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Nicholas Lyndhurst
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Nicholas Lyndhurst

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Nicholas Simon Lyndhurst is an English actor. He is known for playing Rodney Trotter in Only Fools and Horses, Gary Sparrow in Goodnight Sweetheart, Dan Griffin in the BBC drama New Tricks and Adam Parkinson in Carla Lane's series Butterflies. Lyndhurst also prominently starred as Ashley Philips in The Two of Us, as Fletch's son Raymond in Going Straight, the sequel to the classic British sitcom Porridge, Jimmy Venables in After You've…

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Born
Apr 20, 1961
Birthplace
Emsworth, Hampshire, England
Known For
Acting

Biography

Nicholas Simon Lyndhurst is an English actor. He is known for playing Rodney Trotter in Only Fools and Horses, Gary Sparrow in Goodnight Sweetheart, Dan Griffin in the BBC drama New Tricks and Adam Parkinson in Carla Lane's series Butterflies. Lyndhurst also prominently starred as Ashley Philips in The Two of Us, as Fletch's son Raymond in Going Straight, the sequel to the classic British sitcom Porridge, Jimmy Venables in After You've Gone, and Freddie 'The Frog' Robdal in the Only Fools and Horses prequel Rock & Chips.

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Known For

TVPlay for Today
Play for TodayPoliceman · 1970
★ 6.6

Filmography

Movies

Bequest to the NationShot Cabin Boy
1973
Peter PanToodles
1976
FairiesBrian Grant
1978
Father's DayPhillip Rice-Davies
1979
A Genius Like Us: A Portrait of Joe OrtonDennis - Loot
1982
A Mother Like HimYoung PC
1982
OF
Only Fools and Horses: Christmas TreesRodney Trotter
1982
The Funny Side of ChristmasRodney Trotter, Adam Parkinson
1982
BullshotNobby Clark
1983
OF
Only Fools and Horses: Licensed to DrillRodney Trotter
1984
Slimming DownSebastian
1984
OF
Only Fools and Horses: Royal Variety ShowRodney Trotter
1986
Sky BanditsChalky
1986
The Grand Knockout TournamentSelf
1987
OF
Only Fools and Horses: The Robin Flies at DawnRodney Trotter
1990
Only Fools & Horses - Miami Twice - The MovieRodney Trotter
1991
Stalag Luft'Chump' Cosgrove
1993
OF
Only Fools and Horses: Only Fools CutawayRodney Trotter
1997
TI
Thin IceGraham Moss
2000
The Story of Only Fools and HorsesSelf
2002
LassieBuckle
2005
TF
The Funny Blokes of British ComedyAdam Parkinson (archive footage) (uncredited)
2005
The Children's Party at the PalaceCruella de Vil's Chauffeur (The 101 Dalmatians)
2006
Rock & ChipsFreddie 'The Frog' Robdal
2010
A United KingdomGeorge Williams
2016
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at OurselvesRodney Trotter (archive footage) (uncredited)
2016
We Love Only Fools and HorsesSelf
2020

Television

Hallmark Hall of FameTootles · 1 eps
1951
Play for TodayPoliceman · 1 eps
1970
The Tomorrow PeopleKarl Brandt · 2 eps
1973
HeidiPeter · 4 eps
1974
Anne of AvonleaDavy Keith · 6 eps
1975
ArenaDennis · 1 eps
1975
TP
The Prince and the PauperEdward Prince of Wales · 6 eps
1976
BBC2 Play of the WeekBrian Grant · 1 eps
1977
ButterfliesAdam Parkinson · 28 eps
1978
Going StraightRaymond Fletcher · 4 eps
1978
SpearheadPrivate Wilson · 4 eps
1978
TP
Two PeopleMatthew · 2 eps
1979
To Serve Them All My DaysDobson · 4 eps
1980
Only Fools and HorsesRodney Trotter · 45 eps
1981
RA
Round And RoundPatrick · 1 eps
1984
The Two of UsAshley Phillips · 32 eps
1986
The Piglet FilesPeter 'Piglet' Chapman · 21 eps
1990
Goodnight SweetheartGary Sparrow · 58 eps
1993
Gulliver's TravelsClustril · 2 eps
1996
David CopperfieldUriah Heep · 2 eps
1999
Murder in MindAlan Willis · 1 eps
2001
New TricksDanny Griffin · 30 eps
2004
ParkinsonSelf - Guest · 1 eps
2004
After You've GoneJimmy Venables · 25 eps
2007
Rock & ChipsFreddie Robdal · 3 eps
2010
So AwkwardJohnny · 1 eps
2015
The Story of Only Fools And HorsesSelf · 6 eps
2017
FrasierAlan Cornwall · 20 eps
2023
Only Fools And Horses: The Lost Archive2 eps
2026

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