Lyndhurst played the lead character of Gary Sparrow in the time-travelling sitcom Goodnight Sweetheart between 1993 and 1999. At around the same time, he was the face and voice of the TV and radio advertisements for the telecommunications chain Peoples Phone. He said that he declined an opportunity to play the lead of Gary in the 1997 British film The Full Monty. thumb|Lyndhurst and his son on the set of So Awkward in 2018 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. He won a British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Award for his acting in the adverts. In 1999, he played the villainous Uriah Heep opposite Daniel Radcliffe and Dame Maggie Smith in David Copperfield.
Lyndhurst played the lead character of Gary Sparrow in the time-travelling sitcom Goodnight Sweetheart between 1993 and 1999. At around the same time, he was the face and voice of. the TV and radio advertisements for the telecommunications chain Peoples Phone He said that he declined an opportunity to play the lead of Gary in the 1997 British film The Full Monty. thumb|Lyndhurst and his son on the set of So Awkward in 2018 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 He won a British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Award for his acting in the adverts. In 1999 he pla.yed the villainous Uriah Heep opposite Daniel Radcliffe and Dame Maggie Smith in David Copperfield.