Ricky Ullman

Ricky Ullman was born in 1986 in Eilat

Ullman was born in Eilat to American Jewish parents, Laura Ullman, a teacher, and Brian Ullman. After his first birthday the family moved to Norwalk, Connecticut, and the next year to Fairfield. He was raised Orthodox, and his maternal grandfather Joseph Ehrenkranz was an Orthodox rabbi in Stamford.

He attended Hillel Academy and graduated from Fairfield Warde High School. He taught himself the trombone and was active in the National Conference of Synagogue Youth.

His first professional role was in a touring production of The King and I. In 2004 he began starring as Phil Diffy, a teen from the year 2121, in Phil of the Future, and he also starred in the Disney film Pixel Perfect. He later played Kip in the sitcom Rita Rocks and appeared as a guest in shows such as House and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

From 2006 he used his real name, Raviv, in his work. He played drums in the band His Orchestra and was later a member of Reputante and Lolawolf. He acted Off-Broadway and in a 2014 revival of Sticks and Bones, and in 2016 he announced the documentary Standing Ground.

In 2020 he began cohosting The Study, a podcast on the Torah, with Rabbi Adam Greenwald. That year he moved from Brooklyn to Los Angeles. In 2023 he married British animator Julia Pott.