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Nicholas Lyndhurst (born 20 April 1961) is an English
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 actor
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
 best known for his roles as Rodney Trotter
Rodney Trotter

Rodney Charlton Trotter is a fictional character in the BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses, played by Nicholas Lyndhurst. The BBC comedy guide for "Only Fools and Horses" clearly states that Rodney's birthday is 26 February; but this is contradicted in "Sleepless in Peckham", when Cassandra mistakes Freddie the Frog in an old 1960s photo o...
 in Only Fools and Horses
Only Fools and Horses

Only Fools and Horses is a United Kingdom television situation comedy, created and written by John Sullivan , and made and broadcast by the BBC....
 and as Gary Sparrow
Gary Sparrow

Gary Sparrow was the lead character in Goodnight Sweetheart, a six series BBC sitcom that ran between 1993 and 1999.#REDIRECT List of Goodnight Sweetheart characters...
 in Goodnight Sweetheart
Goodnight Sweetheart

Goodnight Sweetheart is a popular BBC sitcom that ran for six series from 1993 to 1999. It stars Nicholas Lyndhurst as accidental time traveller, Gary Sparrow, who leads a double-life after discovering a time portal allowing him to travel between 1990s London and London of WWII....
.

ild student at Corona Stage Academy
Corona Stage Academy

Corona Stage Academy was a successful United Kingdom drama school founded by Rona Knight in the mid 1940's. The school started in Chiswick before later moving to 16 Ravenscourt Avenue, Hammersmith in 1955....
, he appeared in a succession of television commercials and children's films in the late-1970s, and first gained national recognition at the age of seventeen in the sitcom Butterflies
Butterflies (TV series)

Butterflies is a situation comedy written by Carla Lane broadcast on BBC2 from 1978 to 1983.The situation is the day-to-day life of the Parkinson family in the bitter-sweet style the writer has made her hallmark....
 written by Carla Lane
Carla Lane

Carla Lane, Order of the British Empire is an England television writer, writing or co-writing many successful sitcoms. In the 1960s she wrote short stories and radio scripts....
, in which he played the character Adam.






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Nicholas Lyndhurst (born 20 April 1961) is an English
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 actor
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
 best known for his roles as Rodney Trotter
Rodney Trotter

Rodney Charlton Trotter is a fictional character in the BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses, played by Nicholas Lyndhurst. The BBC comedy guide for "Only Fools and Horses" clearly states that Rodney's birthday is 26 February; but this is contradicted in "Sleepless in Peckham", when Cassandra mistakes Freddie the Frog in an old 1960s photo o...
 in Only Fools and Horses
Only Fools and Horses

Only Fools and Horses is a United Kingdom television situation comedy, created and written by John Sullivan , and made and broadcast by the BBC....
 and as Gary Sparrow
Gary Sparrow

Gary Sparrow was the lead character in Goodnight Sweetheart, a six series BBC sitcom that ran between 1993 and 1999.#REDIRECT List of Goodnight Sweetheart characters...
 in Goodnight Sweetheart
Goodnight Sweetheart

Goodnight Sweetheart is a popular BBC sitcom that ran for six series from 1993 to 1999. It stars Nicholas Lyndhurst as accidental time traveller, Gary Sparrow, who leads a double-life after discovering a time portal allowing him to travel between 1990s London and London of WWII....
.

Career

A child student at Corona Stage Academy
Corona Stage Academy

Corona Stage Academy was a successful United Kingdom drama school founded by Rona Knight in the mid 1940's. The school started in Chiswick before later moving to 16 Ravenscourt Avenue, Hammersmith in 1955....
, he appeared in a succession of television commercials and children's films in the late-1970s, and first gained national recognition at the age of seventeen in the sitcom Butterflies
Butterflies (TV series)

Butterflies is a situation comedy written by Carla Lane broadcast on BBC2 from 1978 to 1983.The situation is the day-to-day life of the Parkinson family in the bitter-sweet style the writer has made her hallmark....
 written by Carla Lane
Carla Lane

Carla Lane, Order of the British Empire is an England television writer, writing or co-writing many successful sitcoms. In the 1960s she wrote short stories and radio scripts....
, in which he played the character Adam. He then played the teenage son of Norman Stanley 'Fletch' Fletcher
Norman Stanley Fletcher

Norman Stanley 'Fletch' Fletcher is the main character in the popular BBC sitcom Porridge . He was played by Ronnie Barker and is widely renowned as one of the great comic creations....
 played by Ronnie Barker
Ronnie Barker

Ronald William George Barker, Order of the British Empire , was an English actor and comedian, best known for his roles as Norman Stanley Fletcher in the British comedy television series Porridge , as various characters in the British comedy television series The Two Ronnies and as Albert Arkwright in the British comedy television ser...
 in Going Straight
Going Straight

Going Straight was a BBC sitcom which emerged as a direct spin-off from Porridge , starring Ronnie Barker as Norman Stanley Fletcher, newly released from the fictional Slade Prison where Porridge had been set....
  before achieving stardom in the series Only Fools and Horses
Only Fools and Horses

