Thorsten Kaye

Thorsten Kaye (born Thorsten Ernst Kieselbach) is a German-British actor known for his roles in various television shows. He was born on February 22, 1966, in Frankfurt, Germany. Kaye has appeared in classical theater productions such as The Winter's Tale, Tartuffe, Macbeth, Much Ado About Nothing, Hamlet, Love's Labour's Lost, Twelfth Night, and The Taming of the Shrew. In Los Angeles, he acted in TV shows like Sidney Sheldon's Nothing Lasts Forever. He gained popularity as Patrick Thornhart in ABC's One Life to Live (1995-1997), where he met his real-life partner Susan Haskell. Kaye has also portrayed characters like Dr. Ian Thornhart in Port Charles, Zach Slater in All My Children, and Ridge Forrester in The Bold and the Beautiful.