Andrew Lynford (born 14 June 1972) is a British television presenter
and actor. Since 2010, he has worked extensively as a theatre &
television director, talent agent and casting director. He is widely
remembered for playing Simon Raymond, who was Martine McCutcheon's
character Tiffany's brother in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders.
He also presented a few episodes of Playdays for Children's BBC in the
early 1990s.Born in Essex, Lynford trained at the Mountview Academy of
Theatre Arts in London. He has had many theatre roles including Ralph
in Bouncers; Tim in Up On The Roof; Adrian in The Secret Diary Of
Adrian Mole and Hal in Loot, among others. He is also a
veteran[according to whom?]) of musical theatre, starring in The
Little Shop Of Horrors; Oliver!; The King & I and Anything Goes.In
1996 Lynford joined the cast of EastEnders where he played Simon
Raymond, the homosexual brother of Martine McCutcheon's character,
Tiffany Raymond. His character made headlines in the British press,
following a gay kiss with the show's resident bisexual, Tony Hills
(Mark Homer), who happened to be dating his sister at the time. Both
Lynford and Homer left the show in 1999.
and actor. Since 2010, he has worked extensively as a theatre &
television director, talent agent and casting director. He is widely
remembered for playing Simon Raymond, who was Martine McCutcheon's
character Tiffany's brother in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders.
He also presented a few episodes of Playdays for Children's BBC in the
early 1990s.Born in Essex, Lynford trained at the Mountview Academy of
Theatre Arts in London. He has had many theatre roles including Ralph
in Bouncers; Tim in Up On The Roof; Adrian in The Secret Diary Of
Adrian Mole and Hal in Loot, among others. He is also a
veteran[according to whom?]) of musical theatre, starring in The
Little Shop Of Horrors; Oliver!; The King & I and Anything Goes.In
1996 Lynford joined the cast of EastEnders where he played Simon
Raymond, the homosexual brother of Martine McCutcheon's character,
Tiffany Raymond. His character made headlines in the British press,
following a gay kiss with the show's resident bisexual, Tony Hills
(Mark Homer), who happened to be dating his sister at the time. Both
Lynford and Homer left the show in 1999.
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