Simon Rivers

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Simon Rivers
Born
Amardip Singh Nahal

1978 (age 4445)
OccupationActor
Years active2004–present
Television Doctors

Simon Rivers (born Amardip Singh Nahal in 1978) is an English actor, known for portraying the role of Kevin Tyler in the BBC soap opera Doctors .

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Life and career

Born in Birmingham, West Midlands to Sikh parents who had immigrated from Punjab, India; [1] he speaks fluent Hindi and Punjabi. When he was five, his family moved to Berkshire. [1] Undertaking a series of supporting roles, he took a two-year degree course at RADA, followed by theatre work. [2] Rivers stated that he changed his birth name, Amardip Singh Nahal, to the stage name Simon Rivers in order to "kick start his career". [3] After taking parts in various television series, including Casualty , he played Dr Ameer Mowad in the two series of the BBC Wales production, Crash. In 2011, he began portraying the role of Dr. Kevin Tyler in the BBC daytime soap Doctors . He departed the soap on 30 October 2014. [1] [4]

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  2. "Dancing with the devil at Stratford Circus". The Guardian. 14 January 2010. Archived from the original on 26 September 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  3. "Sikh actor changed name to get acting roles". BBC . 16 August 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
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