Editing Nicholas Lyndhurst (section)

== Career ==
Lyndhurst made his debut as an [[actor]] with the uncredited role of Shot Cabin Boy in the historical drama film ''[[Bequest to the Nation (film)|Bequest to the Nation]]'', which was released on 25 April 1973. He appeared in various [[television advertisement]]s and [[children's film]]s during the 1970s<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=BFI Screenonline: Lyndhurst, Nicholas (1961-) Biography |url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/1221018/ |access-date=1 December 2024 |website=BFI Screen Online |language=en-GB}}</ref> before gaining the starring role of [[Tom Canty]]/[[Edward VI|Prince Edward]] in a [[BBC Television]] version of ''[[The Prince and the Pauper]]'',<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2017 |title=Watch: 10 Things You Might Not Know About Nicholas Lyndhurst |url=https://www.spiritfm.net/news/sussex-news/2218634/watch-10-things-you-might-not-know-about-nicholas-lyndhurst/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180920161109/https://www.spiritfm.net/news/sussex-news/2218634/watch-10-things-you-might-not-know-about-nicholas-lyndhurst/ |archive-date=20 September 2018 |access-date=1 December 2024 |website=Spirit FM |language=en-GB}}</ref> directed by [[Barry Letts]] and broadcast in January 1976.<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 January 1976 |title=The Prince and the Pauper: Part 1 |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/6c6b64ca712943b5bcfdeeca9a3e985d |access-date=1 December 2024 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}</ref> He gained increased national recognition two years later in two [[BBC]] [[sitcom]] roles - Raymond Fletcher, the teenage son of [[Ronnie Barker]]'s [[Norman Stanley Fletcher]] in ''[[Going Straight]]'',<ref name=":2" /> and Adam Parkinson, a son of [[Wendy Craig]] and [[Geoffrey Palmer (actor)|Geoffrey Palmer]] in [[Carla Lane]]'s ''[[Butterflies (TV series)|Butterflies]]''.<ref name=":2" />

Lyndhurst achieved his best-known role in another BBC sitcom, ''[[Only Fools and Horses]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 August 2013 |title=Nicholas Lyndhurst: 'The golden age of television is over' |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/10252691/Nicholas-Lyndhurst-The-golden-age-of-television-is-over.html |access-date=1 December 2024 |website=The Telegraph |language=en-GB}}</ref> created and written by [[John Sullivan (writer)|John Sullivan]], in which he played [[Rodney Trotter]], the younger brother of the main character, [[Del Boy|Derek "Del Boy" Trotter]], played by [[David Jason]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shahid |first=Sharnaz |date=11 June 2021 |title=Only Fools and Horses stars Nicholas Lyndhurst and Sir David Jason talk reunion |url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/film/20210611115156/david-jason-talks-reunion-with-nicholas-lyndhurst/ |access-date=1 December 2024 |website=HELLO! |language=en-GB}}</ref> ''Only Fools and Horses'' was first aired in 1981 and increased in popularity until it reached it peak in 1996 with its [[Christmas|Christmas Day]] show in the UK. In a BBC poll in 2004 it was voted ''[[Britain's Best Sitcom]]'' by television viewers.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Top 50 TV Sitcoms |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/top/ |access-date=1 December 2024 |website=British Comedy Guide |language=en-GB}}</ref> He appeared in the show from the start until its final airing at Christmas 2003.{{fact|date=December 2024}}

Lyndhurst had a minor part in the 1986 film ''[[Sky Bandits (1986 film)|Sky Bandits]]''. The film went straight to video and was never seen in British cinemas. During the mid-1980s and 90s, he also played Ashley Phillips in [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]'s ''[[The Two of Us (1986 TV series)|The Two of Us]]'', which co-starred [[Janet Dibley]], and MI5 agent Peter "Piglet" Chapman in ''[[The Piglet Files]]'', as well as in a number of stage performances.<ref name=":1" />

