Birthplace: Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom
biography
This dark-haired, pleasant-faced British actor is equally at home in musical comedy or drama. Often cast as working-class blokes, Robert Lindsay made a splash on both sides of the Atlantic in the mid-1980s starring in the revival of "Me and My Girl". The RADA-trained actor had already become known to his countrymen as the pub-bound, would-be revolutionary Wolfie Smith in the British sitcom "Citizen Smith" (BBC, 1977-80).In 1970, shortly after completing his training, Lindsay debuted as Jesus in a London production of "Godspell". He alternated between TV and stage, joining the Royal Exchange