25 Facts About Nicholas Lyndhurst

Nicholas Simon Lyndhurst was born on 20 April 1961 and is an English actor.

Nicholas Lyndhurst began his career as a child actor and is best known for his role as Rodney Trotter in the BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses.

Nicholas Lyndhurst was cast as Professor Alan Cornwall in the revival of the American sitcom Frasier.

Nicholas Lyndhurst won two National Television Awards for his role in Goodnight Sweetheart, as well as being nominated for a British Comedy Award and three British Academy Television Awards for his role in Only Fools and Horses.

Nicholas Simon Lyndhurst was born in Gosport, Hampshire, England on 20 April 1961, as the only child to Anthony Arthur Joseph "Joe" Lyndhurst and Elizabeth M "Liz".

Nicholas Lyndhurst's parents met at the holiday camp on the farm owned by his paternal grandfather, Francis Lyndhurst, a theatrical scenery painter, film producer and film director, who set up an early film studio at Shoreham Fort, Shoreham-by-Sea.

Nicholas Lyndhurst's grandfather died nine years prior to his grandson's birth.

Nicholas Lyndhurst's parents separated when he was young, reuniting and separating permanently later on.

Nicholas Lyndhurst then attended the Corona Theatre School in Hammersmith, London, where his friends included Lisa Vanderpump.

Nicholas Lyndhurst made his debut as an actor with the uncredited role of Shot Cabin Boy in the historical drama film Bequest to the Nation, which was released on 25 April 1973.

Nicholas Lyndhurst gained increased national recognition two years later in two BBC sitcom roles - Raymond Fletcher, the teenage son of Ronnie Barker's Norman Stanley Fletcher in Going Straight, and Adam Parkinson, a son of Wendy Craig and Geoffrey Palmer in Carla Lane's Butterflies.

Nicholas Lyndhurst achieved his best-known role in another BBC sitcom, Only Fools and Horses, created and written by John Sullivan, in which he played Rodney Trotter, the younger brother of the main character, Derek "Del Boy" Trotter, played by David Jason.

Nicholas Lyndhurst appeared in the show from the start until its final airing at Christmas 2003.

Nicholas Lyndhurst had a minor part in the 1986 film Sky Bandits.

Nicholas Lyndhurst played the lead character of Gary Sparrow in the time-travelling sitcom Goodnight Sweetheart between 1993 and 1999.

Nicholas Lyndhurst said that he declined an opportunity to play the lead of Gary in the 1997 British film The Full Monty.

Nicholas Lyndhurst was the public face of the stationery store WH Smith between 1997 and 1999, starring in their adverts as all four members of one family.

Nicholas Lyndhurst won a British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award for his acting in the adverts.

Nicholas Lyndhurst joined the cast as a regular in the BBC police procedural series New Tricks in 2013, alongside Dennis Waterman and Tamzin Outhwaite.

Nicholas Lyndhurst revived his Goodnight Sweetheart character, Gary Sparrow, in a one-off special episode, which was aired on 2 September 2016.

Nicholas Lyndhurst played the role of Star Keeper in Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel at the English National Opera in 2019.

Nicholas Lyndhurst appeared as Johnny in an episode of the CBBC sitcom So Awkward, alongside his son, the late actor Archie Nicholas Lyndhurst.

Nicholas Lyndhurst was cast as Professor Alan Cornwall in the new Frasier series in January 2023.

Nicholas Lyndhurst and Smith's only child, a son, Archie Bjorn Nicholas Lyndhurst, was born in Westminster, Greater London on 4 October 2000.

Nicholas Lyndhurst enjoys underwater diving, beekeeping and piloting his own aeroplanes.