- Born
- Birth nameRichard James Cosnett
- Nickname
- Pretty Ricky
- Height1.79 m
- Richard James Cosnett was born on April 6, 1983. Early life, grew up in Zimbabwe, moved to Australia and studied BFA Acting at QUT. He now lives in the USA. His work began in the theatre and has spread into film and television and producing. His great grandfather was the head of the Royal School of Music. He has 2 sisters and is a cousin of Hugh Grant.- IMDb mini biography by: Janice Oosthuisen
- RelativesHugh Grant(Cousin)
- Gender / Gender identityMale
- Although his character in Vampire Diaries (2009), Dr. Wes Maxfield, is implied to be many years older than Shaun Sipos's character, Aaron Whitmore and acts as his legal guardian, Cosnett is in fact two years younger than Sipos in real life.
- Cousin of Hugh Grant.
- Rick is a former housemate of Kelly Durnell and Brooke Mickan, who together adopted a cat.
- Attended Bryden Country School.
- I really feel like we need to push the boundaries of the craft of acting and filmmaking James Dean and Marlon Brando were a part of generation that did that. Now, i think it's time for us to do it and i really want to be a part of that movement.
- He used Instagram today to come out: "Hi everyone," he says in a short clip. "Dramatic pause. Um, I'm gay and I just wanted everyone to know because I've made a promise to myself to live my truth every day and sometimes that is a really hard thing to do when you have all these subconscious things that you don't even know about from childhood and society and from just life. There you go. I'm sure most of you probably knew anyway. And ... um yeah. That's actually all I wanted to say."
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