Greg Rikaart

Rikaart was born and raised in New York City; born in Brooklyn and raised in Staten Island. He graduated with honors from Villanova University in Pennsylvania. He has a sister, Keri.^[1] While in college, he spent a semester in Washington, D.C., as an intern for a congressman on Capitol Hill.

Rikaart is best known for his role as Kevin Fisher on the CBS daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless, which he originated in 2003.^[2] In May 2017, Rikaart confirmed earlier reports that he would be exiting the soap with his last taping date to be the following month.^[3] However, on August 3, the official Twitter account for The Young and the Restless confirmed Rikaart was back taping.^[4] In September, Entertainment Weekly reported that Rikaart was back for a 2-week stint.^[5]

Beginning in 2018 Rikaart has portrayed the character Leo Stark, on Days of Our Lives.

He has hosted the podcast called Soapy with Rebecca Budig premiered on June 8, 2025, and the first special guest is Eric Braeden.^[6]

In June 2013, Rikaart revealed that he was in a committed relationship with writer Robert Sudduth.^[1][7] Rikaart posted a photograph with his boyfriend captioned, "Not getting married anytime soon, but celebrating #equality tonight nonetheless", in response to the 2013 United States Supreme Court decisions in favor of same-sex marriage equality.^[7]

Rikaart and Sudduth married in Maui, Hawaii, on May 9, 2015.^[8][9] Their first child, a son named Montgomery, was born June 12, 2016, via surrogacy.^[10][11]