Ronn Moss

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Ronn Moss in a promotional shot for The Bold and the Beautiful

Ronn Montague Moss (born March 4, 1952 in Los Angeles) portrays Ridge Forrester, the dynamic fashion magnate on the CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful since 1987.

Moss grew up in the rock & roll music field, where at age 11, he started learning to play the drums, guitar and electric bass. In 1976, bassist Moss joined creative forces with singer/guitarist Peter Beckett, guitarist/keyboardist J.C Crowley and drummer John Friesen to form the musical group Player. In a garage in the Hollywood hills, they wrote & rehearsed their music that would soon attract the attention of music impresario Robert Stigwood, who signed them to his RSO Records. In the first three weeks of 1978, their single "Baby Come Back" occupied the #1 position on the national pop charts & Player was voted to the Billboard Magazine honor roll of Top New Singles artist of 1978.

Moss was married to actress Shari Shattuck (who portrayed Ashley Abbot on The Young and the Restless) from January 1990 to July 2002. Together they have two daughters — Creason Carbo born February 26, 1994 and Calle Modine born November 19, 1998.

Moss has a cult following in Australia. He appears regularly on Rove Live when he is in Australia. He takes part in sketches that are parodies of daytime TV genre.

The Australian edition of his 2000 album includes a fresh duet of the original hit 'Baby Come Back' & two bonus tracks, 'That's When I'll Be Gone' & 'Mountain'.

In 2006, a campaign surfaced to Vote Ronn as Australian of the Year. Moss also released his new album "Uncovered" via Audio Bee in the US.

Moss recently featured in a television commercial for Berri, an Australian orange juice producer. The punchline of the advertisement was "you can tell when it's not all Aussie"; a line intended to show (in jest) that while Moss has long standing connections with Australia, his Hollywood career has resulted in his persona differing significantly from that of the cliché Australian male.