- The son of a dairy farmer in Shafer, Minnesota (population 81), Brett Rickaby attended Chisago Lakes High School where, as a senior, he received a letter from a professor at the University of Minnesota in Duluth encouraging him to attend their theatre program. Taking this as a sign, he enrolled at UMD and did not get cast in a single production his first year. Briefly, he considered hanging it up to become a tree trimmer, but re-dedicated himself and was cast in seven full-scale productions his sophomore year. By senior year, he had won the acting equivalent of Heisman Trophy, The National Irene Ryan Acting Award at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
That fall he received a scholarship to attend New York University's MFA program.
Rickaby performed in numerous New York and regional theatre productions including The New York Shakespeare Festival, The Roundabout and The Actors Theatre of Louisville. In 1995, he was hired by to play Jigger Craigin in the National Tour of "Carousel."
In front of the camera, Rickaby has demonstrated a wide range of looks and sensibilities but is mostly known for playing a variety of psychopaths, sociopaths and other disturbed individuals.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous
- SpouseLaurie LeBlanc(1995 - present) (2 children)
- 2007 Founder of Oracle Filmworks: a personal production company for actors.
- 1978 - Won Jr. High Talent Contest doing imitations of Charlie Pride, Jimmy Carter, Richard Nixon, Elvis and Donny and Marie Osmond.
- Trivia: Brett appeared on a "Caller ID commercial" for Pac Bell in 1998 called "Ex-boyfriends."
- Also appeared in a promo for "Frasier" as a European Dance choreographer in 1997 called"Interpretive dance"
- 1990 - Received NYU's Seidman Award given to actor with the most professional potential.
- On his character, Graham Sutter, in Bereavement (2010): "There wasn't a villain born who didn't start out to be a hero."
- "I have an empathy for people who are not normal" (on the type of characters he usually plays).
- On his career: I've made a decent living being a guy people want to see bad things happen to.
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