Rick Hearst

Richard Charles Herbst also known as Rick Hearst was born on January 4th, 1965 in Howard Beach, New York, USA. He is a Daytime Emmy award winning actor best known for his roles in American soap operas. Rick portrayed the invisible demon Troxa in the Charmed Season 3 episode Sight Unseen. Troxa was sent by the Triad to gain information and the Charmed Ones and destroy them. He was an enemy of the demon Belthazor also know as Cole Turner, who turned on Troxa and exposed him to the Charmed Ones by using Troxa's one weakness against him - the fact that his ectoplasmic biochemistry was sensitive to cold. Cole therefore opened all the windows in the Manor and turned the air condition on so that Troxa would be visible to the sisters. In the end, Prue set a trap to capture the demon so they could gain information about who sent the demons after them. Troxa divulged that there was another demon sent after them - Belthazor - just as he went up in flames, destroyed by The Triad for exposing that information.

Career
His first film was titled Brain Damage directed by Frank Henenlotter. He has appeared in Days of our Lives (1989–1990) as Scott "Scotty" Banning II, Guiding Light (1990–1996) as Alan-Michael Spaulding, The Young and the Restless (2000–2001) as the sinister Matt Clark, and The Bold and the Beautiful (2002, 2009-) as Whipple "Whip" Jones III. He will return as Whipple on July 16, 2009. Since 2002, he has appeared on General Hospital (2002–2009) as Ric Lansing. His last airdate was June 25, 2009. Hearst also had a recurring guest-star role on Beverly Hills, 90210, and has guest-starred on other TV series such as Jenny and Pacific Blue. In 2000, he starred as "Rocky" in the theater production of Aven'U Boys with Danica McKellar. Hearst has been nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award seven times, winning for "Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series" in 2004 and 2007 for his General Hospital role, after previously winning "Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series" for Guiding Light in 1991. He has also been nominated for four Soap Opera Digest Awards, winning "Outstanding Villain" for The Young and the Restless in 2001. In 2005 Hearst filmed the lead role in Carpool Guy, directed by Corbin Bernse.