retrieved 2022-06-25.
Preceded by Rick Forrester (role)
19992006
Succeeded by