Adam Rickitt

**Adam Peter Rickitt** (born 29 May 1978) is an English actor and singer. He portrayed the part of Nick Tilsley on the British soap opera _Coronation Street_ from 1997 to 1999, and again from 2002 to 2004. He later joined the New Zealand soap _Shortland Street_ for a three-year stint between 2007 and 2010. From 2017 to 2020, he appeared as Kyle Kelly on Channel 4's _Hollyoaks_. His other credits include the BBC's  _Doctors_ (2001; 2016; 2023).

Rickitt had a musical career, both as a solo artist and as a member of 5th Story, a supergroup formed for the ITV reality series _The Big Reunion_. Alone, he released _Good Times_ (1999) through Polydor Records, an album that spawned the UK Top 25 singles "I Breathe Again", "Everything My Heart Desires", and "The Best Thing". He attempted to embark on a political career within the Conservative Party in 2005, but has since denounced the party's views.

## Filmography

|Year|Title|Role|class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1997–1999, 2002–2004|_Coronation Street_|Nick Tilsley|Regular role||
|2001|_Doctors_|James Neville|Episode: "Sun God"||
|2005|_Judge John Deed_|Roy Storidge|Episode: "Popular Appeal"||
|2007–2010|_Shortland Street_|Kieran Mitchell|Regular role||
|2010|_Whatever Happened to Pete Blaggit?_|Clive|Film||
|2014|_The Big Reunion_|Himself|Contestant||
|2016|_Doctors_|Logan Flynn|Episode: "Dracula's Choice"||
|2017–2020|_Hollyoaks_|rowspan="2"|Kyle Kelly|Regular role|
|2020|_Hollyoaks Later_|2020 special|||
|2023|_Doctors_|Michael Harvey|Guest role||

### Studio albums

|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"|Title|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:17em;"|Album details|scope="col" colspan="2"|Peak chart positions|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|_Good Times_|*Released: 18 October 1999 *Formats: CD, cassette|align="center"|41|align="center"|68|

### Singles

|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:2em;"|Year|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:14em;"|Single|scope="col" colspan="3"|Peak chart positions|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:14em;"|Certifications|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:14em;"|Album|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="2"|1999|||||||||
|align="center"|5|align="center"|16|align="center"|6|*UK: Silver|align="center" rowspan="3"|_Good Times_||
|align="center"|15|align="center"|—|align="center"|16|||||
|2000||||||||||
|align="center"|25|align="center"|—|align="center"|22|||||
|2010||||||||||
|align="center"|—|align="center"|—|align="center"|—||Non-album single|||
|colspan="15" style="font-size:90%"|"—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory.|||||||||

## Awards and nominations

|Year|Award|Category|Nominated work|Result|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1998|National Television Awards|Most Popular Newcomer|_Coronation Street_||align="center"||
|1999|British Soap Awards|Sexiest Male|_Coronation Street_||align="center"||
|2000|BRIT Awards|British Pop Newcomer|Himself||align="center"||

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Adam Rickitt
- **image**: Cardiff Mardi Gras 2010 MMB 27 Adam Rickitt.jpg
- **caption**: Rickitt in 2010
- **birth name**: Adam Peter Rickitt
- **birth place**: Crewe, Cheshire, England
- **years active**: 1997–present