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''.

Life and career

Born in

Birmingham, West Midlands Birmingham ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands (county), West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1. ...

Sikh Sikhs ( or ; pa, ਸਿੱਖ, ' ) are people who adhere to Sikhism (Sikhi), a monotheistic religion that originated in the late 15th century in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, based on the revelation of Guru Nanak. The term ' ...

parents who had immigrated from the Punjab, he speaks fluent

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and

Punjabi Punjabi, or Panjabi, most often refers to: * Something of, from, or related to Punjab, a region in India and Pakistan * Punjabi language * Punjabi people * Punjabi dialects and languages Punjabi may also refer to: * Punjabi (horse), a British Th ...

. When he was five, his family moved to

Berkshire Berkshire ( ; in the 17th century sometimes spelt phonetically as Barkeshire; abbreviated Berks.) is a historic county in South East England. One of the home counties, Berkshire was recognised by Queen Elizabeth II as the Royal County of Be ...

. Undertaking a series of supporting roles, he took a two-year degree course at

RADA The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA; ) is a drama school in London, England, that provides vocational conservatoire training for theatre, film, television, and radio. It is based in the Bloomsbury area of Central London, close to the Sena ...

, followed by theatre work. Rivers stated that he changed his birth name, Amardip Singh Nahal, to the

stage name A stage name is a pseudonym used by performers and entertainers—such as actors, comedians, singers, and musicians. Such professional aliases are adopted for a wide variety of reasons and they may be similar, or nearly identical, to an individu ...

Simon Rivers in order to "kick start his career". 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.

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* Living people 1978 births English male stage actors English male television actors British male actors of Indian descent English people of Indian descent English Sikhs Male actors from Birmingham, West Midlands Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art 21st-century English male actors Date of birth missing (living people) {{England-actor-stub