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.
Born in Birmingham, West Midlands to Sikh parents who had immigrated from Punjab, India;[1] he speaks fluent Hindi and Punjabi.
[1] Undertaking a series of supporting roles, he took a two-year degree course at RADA, followed by theatre work.
[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.