Name	Robert Lindsay
Height
Naionality	English
Date of Birth	13-December-1949
Place of Birth	Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England
Famous for	Acting

Robert Lindsay is an English actor known for his stage and television work, including appearances with the Royal Shakespeare Company, and in musical theatre, and his roles as Wolfie Smith in Citizen Smith, Ian Frazier in Wimbledon and Ben Harper in My Family. He has won a BAFTA, a Tony Award and three Olivier Awards for his work.

Lindsay was born in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, to Norman and Joyce Stevenson. Lindsay was one of three children and his father was a World War Two veteran, having been a minesweeper on one of the first boats to land in D-Day. After leaving Gladstone Boys' School, Lindsay enrolled in the drama department of Clarendon College in Nottingham,intending to become a drama teacher. However, friends at Nottingham Playhouse encouraged him to apply to Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), and in 1968 he was accepted there with the aid of a government grant.After graduation he worked as dialect coach for a repertory company in Essex, and then joined a regional theatre group.