Only Fools and Horses is a United Kingdom television situation comedy, created and written by John Sullivan , and made and broadcast by the BBC....
 in which he played Rodney Trotter
Rodney Trotter

Rodney Charlton Trotter is a fictional character in the BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses, played by Nicholas Lyndhurst. The BBC comedy guide for "Only Fools and Horses" clearly states that Rodney's birthday is 26 February; but this is contradicted in "Sleepless in Peckham", when Cassandra mistakes Freddie the Frog in an old 1960s photo o...
, the younger brother of the main character Derek "Del Boy" Trotter
Del Boy

Derek Edward Trotter , more commonly known as "Del Boy", is the fictional lead character in the popular BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses....
. In Only Fools and Horses
Only Fools and Horses

Only Fools and Horses is a United Kingdom television situation comedy, created and written by John Sullivan , and made and broadcast by the BBC....
 Nicholas was immortalised by the catchphrase aimed at his character 'You plonker, Rodney'

This programme started as a small comedy in 1981 and rapidly grew in popularity until it reached its peak in 1996 with its Christmas Day show in the UK.

During the 1990s, Lyndhurst also appeared in ITV
ITV

ITV is a public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom television network of British television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC....
's The Two of Us
The Two of Us

The Two of Us is an ITV comedy series starring Nicholas Lyndhurst and Janet Dibley as Ashley and Elaine, an unmarried couple living together....
 with Janet Dibley
Janet Dibley

Janet Dibley is an England actor....
 and The Piglet Files
The Piglet Files

The Piglet Files is a British sitcom produced by London Weekend Television .The show consisted of three series totaling twenty-one episodes that ran between 1990 and 1992....
, as well as in a number of stage performances.

In 1993, he played the lead character of Gary Sparrow in the sitcom Goodnight Sweetheart
Goodnight Sweetheart

Goodnight Sweetheart is a popular BBC sitcom that ran for six series from 1993 to 1999. It stars Nicholas Lyndhurst as accidental time traveller, Gary Sparrow, who leads a double-life after discovering a time portal allowing him to travel between 1990s London and London of WWII....
. At around the same time, he was the face and voice on the TV and radio
Radio

Radio is the transmission of signals, by modulation of electromagnetic radiation with frequency below those of visible light.Electromagnetic radiation radio propagation by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space....
 commercial
Advertising

Advertising is a form of communication that typically attempts to persuade potential customers to Purchasing or to consume more of a particular brand of Product or Service ....
s for the telecommunications chain People's Phone.

Between 1997 and 1999, Nicholas Lyndhurst was the public face of the stationery chain store WH Smith, starring in their adverts as all four members of one family. He won a BAFTA
British Academy of Film and Television Arts

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts is a British charity that hosts annual awards shows for excellence in film, television, television craft, video games and forms of animation....
 for his acting in the adverts.

In 2006, he appeared as Cruella de Vil
Cruella de Vil

Cruella de Vil is a fictional character and the primary villain in Dodie Smith's 1956 novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians, Disney 1961 animated film adaptation One Hundred and One Dalmatians, and Disney's live-action film adaptations 101 Dalmatians and 102 Dalmatians....
's chauffeur, Reg Farnsworth, at the Children's Party at the Palace
Children's Party at the Palace

The Children's Party at the Palace was an event held at Buckingham Palace Garden on 25 June 2006 in honour of the 80th birthday of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom....
.

In 2007, Lyndhurst returned to the BBC with his first new sitcom in thirteen years, After You've Gone, in which he plays a divorced dad moving back into the marital home to look after his daughter (Dani Harmer
Dani Harmer

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) and son (Ryan Sampson
Ryan Sampson

Ryan Oliver Sampson is an England actor best known for his role as Alex Venables in the British sitcom After You've Gone ....
) together with his mother-in-law, played by Celia Imrie
Celia Imrie

Celia Diana Savile Imrie is an Laurence Olivier Award England actor. In a career starting in the early 1970s, Imrie has played Marianne Bellshade in Bergerac , Philippa Moorcroft in Dinnerladies, Miss Babs in Acorn Antiques, Diana Neal in After You've Gone and Gloria Millington in Kingdom ....
, after his ex-wife goes to work as a recovery nurse on a third world
Third World

Third World is a categorical label used to describe states that are considered to be developed in terms of their economy or level of industrialization, globalization, standard of living, health, education or other criteria for 'advancements'....
 disaster
Disaster

File:Post-and-Grant-Avenue.-Look.jpgA disaster is the tragedy of a natural hazard or man-made hazard that negatively affects society or environment ....
 relief mission.

