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Directed by Michael Elliott at the Royal Exchange, Manchester. 4/1/1981), Cymbeline (tx. Visit www.broadwayhd.com to learn more! He travelled to his hometown and to Turkey, where his grandfather Raymond Dunmore had taken part in the Gallipoli campaign during World War I.
Lindsay is a lifelong supporter of Derby County F.C., a fact which he stated in a short section for CBBC's Newsround entitled "My Team".
Lindsay is known for his left wing political beliefs, usually describing himself as a staunch socialist, and has marched in the past in support of miners.
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He played Edmund in the Granada Television production of King Lear (1983) with Sir Laurence Olivier.
Lindsay played the role of Bill Snibson in the hugely acclaimed 1984 London revival of Me and My Girl (for which he won an Olivier Award) which subsequently transferred to Broadway, earning Lindsay a Tony Award against competition from performers in Les Misérables on both occasions.
Lindsay's success on Broadway and in the West End led to a starring role in the film Bert Rigby, You're a Fool (1989), although it was not a commercial success.
He was a passionate supporter of the Labour Party. Directed by Casper Wrede at the Royal Exchange, Manchester.
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He received the Best Actor in a Musical award at the Olivier Awards for Oliver!. This exceptionally unfunny comedy makes it very hard to understand what, on any level, has contributed to its popularity.
Check out photos from opening night at the London Coliseum here! He was honored with the Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theatre award by the Drama League Awards. (1980)
Lindsay was also the original choice for the lead role in the drama Cracker; however, he turned the part down as he did not want to become too associated with heavy, darker drama characters. 22/12/1984). They divorced in 1980, when he started a long-term relationship with actress Diana Weston, with whom he has a daughter, Sydney Laura Stevenson, and who co-starred with him in three episodes of My Family.
On 13 September 2006, Lindsay researched his family tree in the third series of Who Do You Think You Are?.
In 2003 he appeared in an episode of Absolutely Fabulous playing the character of Pete, an old musician boyfriend of Edina Monsoon(Jennifer Saunders), and also narrated the BBC documentary series Seven Wonders of the Industrial World (2003).
Lindsay appeared in the 8th Ricky Gervais Video Podcast, in which Gervais announced that Lindsay would be in the second series of Extras, appearing in the last episode of the 2006 series as an arrogant, mean-spirited version of himself.