Simon Rivers


Simon Rivers is an English actor who played the role of Kevin Tyler in Doctors.
Born in Birmingham, West Midlands to Sikh parents who had immigrated from the Punjab, he speaks fluent Hindi and Punjabi. When he was five his family moved to Berkshire.
Undertaking a series of supporting roles, he took a two-year degree course at RADA, followed by theatre work.
After taking parts in various television series, including Casualty, he played Dr Ameer Mowad in the two series of the BBC Wales production, Crash. He is best known for playing Dr. Kevin Tyler since 2011 in the BBC daytime soap Doctors. He departed the show on 30 October 2014.
Simon Rivers led a drama workshop in Chippenham for the Chippenham Youth Theatre group (CYT and explained what it was like to be an actor on Doctors.