<Tr> <Th> Spouse (s) </Th> <Td> Lucy Smith (m . 1999) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Children </Th> <Td> Archie Björn Lyndhurst (born 2000) </Td> </Tr> <P> Nicholas Simon Lyndhurst (born 20 April 1961) 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 . </P> <P> Nicholas Simon Lyndhurst was born on 20 April 1961 in Emsworth, Hampshire, where he also grew up . He was a child student at Corona Theatre School . </P>

Who played rodney in only fools and horses