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| name = Simon Rivers<br />
| birth_name = Amardip Singh Nahal<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1978}}<br />
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| occupation = Actor<br />
| yearsactive = 2004–present<br />
| television = ''[[Doctors (2000 TV series)|Doctors]]''<br />
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'''Simon Rivers''' (born '''Amardip Singh Nahal''' in 1978) is an English actor, known for portraying the role of [[Kevin Tyler (Doctors)|Kevin Tyler]] in the [[BBC One|BBC]] soap opera ''[[Doctors (2000 TV series)|Doctors]]''.<br />
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==Life and career==<br />
Born in [[Birmingham, West Midlands]] to [[Sikh]] parents who had immigrated from Punjab, India;<ref name=SunMer/> he speaks fluent [[Hindi language|Hindi]] and [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]. When he was five, his family moved to [[Berkshire]].<ref name=SunMer/> Undertaking a series of supporting roles, he took a two-year degree course at [[RADA]], followed by theatre work.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/leisure/theatre/4851878.Dancing_with_the_devil_at_Stratford_Circus/ |title=Dancing with the devil at Stratford Circus |newspaper=The Guardian |date=14 January 2010 |accessdate=20 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120926161954/http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/leisure/theatre/4851878.Dancing_with_the_devil_at_Stratford_Circus/ |archivedate=26 September 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Rivers stated that he changed his birth name, Amardip Singh Nahal, to the [[stage name]] Simon Rivers in order to "kick start his career".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p044vx50|title=Sikh actor changed name to get acting roles|work=[[BBC]]|date=16 August 2016|access-date=11 November 2020}}</ref> After taking parts in various television series, including ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]'', he played Dr Ameer Mowad in the two series of the [[BBC Wales]] production, ''[[Crash (2009 TV series)|Crash]].'' In 2011, he began portraying the role of [[Dr. Kevin Tyler]] in the [[BBC One|BBC]] daytime soap ''[[Doctors (2000 TV series)|Doctors]]''. He departed the soap on 30 October 2014.<ref name=SunMer>{{cite news|url=http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/midlands-news/2011/05/03/doctors-star-simon-rivers-reveals-the-prejudice-he-suffered-for-being-a-brummie-66331-28782117/|title=Doctors star Simon Rivers reveals the prejudice he suffered - for being a Brummie|author=Roz Laws|newspaper=Sunday Mercury|date=3 May 2011|accessdate=20 September 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00gtlf9|title=Kevin and Freya: Our first day|publisher=BBC Doctors|accessdate=20 September 2011}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:English male stage actors]]<br />
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[[Category:Alumni of RADA]]<br />
[[Category:British male actors of Asian descent]]<br />
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