Justin Torkildsen is an American actor

Actor

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, best known for his role as Rick Forrester

Rick Forrester

Eric "Rick" Forrester Jr. is a fictional character from the daytime soap opera The Bold and The Beautiful. The role was originated by child actor Jeremy Snider from 1991–1995. Then the character was aged to a teen with Steve Hartman from 1995-1997 and Jacob Young from 1997-1999. Rick was recast by...

 on the daytime soap opera

Soap opera

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, The Bold and the Beautiful

The Bold and the Beautiful

The Bold and the Beautiful is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS Daytime. It premiered on March 23, 1987....

. 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 Daytime Emmy Award

Daytime Emmy Award

The Daytime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the New York-based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the Los Angeles-based Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in recognition of excellence in American daytime television programming...

 for "Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series", 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.

Personal life

Torkildsen married Bonnie Binion (daughter of Ted Binion

Ted Binion

Lonnie Theodore "Ted" Binion was a wealthy U.S. gambling executive and one of the sons of famed Las Vegas casino magnate Lester Ben "Benny" Binion, owner of Binion's Horseshoe...

, owner of Binion's Horseshoe

Binion's Horseshoe

Binion's Horseshoe, also known as the Horseshoe Casino or simply The Horseshoe, was a hotel and casino located in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada on what is now the Fremont Street Experience. The casino was named for its founder, Benny Binion and had 366 rooms, three restaurants and a rooftop pool.The...

 in Las Vegas

Las Vegas Strip

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) on December 31, 2001. The couple divorced in 2008. On February 11, 2001, Torkildsen married Valentina Di Berardino, an Italian

Italy

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 girl from Montesilvano

Montesilvano

Montesilvano is a town and comune of the province of Pescara in the Abruzzo region of Italy. The name Montesilvano is apparently derived from the Latin which means woody hill .-Geography:...

. The wedding took place in Boulder, Colorado, Justin's home town.

He is of Norwegian descent.

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