Nicholas Lyndhurst

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Born

April 20, 1961 · Emsworth, Hampshire, England, UK

Birth name

Nicholas Simon Lyndhurst

Nicholas lives in village by the sea in West Sussex just a few miles from where he was born. He went to Drama school at 10 and apart from his first term he paid his own way by earning money from commercials and acting bits and pieces. He shot to fame on television in the dual role of Tom Canty and Prince Edward in The Prince and the Pauper prior to which he was in Heidi and Anne of Avonlea and afterwards he played Dobson in To Serve Them All of My Days, Ronnie Barker's son, Raymond in Going Straight and Wendy Craig's son Adam in Butterflies. He's best known as Rodney in Only Fools and Horses, which ran for 5 series, and The Two of Us. His life long passions are surfing, sailing, scuba diving, fishing and flying for which he hopes to get his pilot's licence. He enjoys cooking, particularly Chinese food.