A builder who looks exactly like Hugh Grant has said he is stopped for selfies every day by fans who can’t believe he isn’t movie star Grant.
Nigel Lambert, 50, said the resemblance causes strangers to stop him on the street and ask for photos, at which point he turns red and reveals he is just a lookalike.
The father of four only noticed similarities with Grant when he was in his 40s.
‘I’m mistaken for him. It’s constant. It’s everywhere I go,” said Nigel from Port Talbot, South Wales.
“Almost every day someone stops me and asks for a photo. My face turns red and I say I’m not him.
Nigel Lambert (pictured), 50, said the resemblance causes strangers to stop him on the street and ask for photos, usually causing his face to turn red when he reveals he is just a lookalike
The father-of-four only noticed similarities with Hugh Grant (pictured above in 2009) when he was in his 40s
‘I’m mistaken for him. It’s constant. It’s everywhere I go,” said Nigel from Port Talbot, South Wales
‘When I’m working, customers will point it out to me. When I take my wife to a restaurant, people come over and say, “You look just like Hugh Grant.”
“A man in a restaurant asked me for a photo to send to his wife. It happens in the supermarket, on the street, in restaurants. I see people looking and thinking: ‘is that him?’.’
Nigel says it’s not just his looks that make him resemble the actor, he’s also a ‘gentleman’.
Nigel said: ‘I’m a gentleman. I keep doors open for people, women and men. I’m nice to everyone.
“I once came out of a store and helped a lady who was struggling with her cart.
‘When I’m working, customers will point it out to me. When I take my wife to a restaurant, people come over and say, ‘You look just like Hugh Grant,’ said Nigel (pictured as a child).
Nigel says it’s not just his looks that make him look like the actor, he’s also a ‘gentleman’
Wife Leah, 47, is a fan of Hugh Grant (pictured) and Nigel says she has ‘no complaints’ about her husband being his doppelgänger
‘I didn’t notice it until I turned forty. I’m not sure what has changed about me. My hair grew longer and my face started to change,” Nigel said
‘I pulled it for her and put her bags in the car and she said, ‘You really look like him, I understand what they’re talking about.’
‘I didn’t know this woman, so I assumed she had talked to someone about it. I just go along with it.’
Wife Leah, 47, is a fan of the star and Nigel says she has ‘no complaints’ about her husband being his doppelgänger.
Nigel added: “I’m flattered by it. We love Hugh Grant and we love his films. We love Notting Hill.
‘I hope my wife thinks he’s a handsome boy. She’s not complaining, though.
‘I didn’t notice it until I turned forty. I’m not sure what has changed about me. My hair grew longer and my face started to change.’