Relax.” But I can’t. ‘We can’t do it. “I’m a bit of a giggler when it comes to that sort of stuff.Nicholas Lyndhurst and wife Lucy have a son called Archie who was born in 2000.Nicholas Lyndhurst’s age is 59. Actor.
He is 59 years old and is a Aries. ‘It’s always about the quality,’ he insists.It’s a trick he picked up in the Nineties – when Only Fools drew audiences of 20 million and more – from David Jason, who played his wheeler-dealer brother Del Boy.We are no longer accepting comments on this article.For someone so famous, Nicholas Lyndhurst is remarkably shy.
Of course, we can’t do it without them. But, how much do you know about the man himself?Answers to the most frequently asked questions about the actor….Nicholas Lyndhurst was born in Emsworth, Hampshire.Most fans of the actor will know that:Like his Only Fools and Horses co-star David Jason, Nicholas has a love of flying.
‘I can’t watch it now. I don’t watch anything I make, though obviously I was there when it was being recorded.’So how does he perform? ‘I often find myself in the canteen with the rest of the guys here, but I am reluctant to start a conversation.
‘You can hide in plain sight,’ says the co-star of Only Fools And Horses, still instantly recognisable as the hapless plonker Rodney, even after all these years. I thought it was fun. The couple met and married seven years later. “I was nearly fired because of that scene,” Nicholas recalled in a Gold documentary once. He came back but the relationship was troubled and ended when Nicholas was eight.Lyndhurst found stardom as the teenage Adam in the Carla Lane sitcom Butterflies, which made him first choice for Rodney when writer John Sullivan came to make Only Fools in 1981. I couldn’t possibly go onto the stage at the London Coliseum as Nick Lyndhurst. ‘It can be done. He knew many huge music hall stars of the day. That means we’ll now live for ever.
When their son Archie was born in 2000, Lyndhurst cut down on work to be at home in a way his father never had – not out of a desire to make up for his own childhood but because it just made him happy, as he said at the time.Lyndhurst’s new project, Man Of La Mancha, begins with the Don Quixote author Cervantes in prison in Seville ahead of facing the Spanish Inquisition. I don’t watch anything I make, though obviously I was there when it was being recorded,’ says LyndhurstShe should be delighted – but the ever modest Lyndhurst plays it down: ‘She’s very quietly proud, I think.’Published by Associated Newspapers LtdBut he’s earned enough by now not to have to chase the money, right?‘I didn’t know much about my family history until recently, because my mother and father split up when I was so young. The comments below have not been moderated.Is his need to disguise himself just normal actorly shenanigans, or does it run deeper than that? Nicholas Lyndhurst and Ceilia Emrie both are very good in their roles and as the show progresses young Ryan Sampson begins to steal the show as the son Alex. ‘Not with BBC salaries, no. But my grandfather Francis was a set designer at the Coliseum. ‘Unfortunately, there is a shyness,’ he says. I remember listening to my parents shout at each other.