Rick Hearst

Rick Hearst was born in New York and made his television debut as Scotty Banning on Days of Our Lives (1989-90) before joining Guiding Light as Alan-Michael Spaulding (1990-96), winning the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Younger Actor in 1991. From 2000-01, he played Matt Clark on Young and Restless, earning a Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Villain. After appearing as Whipple “Whip” Jones on Bold and Beautiful in 2002, he was cast on General Hospital as Ric Lansing later that same year. Before exiting in 2009, Hearst won Daytime Emmys for Outstanding Supporting Actor in 2004 and 2007. He did another stint on B&B from 2009-11 before reprising Ric between 2014-16. In 2024, he returned to GH again. Also a licensed real estate agent, Hearst has been married to wife Donna since 1990. They have two sons, Cameron and Nicholas.