Nicholas Lyndhurst

Known for

Acting

Born

April 20, 1961 (age 65)

Birthplace

Emsworth, Hampshire, England

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.

Best known work

A United Kingdom

2016

Only Fools and Horses

1981

Lassie

2005

Gulliver's Travels

1996

Frasier

2023

New Tricks

2004

David Copperfield

1999

Goodnight Sweetheart

1993

Butterflies

1978

Bullshot

1983

Filmography

2023
FrasierTV
as Alan Cornwall (20 episodes)
2020
We Love Only Fools and Horses
as Self
2017
The Story of Only Fools And HorsesTV
as Self (6 episodes)
2016
A United Kingdom
as George Williams
2016
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
as Rodney Trotter (archive footage) (uncredited)
2015
So AwkwardTV
as Johnny (1 episode)
2010
Rock & Chips
as Freddie 'The Frog' Robdal
2010
Rock & ChipsTV
as Freddie Robdal (3 episodes)
2007
After You've GoneTV
as Jimmy Venables (25 episodes)
2006
The Children's Party at the Palace
as Cruella de Vil's Chauffeur (The 101 Dalmatians)
2005
Lassie
as Buckle
2005
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
as Adam Parkinson (archive footage) (uncredited)
2004
ParkinsonTV
as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2004
New TricksTV
as Danny Griffin (30 episodes)
2002
The Story of Only Fools and Horses
as Self
2001
Murder in MindTV
as Alan Willis (1 episode)
2000
Thin Ice
as Graham Moss
1999
David CopperfieldTV
as Uriah Heep (2 episodes)
1997
Only Fools and Horses: Only Fools Cutaway
as Rodney Trotter
1996
Gulliver's TravelsTV
as Clustril (2 episodes)
1993
Goodnight SweetheartTV
as Gary Sparrow (58 episodes)
1993
Stalag Luft
as 'Chump' Cosgrove
1991
Only Fools & Horses - Miami Twice - The Movie
as Rodney Trotter
1990
Only Fools and Horses: The Robin Flies at Dawn
as Rodney Trotter
1990
The Piglet FilesTV
as Peter 'Piglet' Chapman (21 episodes)