Ridge Forrester is a fictional character from The Bold and the Beautiful, an American soap opera on the CBS network.

Ronn Moss played the role from the beginning, and was one of four remaining original cast members after 25 years, along with Susan Flannery, John McCook and Katherine Kelly Lang.

[2] In October 2013, TV Guide's Michael Logan reported that the role of Ridge was recast with former All My Children actor, Thorsten Kaye.

[3] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Denise Richards' husband Aaron Phypers appeared as Ridge in intimate scenes with Shauna Fulton in 2020.

[4] Kaye's performance has been met with critical acclaim, garnering him Daytime Emmy Award wins for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series consecutively, in 2023 and 2024.

He is father to Thomas, Steffy, and RJ, and stepfather to Hope, the one-time conflicted lover has finally settled down with Brooke, the true love of his life.

"[5] In December 2013 during an interview with TV Guide, executive producer Bradley Bell talked about a significant change in Ridge's personality following the recasting of the role.

[11] When approached about the possibility of a recast following Moss' exit, series executive producer Bradley Bell confessed, "I might go a little younger but we'll be true to the age range that's been established.

Yet, like Eric, Ridge is a talented designer and soon becomes a central part of the family company, fashion house Forrester Creations.

When her son Rick shoots Grant, Ridge takes the blame and while waiting to be sentenced, he spills his heart to Taylor confessing it was her he always loved.

Taylor didn't know that Brooke staged the scene, getting Ridge drunk and out of his shirt and he still refused to make love to her.

The truth about Thomas Forrester in fact being Ridge's son comes out, and he annuls his marriage to Brooke and returns to Taylor.

A grieving Brooke collapsed in front of the furnace and Nick "comforted" her by having sex with her, on the foundry floor!

Ridge tells her that the hypocrisy of the standard she has always held others, namely Brooke, up to is what he can't forgive.

After Bridget and Nick sleep together, Brooke wants Ridge back, however he rejects her; he has his eye on the new chemist at Forrester Originals, Ashley Abbott (a character who had been well established years earlier on The Young and the Restless).

In 2011, Taylor's and Ridge's son, Thomas, set out to promote their Forrester Creations Line called "Taboo" but end up in a plane crash and get stranded on an island.

Also Ridge is stunned when he learns that his daughter Steffy married Hope's fiancee Liam Spencer in Aspen.

Despite whatever doubts he may have about the marriage, Ridge supports his daughter's decision to marry Liam while Brooke doesn't.

When Liam ends his marriage to Steffy and reunites with Hope, Ridge expresses his personal concerns while Brooke is happy that her daughter is finally with the man she loves.

After an extensive search Brooke finds Ridge on the beach but he has suffered memory loss and has lost the ability to draw.

Eric says he will step down as CEO to travel more with his brother John and will decide on a successor between Ridge and Rick.

Rick devises a scheme where it appears he has returned to Caroline until he is secure in his position at Forrester Creations.

Rick finds Ridge and Caroline making out with each other in the design office and shoots at them with a gun that he stole from Eric.

Caroline takes a trip to New York to visit Karen and Danielle, and is severely injured when she is hit by a car.

While drunk and drugged in a hotel room, she calls Thomas (now played by Pierson Fodé), and they have sex.

Thomas begins bonding with Douglas, and Ridge and Caroline eventually reveal the truth after being blackmailed by Brooke and Bill.

Despite being recommitted to Brooke, Ridge starts to develop feelings for Eric's new wife Quinn Fuller, after he accidentally sees her naked while taking an outdoor shower.

However Ridge wins Brooke back after Bill sign the divorce papers, and marries her at the Forester mansion, and has Thorne as his best man.

In December (1989) the writers finally cleared up Ridge's conscience and finally made a decision in favor of Caroline, the unhappy wife of his brother Thorne," not knowing that after years of turmoil Brooke would emerge as his true love (even after another woman, Taylor Hayes, had a life with Ridge).

"[16] Connie Passalacqua from The Rock Hill Herald said at the show's inception: "Even the most hardened feminist would swoon at the sight of Ronn Moss, Ridge Forrester [...] Ridge has been shown at various angles, sunning his ripply muscled bod by the Forrester swimming pool".