Nicholas lyndhurst actor biography

Nicholas Lyndhurst is one of British comedy's most recognised faces. In fact, from 1978 to 1999 no year passed without his appearing in a television sitcom, during which time he impressively made the transition from youthful comic sidekick to fully-fledged leading man.

Born on 20 April 1961 in Emsworth, Hampshire, he attended the Corona Stage Academy.

After appearing in adverts and a few small film roles, he made his television debut in Heidi (BBC, 1976).

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He quickly came to prominence playing the dual title roles in The Prince and the Pauper (BBC, 1976) and presenting the Saturday morning children's series Our Show (ITV, 1977), where he was billed as 'Nicky' Lyndhurst.

He began his situation comedy career appearing as Ronnie Barker's awkward young son in Going Straight (BBC, 1978), the short-lived follow-up to Porridge (BBC, 1974-77). In Carla Lane's melancholy comedy Butterflies (BBC, 1978-83), he played another gangly youth, the extremely laid back son of Wend