Personal life

He lives in Sussex
Sussex

Sussex , from the Old English Su?seaxe , is a Historic counties of England in South East England England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex....
 with his wife Lucy, a former ballet dancer (married in Chichester
Chichester (district)

Chichester is a largely rural Districts of England in West Sussex, England. Its council is based in the city of Chichester....
, West Sussex
West Sussex

West Sussex is a county in the south of England, bordering onto East Sussex , Hampshire and Surrey. The county of Sussex has been divided into East and West since the 12th century, and obtained separate county councils in 1888, but it remained a single ceremonial counties of England until 1974 and the coming into force of the Local Government...
, 1999), and their young son, Archie Bjorn Lyndhurst (born Westminster
City of Westminster

The City of Westminster is a London borough of London with City status in the United Kingdom. It is located west of the City of London and north of the River Thames, and forms part of Inner London and the bulk of London's central area....
, London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, 2000). Lyndhurst has a passion for outdoor activities, including flying aeroplane
Fixed-wing aircraft

A fixed-wing aircraft is an aircraft capable of heavier-than-air flight whose Lift is generated not by wing motion relative to the aircraft, but by forward motion through the air....
s, surfing
Surfing

Surfing refers to a person or boat riding down a wave and thereby gathering speed from the downward movement. Most commonly, the term is used for a surface water sports in which the person surfing is carried along the face of a breaking ocean surface wave standing on a surfboard....
 and deep-sea diving. He is also a keen bee-keeper.

TV

  • After You've Gone (2007-2008)
  • Anne of Avonlea
    Anne of Avonlea

    Anne of Avonlea is a novel by Lucy Maud Montgomery. It was first published in 1909....
  • The Burt Bacharach Show
  • David Copperfield
    David Copperfield (1999 film)

    David Copperfield is a two part BBC television drama adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel David Copperfield , adapted by Adrian Hodges. The first part was shown on Christmas Day and the second on Boxing Day in 1999....
  • The Dick Emery Show
  • Fairies
  • Father's Day
    Father's Day

    Father's Day is a day honoring fathers, celebrated on various days in many places around the world. It complements Mother's Day, the celebration honouring mothers....
  • Going Straight
    Going Straight

    Going Straight was a BBC sitcom which emerged as a direct spin-off from Porridge , starring Ronnie Barker as Norman Stanley Fletcher, newly released from the fictional Slade Prison where Porridge had been set....
  • Butterflies
  • Goodnight Sweetheart
    Goodnight Sweetheart

    Goodnight Sweetheart is a popular BBC sitcom that ran for six series from 1993 to 1999. It stars Nicholas Lyndhurst as accidental time traveller, Gary Sparrow, who leads a double-life after discovering a time portal allowing him to travel between 1990s London and London of WWII....
     (1993-1999)
  • Gulliver's Travels
    Gulliver's Travels

    Gulliver's Travels , officially Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, in Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of several Ships, is a novel by Jonathan Swift that is both a satire on human nature and a parody of the "travellers' tales" literary sub-genre....
  • Heidi
    Heidi

    Heidi's Years of Wandering and Learning , usually abbreviated Heidi, is a novel about the events in the life of a young girl in her grandfather's care, in the Swiss Alps....
  • The Kenny Everett Christmas Show
  • The Lenny Henry Show
    The Lenny Henry Show

    The Lenny Henry Show was a comedy sketch show featuring Lenny Henry. In its first incarnation it ran for two seasons on BBC 1, in 1984 and 1985....
  • Losing Her
  • Only Fools and Horses
    Only Fools and Horses

    Only Fools and Horses is a United Kingdom television situation comedy, created and written by John Sullivan , and made and broadcast by the BBC....
     (1981-2003)
  • Our Show
  • Peter Pan
    Peter Pan

    Peter Pan is a character created by Scotland novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie . A mischievous boy who can fly and magically refuses to aging, Peter Pan spends his never-ending childhood adventuring on the small island of Neverland as the leader of his gang the Lost Boys , interacting with Mermaid, Native_Americans_in_the_United_States, f...
  • The Piglet Files
    The Piglet Files

    The Piglet Files is a British sitcom produced by London Weekend Television .The show consisted of three series totaling twenty-one episodes that ran between 1990 and 1992....
  • The Prince and the Pauper
    The Prince and the Pauper

    The Prince and the Pauper is an English language novel by American author Mark Twain. It was first published in 1881 in Canada before its 1882 publication in the United States....
  • Spearhead
  • Stalag Luft
  • To Serve Them All My Days
    To Serve Them All My Days

    To Serve Them All My Days is a novel by United Kingdom author R. F. Delderfield.First published in 1972, the book became immensely popular after it was adapted for television in 1980....
  • The Two of Us
    The Two of Us

    The Two of Us is an ITV comedy series starring Nicholas Lyndhurst and Janet Dibley as Ashley and Elaine, an unmarried couple living together....
  • Wilderness Challenge
  • The Tomorrow People
    The Tomorrow People

    The Tomorrow People is a children's science fiction on television, devised by Roger Price which first ran between 1973 and 1979. The show was re-imagined between 1992 and 1995, this time with Roger Price as executive producer....


Films

  • Bequest to the Nation
  • Bullshot (film)
    Bullshot (film)

    Bullshot is a film, based on the Play "Bullshot Crummond". The name comes from a parody of the 1929 film, on which it is loosely based, Bulldog Drummond....
  • Endless Nights
  • Gunbus
  • Lassie
  • Gulliver's Travel


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