Rikaart has received six nominations for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series and won once in 2005.

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.

[1][6] 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.