# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ricky-whittle
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:11:03.225Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ricky-whittle"
name: "Ricky Whittle"
slug: "ricky-whittle"
description: "Richard George Whittle is a British actor. Whittle first came to prominence as a model for Reebok in the early 2000s. He is known in the United Kingdom for his role as Calvin Valentine in the soap opera Hollyoaks. In 2009, he finished second in the BBC reality competition Strictly Come Dancing. In 2012, Whittle crossed over to American television when he booked a recurring role on VH-1's Single Ladies, followed by a recurring role on ABC's Mistresses in 2014. From 2014 to 2016, Whittle appeared in The CW's post-apocalyptic drama The 100 as Lincoln. Whittle starred in the Starz television series American Gods for three seasons."
tagline: "English actor and model"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ricky_Whittle_July_2017.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1981-12-31"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.1389029706985704
  historical:           19.52
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "MrRickyWhittle"
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    handle:    "rickywhittle"
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    handle:    "nm1340638"
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    url:       "http://www.rickywhittle.com"
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    title: "Уиттл, Рики"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump