Kyle Brandon Lowder was born on August 27, 1981 in St. Louis, Missouri and was briefly educated at Syracuse University before he dropped out to pursue an acting career in Los Angeles. He is best known for his portrayal of Brady Black on the soap opera
Days of Our Lives . He was nominated in 2003 for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series for this portrayal. In 2003, he guest starred in
Friends as himself on the episode "The One with the Soap Opera Party" and in 2007 he was cast for the role of Rick Forrester on another soap opera, The Bold and the Beautiful.
Eric 'Rick' Forrester II is played by Kyle Lowder in the soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful. Rick is the son of Brooke Logan and Eric Forrester Sr., and the older brother of Bridget. Amber Moore, a gold-digging woman, pursued Rick until Brooke hired her as a live-in babysitter for Bridget. One night when she convinced Rick to challenge CJ Garrison in a drag race, Rick got into an accident and was rushed to a hospital. It turned out that he needed new kidneys but there weren’t any compatible kidneys available for him. Seeing this as an opportunity, Amber gave her kidney to Rick. After the operation, Amber and Rick dated each other until Rick got Amber pregnant with his child. She wanted to abort the baby, and after finding this out, Rick rushed to stop her, as he wanted to marry her and give the baby his name.