Cast & creator
Nicholas Lyndhurst
Best known for Arena, Play for Today, New Tricks
Nicholas Simon Lyndhurst is an English actor. He is known for playing Rodney Trotter in Only Fools and Horses, Gary Sparrow in Goodnight Sweetheart, Dan Griffin in the BBC drama New Tricks and Adam Parkinson in Carla Lane's series Butterflies. Lyndhurst also prominently starred as Ashley Philips in The Two of Us, as Fletch's son Raymond in Going Straight, the sequel to the classic British sitcom Porridge, Jimmy Venables in After You've Gone, and Freddie 'The Frog' Robdal in the Only Fools and Horses prequel Rock & Chips.
Also known as: Nicholas Simon Lyndhurst, Nicky Lyndhurst, Nick Lyndhurst
27
film credits
28
television credits
55
1951–2023 · acting roles
7.0
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (55)
Showing 55 of 55 credits
Arena
Dennis
1975
Play for Today
Policeman
1970
New Tricks
Danny Griffin
2004
Parkinson
Self - Guest
2004
Only Fools and Horses
Rodney Trotter
1981
Goodnight Sweetheart
Gary Sparrow
1993
BBC2 Play of the Week
Brian Grant
1977
Murder in Mind
Alan Willis
2001
Frasier
Alan Cornwall
2023
Butterflies
Adam Parkinson
1978
So Awkward
Johnny
2015
David Copperfield
Uriah Heep
1999
Gulliver's Travels
Clustril
1996
After You've Gone
Jimmy Venables
2007
To Serve Them All My Days
Dobson
1980
The Tomorrow People
Karl Brandt
1973
Spearhead
Private Wilson
1978
Rock & Chips
Freddie Robdal
2010
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Tootles
1951
The Piglet Files
Peter 'Piglet' Chapman
1990
Going Straight
Raymond Fletcher
1978
The Two of Us
Ashley Phillips
1986
A United Kingdom
George Williams
2016
Heidi
Peter
1974
Lassie
Buckle
2005
The Story of Only Fools And Horses
Self
2017
Anne of Avonlea
Davy Keith
1975The Prince and the Pauper
Edward Prince of Wales
1976Two People
Matthew
1979
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
Rodney Trotter (archive footage) (uncredited)
2016
The Grand Knockout Tournament
Self
1987
The Children's Party at the Palace
Cruella de Vil's Chauffeur (The 101 Dalmatians)
2006
Bequest to the Nation
Shot Cabin Boy
1973
The Funny Side of Christmas
Rodney Trotter, Adam Parkinson
1982
Peter Pan
Toodles
1976Thin Ice
Graham Moss
2000The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
Adam Parkinson (archive footage) (uncredited)
2005
Only Fools & Horses - Miami Twice - The Movie
Rodney Trotter
1991Only Fools and Horses: Licensed to Drill
Rodney Trotter
1984
Sky Bandits
Chalky
1986
A Genius Like Us: A Portrait of Joe Orton
Dennis - Loot
1982Only Fools and Horses: Only Fools Cutaway
Rodney Trotter
1997
The Story of Only Fools and Horses
Self
2002Only Fools and Horses: Christmas Trees
Rodney Trotter
1982
A Mother Like Him
Young PC
1982
We Love Only Fools and Horses
Self
2020Round And Round
Patrick
1984Only Fools and Horses: Royal Variety Show
Rodney Trotter
1986Only Fools and Horses: The Robin Flies at Dawn
Rodney Trotter
1990
Bullshot
Nobby Clark
1983
Rock & Chips
Freddie 'The Frog' Robdal
2010
Stalag Luft
'Chump' Cosgrove
1993
Fairies
Brian Grant
1978
Father's Day
Phillip Rice-Davies
1979
Slimming Down
Sebastian
1984