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Andy Nyman

Andy Nyman

Known For Acting
Birthday Apr 13, 1966 (59)
Birthplace Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK
Popularity 0.5 (history)
Updated Dec 19, 2024
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

Andy Nyman is an English actor and magician. Nyman first came to note with his performance as a hard nosed director in Musical! and then as Keith Whitehead in the cult film of the Martin Amis novel, Dead Babies. He has played lead roles in Jon Avnet's Emmy award winning film Uprising (NBC) as a Pol ... ish freedom fighter and in Coney Island Baby as a gay French gun dealer. In 2006, he played Gordon in the cult hit Severance. Most recently he played Patrick, a sleazy reality show producer in Charlie Brooker's E4 horror satire Dead Set, and suffers the most violent death in the series, being decapitated and disembowelled. Nyman currently has four films due for release over the next 18 months: London-based romantic comedy Are You Ready for Love?; a bio-pic of 70s Dutch rock group Herman Brood, Wild Romance; and improvised gangster thriller Played where he stars opposite Vinnie Jones, Val Kilmer and Gabriel Byrne. The film was released by Lionsgate Entertainment in 2007. Nyman appeared as one of the leads in the latest Frank Oz movie, Death at a Funeral. He stars opposite Matthew Macfadyen, Ewen Bremner, and Keeley Hawes. The movie was released by MGM in 2007. Nyman is also a magician and the co-creator and co-writer of the Derren Brown TV shows Derren Brown - Mind Control and Trick of the Mind. He and Brown wrote "Russian Roulette", "Séance", and "Messiah", as well as three series of the "Trick of the Mind" series. He also co-wrote and co-directed four of Brown's stage shows, all of which have toured and played the West End. For "Something Wicked This Way Comes" they were awarded the 2006 Olivier Award for Best Entertainment. Their fourth show Enigma was also nominated for an Olivier Award. Nyman won the award for best actor at the 2006 Cherbourg-Octeville Festival of Irish & British Film for his role as Colin Frampton in Shut Up and Shoot Me. He was nominated for Lew Grade Award at the 2007 BAFTA Awards for his work on "Derren Brown: The Heist". He shared the nomination with fellow collaborators Derren Brown, Simon Mills, and Ben Caron. In December 2008 he appeared in BBC Four's supernatural drama series Crooked House. In February 2010 he co-wrote (with Jeremy Dyson), directed and starred in the horror play Ghost Stories. In April 2011 he starred in a new British sitcom, Campus.

Known For

Filmography

Wicked

Wicked

2024

as Governor Thropp

That Christmas

That Christmas

2024

as Mr. Beccles (voice)

Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas

Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas

2021

as Additional Voices (voice)

Jungle Cruise

Jungle Cruise

2021

as Sir James Hobbs-Coddington

Judy

Judy

2019

as Dan

Ghost Stories

Ghost Stories

2018

as Professor Goodman

The Commuter

The Commuter

2018

as Tony

Despicable Me 3

Despicable Me 3

2017

as Clive the Robot (voice)

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

2017

as Jail Guard

The Eichmann Show

The Eichmann Show

2015

as David Landor

Bone in the Throat

Bone in the Throat

2015

as Ronnie the Rug

Shaun the Sheep: The Farmer's Llamas

Shaun the Sheep: The Farmer's Llamas

2015

as Additional Voices (voice)

Shaun the Sheep Movie

Shaun the Sheep Movie

2015

as Nuts (voice)

Minions

Minions

2015

as Additional Voices (voice)

Automata

Automata

2014

as Ellis

Kick-Ass 2

Kick-Ass 2

2013

as The Tumor

The Glass Man

The Glass Man

2011

as Martin Pyrite

Black Death

Black Death

2010

as Dalywag

The Tournament

The Tournament

2009

as Tech Eddie

The Brothers Bloom

The Brothers Bloom

2008

as Charleston

This Is What It Is

This Is What It Is

2007

as Chris

Death at a Funeral

Death at a Funeral

2007

as Howard

Are You Ready for Love?

Are You Ready for Love?

2006

as Barry Schneider

Severance

Severance

2006

as Gordon

Shut Up and Shoot Me

Shut Up and Shoot Me

2005

as Colin Frampton

Coney Island Baby

Coney Island Baby

2002

as Franko

Uprising

Uprising

2001

as Calel Wasser

The Criminal

The Criminal

1999

as Forensic Scientist 1

The Woman in Black

The Woman in Black

1989

as Jackie

Ghost Stories

Ghost Stories

2018

Writer, Theatre Play

Derren Brown: Miracle

Derren Brown: Miracle

2016

Writer, Stage Director

Magicians

Magicians

2007

Story

Ghost Stories

Ghost Stories

2018

Director

Derren Brown: Infamous

Derren Brown: Infamous

2014

Director

Ghost Stories

Ghost Stories

2018

Executive Producer

Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Olly The Little White Van

as Bazza

Episodes: 66

First Aired: Jun 26, 2011

A Small Light

as Hermann Van Pels

Episodes: 7

First Aired: May 01, 2023

Unforgotten

as Dean Barton

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Oct 08, 2015

Campus

as Jonty De Wolfe

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Apr 05, 2011

The Capture

as Rowan Gill

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Sep 03, 2019

Power Monkeys

as Gerry

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Jun 08, 2016

Dead Set

as Patrick

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Oct 27, 2008

Ballot Monkeys

as Gerry

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Apr 21, 2015

Lockerbie: A Search for Truth

as Edwin Bollier

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Jan 02, 2025

Peaky Blinders

as Winston Churchill

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Sep 12, 2013

Crooked House

as Duncalfe

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Dec 22, 2008

Peak Practice

as Rob Hallett

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 10, 1993

Peak Practice

as Rob Hallet

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 10, 1993

Birds of a Feather

as John

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 16, 1989

Hanna

as Jacobs

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 28, 2019

Chuggington

Episodes: 118

First Aired: Sep 29, 2008

Caught on Dashcam

as Self - Narrator

Episodes: 42

First Aired: Sep 30, 2015

Big Brother's Little Brother

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: May 29, 2001

The League of Gentlemen

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 11, 1999

Crooked House

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 22, 2008

You Have Been Watching

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 07, 2009

Stars in the House

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 16, 2020

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