Early life

Ullman was born in Eilat, Israel, to American parents Laura (née Ehrenkranz), a teacher, and Brian Ullman, a printer. He has a younger sister and younger brother named Tali and Nadav, respectively. After his first birthday, his family left their kibbutz in Israel for Norwalk, Connecticut, USA, and then to Fairfield, Connecticut the following year. When Ullman was younger, his father worked as a clown. While attending summer camp, he played Peter Pan, which helped him discover his talents in acting, singing, dancing, and reading drama novels.

Ullman was raised in the Conservative and Orthodox denominations of Judaism. His maternal grandfather, Joseph Ehrenkranz, is an Orthodox rabbi in Stamford, Connecticut. Ullman is a first cousin, twice removed, of Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman. Lieberman's mother and Ullman's matrilineal great-grandmother were sisters.

Ullman taught himself how to play the trombone. Ullman was selected to attend the Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership Foundation (HOBY) youth leadership program of Connecticut in March 2002 where he was selected as the "outstanding ambassador" enabling him to attend the HOBY World Leadership Congress in the summer of 2002. He went to Hillel Academy and is a graduate of Fairfield Warde High School. He was active in National Conference of Synagogue Youth.

Career

Acting

Ullman's first professional role was as Louis in the national touring company of The King and I along with Jesse McCartney. Other productions he worked on include Peter Pan at the Polka Dot Playhouse, The Music Man with the New England Repertory Company, and Just People at the Long Wharf Theatre. He received a 1998-1999 Best Actor nomination from the Connecticut Critics' Awards for his character Stanley in Stamford Theater Work's A Rosen by Any Other Name.

Ullman is best known for his starring role as Phil Diffy, a teen from the year 2121 on Disney Channel's Phil of the Future, a series that debuted June 2004. He also starred as Roscoe in Disney's made-for-television film Pixel Perfect and as Sam in ABC Family's television film Searching for David's Heart (2005). Ullman was an identified member of the Disney Channel Circle of Stars, and appeared with other members of the Circle in the music video for "A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes," where he sang as well as played the drums. Ullman also appeared in the Law & Order: SVU episode "Obscene," in which his character rapes a teen star (Maggie Grace).

While Ullman previously went by the stage name Ricky, he started using his real name in 2006 when he guest-starred on an episode of House and continued to use Raviv on all projects since. In 2008, he appeared in an episode of the television series The Middleman.

He played the character Kip in the sitcom Rita Rocks on Lifetime. He is Rita's daughter's boyfriend and plays the drums in Rita's band. The show was canceled after two seasons. Ullman was later featured in a television commercial for State Farm Insurance alongside John C. McGinley and in a commercial for Cox Cable. From January 2012 to March 24, 2012, Ullman starred as the character Alex in the New Group's production of Russian Transport Off-Broadway in New York. On April 30, 2012, it was announced that Ullman joined the cast of Alena Smith's new Off-Broadway play The Bad Guys. It began performances on May 22 at the McGinn/Cazale Theater on the Upper West Side in New York City.

Music

In June 2006, Ullman and a few of his friends created a parody hip-hop music video, "Pointy Hat (The Boat Song)," under the name the Webee Boys. The video was viewed over 300,000 times since it was posted to YouTube on June 26, 2006. Two other music videos were released, "Refrigerator (Gangsta' Way)" in August 2006, which was viewed over 100,000 times and "Bop It (Webee Anthem)" in March 2007. The Webee Boys have performed live exclusively at the Gig in Hollywood, California.

In December 2006, Ullman met actor Douglas Smith of Big Love fame and together they formed a band called Goodbye Ian. The group expanded to as many as seven people and later changed its name to His Orchestra. Ullman plays drums and glockenspiel in the band, which released its debut album, Field Guide to the Wilds, on February 24, 2009.

Both groups communicate online through the social networking Web sites MySpace and Twitter. Raviv is currently in the band Reputante on Julian Casablancas' Cult Records.

Personal life

Ullman speaks fluent Hebrew and keeps a kosher kitchen.

Filmography

Films

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1998	Crossfire	Aziz
2000	Growing Up Brady	Christopher Knight	TV movie
2001	The Boys of Sunset Ridge	John Burroughs at 13
2004	Pixel Perfect	Roscoe	TV movie
	Searching for David's Heart	Sam	TV movie
	Costume Party Capers: The Incredibles	Himself	TV movie
2005	Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama	Eric	Voice
	Totally Suite New Year's Eve	Sam	TV movie
2006	The Big Bad Swim	Hunter McCarthy
	Driftwood	David Forrester
	That Guy	Logan	TV Movie
2007	Normal Adolescent Behavior	Price
	The Violin	David	Short
2008	Prom Wars	Percy
	Mother Goose Parade
2010	Spring Break '83	Billy
	The Trouble with Cali	Lois	Post-production
	How to Make Love to a Woman	Scott Conners
2013	Contest	Rip
2015	The Other Side	Jacob

Television

Year	Show	Role	Notes
2002	Guiding Light	Jacky	Episode dated 16 May 2002
	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	1st Boy	Episode: "Crazy" (January 13, 2002)
2004-06	Phil of the Future	Phil Diffy	43 episodes
2004	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Danny Spencer	Episode: "Obscene" (October 12, 2004)
2005	That's So Raven	Jake Haskell	"On Top of Old Oaky" (April 22, 2005)
2006	Big Love	Donna's makeout partner	Episode: "Eclipse" (April 2, 2006)
	House	Jeremy	Episode: "Fools for Love" (October 31, 2006)
2007	Cold Case	Phil DiPreta, '98	Episode: "That Woman" (September 30, 2007)
2008	The Middleman	Derek	Episode: "The Obsolescent Cryogenic Meltdown" (August 11, 2008)
	Phineas and Ferb	Additional voices
	Rita Rocks	Kip	2008-2009 (40 episodes)
2011	Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior	Ben	Episode: "The Time Is Now" (May 4, 2011)
2012	"State Farm Insurance Commercial"	Kevin	July 2012
2015	Broad City	College Kid	Episode: "In Heat" (January 14, 2015)

Stage

Year	Play	Role	Notes
1997	The King and I	Louis
1999	A Rosen By Any Other Name	Stanley
2005	Dead End	Tommy
2012	Russian Transport	Alex
2012	The Bad Guys	Paul
2014	The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner	Gunthorpe
2014	Deathtrap	Clifford Anderson
2014	Sticks and Bones	Rick
2015	Bad Jews	Jonah

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