- He lost out on a part in Shakespeare in Love (1998) because he had previously confronted producer Harvey Weinstein over his behaviour on Strike It Rich (1990).
- His mother passed away on the Millenium's New Year's Eve. She had a heart attack during a phone call so he immediately drove up to see her; she held on until he arrived, smiled at him and died. On the car journey he had many previously inaccessible memories of his childhood. As a result he is writing his autobiography, which he says will be a catharsis for the experience of losing his mother.
- He is regarded as one of the UK's most accomplished actors. As well as capable of singing, dancing and affable clowning, Lindsay is a heavyweight Shakespearean, having performed, among many others, Hamlet and Richard III on stage, Lysander in A Midsummer Night's Dream (1981) and Edmund in the Laurence Olivier King Lear (1983), both of these last two on TV.
- He won Broadway's 1987 Tony Award as Best Actor (Musical) for "Me and My Girl.".
- At the beginning of every Derby County match at home, the song 'Steve Bloomers Watchin' (named after the player) is played over the stadium, sung by Lindsay.
- He mentioned in an interview that his mother was psychic and taught him how to assess the energy of a building as positive or negative; he believes he has had premonitions.
- He had a 15-year relationship with Diana Weston, which finished in 1994. He had one daughter, Sydney Stevenson from this relationship.
- He graduated from RADA and became an Associate Member of RADA.
- He is an avid Derby County fan.
- He is president of his birth town football club, Ilkeston Town, who play their home games at The New Manor Ground, Ilkeston.
- Lindsay was ushered to Hollywood via the Tony Award-winning success of "Me and My Girl". The movie Bert Rigby, You're a Fool (1989) was specifically designed to showcase his delightful song-and-dance talents and show-off his charm and magnetism that scored so well with audiences, but the story was rather soporific and the film, after receiving mediocre reviews, took a nosedive at the box office.
- He was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 1986 (1985 season) for Best Actor in a Musical for "Me and My Girl".
- He starred with first wife Cheryl Hall in one of his popular 70s series Citizen Smith (1977). They divorced after six years.
- He was awarded the 1997 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Actor in a Musical of the 1996 season for his performance in Oliver! at the London Palladium.
- He was named as one of twelve "Outstanding New Actors of 1989" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 41.
- He is the father of Sydney Stevenson.
- October-November 2019 is starring in a touring stage play in the UK called 'Prism' about the life of legendary cinematographer Jack Cardiff.
- When Lindsay played Wolfie in Citizen Smith (1977), his favourite War Cry was "Power to the people!".
- He lives with Rosemarie Ford in Buckinghamshire; the couple have two sons, Samuel, born 18 November 1999 and James Lindsay Stevenson, born 8 April 2003. They married in a civil ceremony on New Year's Eve 2006.
- He started acting in a school play, The Pied Piper, at 13 and intended to be a teacher but a friend lent him £5 to go to London for a RADA audition.
- His parents are Norman and Joyce Stevenson.
- His first marriage was to actress Cheryl Hall who he left in 1980 for Diana Weston then left her in 1985 for Rosemary Ford.
- His father was a joiner and his mother was a cleaner.
- Made his television debut in the army comedy series Get Some In.
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