Adam Rickitt is a 21 year old actor from north-west England. Until recently he played Nick Tilsley in the UK's top rated show "Coronation Street". Adam, who does 400 sit-ups a day, is managed by Nigel Martin-Smith, who also managed singer Kavana and was the mastermind behind boy-band Take That.
Birthday:
29 May 1978
Height: 5 ft 11 in (180cm)
Family: Three older brothers - Tim, Mark and Sam
Music: Brand New Heavies, Jamiroquai
Fragrance: cK Be, Cool Water
Food: Italian
Any plans to move into movies?
"I've had a couple of offers, actually. A couple of British offers and a couple from across the water as well. I'll just wait and see what happens. The thing about the entertainment industry is it's not a career you can plan. It's like a live animal almost. You just go with it really. You can't say, I'll do this, then next year I'll do that. You just have to go with the flow and follow your career where it takes you."
Were you wearing anything in the photos of you in the tyres?
"Yes - I was wearing jeans, pulled right down. They said 'Take your kit off' and I said 'No'."
Would you ever consider taking your kit off?
"I'd like to do it actually. If it was done tastefully. It's much more suggestive than full-frontal stuff. " (Adam's "nude" shoot for Cosmopolitan was a fake - his undies were airbrushed out - see the Galleries for the pic!)
Would you do full-frontal?
"I might if the money was right. I'd like it to be filmed in black and white in an old warehouse with windswept hair."
Didn't you used to be bulimic?
"Yeah, that was about two years ago. It was depression. I had a wasting disease, which made weight fall off."
Do you sleep walk?
"I woke up outside the house once. I don't wear anything in bed and I woke up naked in the driveway!"
Didn't you used to model underwear?
"Yeah - for catalogues. I wouldn't let them show my head - I was too embarrassed at the idea of mum seeing me in my pants."
Didn't you used to be a go-go dancer?
"Yeah - all I had to wear was a pair of hotpants and a tight T-shirt."
Who do you sleep with?
"My teddy bear, Ogre. I've had him for 15 years."
Do you have a birthmark?
"Yeah - it's in the shape of Australia and it's on my butt!"
What about sport?
"My favourite sport is boxing, but I've been banned from taking part in it by my TV bosses in case I get injured! At school I played rugby; I did a rugby tour of Canada in 1996 and had a great time until I dislocated my shoulder!"
