who played rodney in only fools and horses
Nicholas Simon Lyndhurst
title: Only Fools and Horses text: Only Fools and Horses Only Fools and Horses is a British sitcom created and written by John Sullivan. Seven series were originally broadcast on BBC One in the United Kingdom from 1981 to 1991, with sixteen sporadic Christmas specials aired until the end of the show in 2003. Episodes are regularly repeated on UKTV comedy channel Gold and occasionally repeated on Yesterday and BBC One. Set in Peckham in south-east London, it stars David Jason as ambitious market trader Derek "Del Boy" Trotter, Nicholas Lyndhurst as his younger brother Rodney Trotter, and Lennard Pearce as their elderly Grandad. After Pearce's title: Nicholas Lyndhurst text: achieved national stardom in the series "Only Fools and Horses" in which he played Rodney Trotter, the younger brother of the main character Derek "Del Boy" Trotter. "Only Fools and Horses" began in 1981 and rapidly grew in popularity until it reached its peak in 1996 with its Christmas Day show in the UK. In a BBC poll in 2004, it was voted No.1 British sitcom ever. Lyndhurst appeared in the show from the very start, right up to its final airing at Christmas 2003. In 1986, Lyndhurst had a minor part in the film "Gunbus/SkyBandits". The film went straight title: Rodney Trotter text: Rodney Trotter Rodney Charlton "Rodders" Trotter is a fictional character in the long running BBC sitcom "Only Fools and Horses", played by Nicholas Lyndhurst / Ryan Hutton (2019 musical). He was named after Rod Taylor and Charlton Athletic. Rodney's personality was based on the experiences of series creator John Sullivan, who also had an older sibling and claimed to have been, like Rodney, a dreamer and an idealist in his youth, but struggled with independence and was confined to him. The nickname 'Dave' is bestowed upon him by the character Trigger, the only character to refer to him as such, title: Nicholas Lyndhurst text: 2016. Lyndhurst lives in West Sussex with his wife Lucy, a former ballet dancer (married in Chichester, West Sussex, 1999). They have a son, Archie. Lyndhurst's hobbies include underwater diving, beekeeping and piloting his own aeroplanes. Lyndhurst is the grandson of Francis Lyndhurst, a theatrical scenery painter and film director, who set up an early film studio at Shoreham Fort, Shoreham-by-Sea. Radio Nicholas Lyndhurst Nicholas Simon Lyndhurst (born 20 April 1961) is an English actor. He played Rodney Trotter in "Only Fools and Horses", Gary Sparrow in "Goodnight Sweetheart", Dan Griffin in the BBC drama "New Tricks" and Adam Parkinson title: Nicholas Lyndhurst text: the final episode at Easter 2011. Lyndhurst's stage performances have been relatively few, but he received good critical notices for his performance as Norman in Sir Ronald Harwood's "The Dresser", directed by Peter Hall, and for his Trinculo in "The Tempest". In 2013, he joined the cast as a regular of Series 10 of "New Tricks". In 2014, Lyndhurst revived his "Only Fools and Horses" character Rodney Trotter in a return Sport Relief Special, which aired on 21 March 2014. In 2016, Lyndhurst revived his "Goodnight Sweetheart" character Gary Sparrow in a one-off special episode, which aired on 2 September