Lyndhurst played the lead character of [[List of Goodnight Sweetheart characters|Gary Sparrow]] in the time-travelling sitcom ''[[Goodnight Sweetheart (TV series)|Goodnight Sweetheart]]'' between 1993 and 1999.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=5 July 2016 |title=Goodnight Sweetheart returns to BBC One as part of the landmark sitcom season |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2016/goodnight-sweetheart |access-date=1 December 2024 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}</ref> 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]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 August 2013 |title=Nicholas Lyndhurst: Only Fools and Horses would never be made today |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-08-19/nicholas-lyndhurst-only-fools-and-horses-would-never-be-made-today/ |access-date=1 December 2024 |website=Radio Times |language=en-GB}}</ref>
[[File:Archie and Nicholas Lyndhurst.jpg|thumb|Lyndhurst and his son, [[Archie Lyndhurst]], on the set of ''[[So Awkward]]'' in 2018]]
Lyndhurst was the public face of the stationery store [[WHSmith|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.<ref name=":2" /> In 1999, he played the villainous [[Uriah Heep (David Copperfield)|Uriah Heep]] opposite [[Daniel Radcliffe]] and Dame [[Maggie Smith]] in ''[[David Copperfield (1999 film)|David Copperfield]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dwyer Hogg |first=Clare |date=27 August 2011 |title=Nicholas Lyndhurst: 'I wanted to be an actor from the age of eight' |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/nicholas-lyndhurst-i-wanted-to-be-an-actor-from-the-age-of-eight-2343063.html |access-date=30 November 2024 |website=The Independent |language=en-GB}}</ref>

Lyndhurst joined the cast as a regular in the BBC [[police procedural]] series ''[[New Tricks]]'' in 2013, alongside [[Dennis Waterman]] and [[Tamzin Outhwaite]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013 |title=New Tricks at BBC Media Centre |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2012/new-tricks-nl.html |access-date=1 December 2024 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC One - New Tricks - Nicholas Lyndhurst: "Everything is a game of chess for him" |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1dps4T0v297W5Rm61z1gPtg/nicholas-lyndhurst-everything-is-a-game-of-chess-for-him |access-date=1 December 2024 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}</ref> Lyndhurst revived his ''Goodnight Sweetheart'' character, Gary Sparrow, in a one-off special episode, which was aired on 2 September 2016.<ref name=":3" />

Lyndhurst played the role of Star Keeper in [[Rodgers and Hammerstein]]'s ''[[Carousel (musical)|Carousel]]'' at the [[English National Opera]] in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hewis |first=Ben |date=20 January 2017 |title=Nicholas Lyndhurst joins cast of ENO's Carousel |url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/nicholas-lyndhurst-joins-cast-of-enos-carousel_42693.html/ |access-date=1 December 2024 |website=WhatsOnStage |language=en-GB}}</ref> He played the Governor/Innkeeper in ''[[Man of La Mancha]]'' for English National Opera at the [[London Coliseum]] in 2019, opposite [[Kelsey Grammer]] as Cervantes/Quixote, [[Danielle de Niese]] as Aldonza/Dulcinea and [[Peter Polycarpou]] as Sancho.<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Nicholas Lyndhurst - Stars on Stage |url=https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/stars-on-stage/nicholas-lyndhurst |access-date=1 December 2024 |website=London Theatre |language=en-GB}}</ref>

Lyndhurst appeared as Johnny in an episode of the [[CBBC]] sitcom ''[[So Awkward]]'', alongside his son, the late actor [[Archie Lyndhurst]]. The episode, "Awardatarian", was broadcast on 19 September 2019, having originally been released on [[BBC iPlayer]] on 12 September 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=So Awkward press clippings |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/so_awkward/press/ |access-date=1 December 2024 |website=British Comedy Guide |language=en-GB}}</ref>

Lyndhurst was cast as [[List of Frasier characters|Professor Alan Cornwall]] in the new ''[[Frasier (2023 TV series)|Frasier]]'' series in January 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Otterson |first=Joe |date=13 January 2023 |title='Frasier' Sequel Series at Paramount+ Casts Nicholas Lyndhurst (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/frasier-sequel-series-paramount-plus-cast-nicholas-lyndhurst-1235488911/ |access-date=1 December 2024 |website=Variety |language=en-GB}}</ref>