Andy Nyman

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Andy Nyman
Born
Andrew Nyman

(1966-04-13) 13 April 1966 (age 58)
Leicester, Leicestershire, England
Education Guildhall School of Music and Drama [1]
Occupations
  • Actor
  • director
  • writer
  • magician
Years active1989–present
SpouseSophie Abbott [2]
Children2 [2]
Website AndyNyman.com

Andrew Nyman (born 13 April 1966) is an English actor, director, writer and magician. [3]

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Early life and career

Nyman was born on 13 April 1966 in Leicester, Leicestershire. His first noteworthy performance was in 2000 as Keith Whitehead in Dead Babies , [4] an adaptation of the Martin Amis novel of the same name. Soon after he appeared alongside Jon Voight, David Schwimmer and Leelee Sobieski in Jon Avnet's 2001 Emmy award-winning film Uprising [5] as a Polish-Jewish freedom fighter.

His next film role was in the 2003 film Coney Island Baby as a gay French gun dealer. In 2006 he appeared in horror-comedy Severance , Herman Brood biopic Wild Romance and British romcom Are You Ready for Love? . That same year 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 . [6] In 2007, Nyman appeared as one of the leads in the Frank Oz film Death at a Funeral, starring opposite Matthew Macfadyen, Ewen Bremner and Keely Hawes. In 2008, he starred as Patrick, a sleazy reality show producer, in Charlie Brooker's E4 horror satire Dead Set , [7] and appeared in BBC Four's supernatural drama series Crooked House . [6]

Nyman portrayed the recurring character Jonty de Wolf in Channel 4's semi-improvised show Campus . In 2013, he appeared in Kick-Ass 2 , as "The Tumor". He did voice over work as the character Bag for the series Sarah & Duck and Chuggington , and portrayed a young Winston Churchill in the BBC drama Peaky Blinders . In 2014 Nyman played the role of Charles Guiteau in the Stephen Sondheim musical Assassins at the Menier Chocolate Factory, and appeared in the film Automata with Antonio Banderas and Dylan McDermott.

In 2014, Nyman was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to The Guardian opposing Scottish independence in the run-up to September's referendum on that issue. [8]

Work with Derren Brown

As an accomplished magician and mentalist, Nyman has frequently collaborated with psychological illusionist Derren Brown. He is the co-creator and co-writer of the television 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 Trick of the Mind. He also co-wrote and co-directed four of Brown's stage shows, [9] 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 Olivier Award 2010, and he was nominated for the Lew Grade Award at the 2007 BAFTA Awards for his work on Derren Brown: The Heist (alongside collaborators Derren Brown, Simon Mills and Ben Caron). [6] Nyman shares some of his magic "know-how" in the DVD, Insane. [10] Their latest collaboration is entitled Sacrifice, which opened in March 2015 in the UK, and was premiered on Netflix in 2018. [11]

Ghost Stories

Nyman is co-creator of the long-running horror stage-play Ghost Stories. The show opened at the Liverpool Playhouse on 4 February 2010; from there it moved to the Lyric Theatre Hammersmith, before transferring to the Duke of York's Theatre in the West End, opening on 25 June 2010.

Since then it has played in Moscow and Toronto, and was nominated for two Olivier Awards in 2011, Best Sound and Best Entertainment. Nyman and Jeremy Dyson co-wrote the show and co-directed it along with Sean Holmes. The stage play Ghost Stories finished after 1,000 shows in the Duke of York's, on 15 March 2015. [12]

A film adaptation premiered in 2017, starring Nyman, Paul Whitehouse and Martin Freeman. [13]

Personal life

Nyman is Jewish and attended Jewish summer camp. [14] [15]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1999 The Criminal Forensic Scientist 1
2000 Dead Babies Keith
Being ConsideredShoe Salesman / Chauffeur
2003 Coney Island Baby Franko
2005ZemanovaloadBruce Robenitz
Shut Up and Shoot Me Colin
2006 Played Danny
Severance Gordon
Wild Romance Leo Leitner
Are You Ready for Love? Barry Schneider
2007 Death at a Funeral Howard
This Is What It IsChris
2008 The Brothers Bloom Charleston
2009 The Tournament Tech Eddie
2010 Black Death Dalywag
2011The Glass ManMartin Pritte
2013 Kick-Ass 2 The Tumor
2014 ABCs of Death 2 Coke DealerSegment "A"
Autómata Tom Ellis
2015 Shaun the Sheep Movie NutsVoice
Bone in the Throat Ronnie the Rug
Minions Additional voices
2017 Despicable Me 3 Clive the RobotVoice
Ghost Stories Professor Phillip Goodman
Star Wars: The Last Jedi Jail Guard
2018 The Commuter Tony
2019 Judy Dan
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon NutsVoice
2021 Jungle Cruise Sir James Hobbs-Cunningham
2024 That Christmas Mr. Beccles

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1989 Birds of a Feather JohnEpisode: "Substitute"
The Woman in Black JackieTelevision film
1989, 1992,
1995		 The Bill Various characters3 episodes
1991 Five Children and It Baker's BoyEpisode: "Episode Four"
1992 Archer's Goon Museum AttendantEpisode #1.4
1995 Health and Efficiency The PhotographerEpisode: "You Bet Your Life"
New Voices JimEpisode: "Spendaware Family"
1997 EastEnders Neil Kaplan1 episode
2000–2001 Peak Practice Rob Hallet2 episodes
2001 Baddiel's Syndrome Ian the Valet ParkerEpisode: "In the Valley of the Blind"
Uprising Calel WasserTelevision film
2002 The League of Gentlemen CarlEpisode: "Turn Again Geoff Tipps"
2004 Coming Up LeonEpisode: "Tame"
2008 Dead Set Patrick Goad5 episodes
Crooked House Nicholas Duncalfe2 episodes
2008–2013 Chuggington Chatsworth / Dunbar / Felix63 episodes
2009 Comedy Showcase Jonty de WolfeEpisode: "Campus"
2009–2011 Campus 7 episodes
2010 Captain Biceps Civilians (voice)Episode: "Taupeman"
2010–2011 The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! Barry / Tango / ZapataVoice
2011 Timmy Time VoiceEpisode: "Timmy's Cookie"
2012 Chuggington: Badge Quest Dunbar (voice)Episode: "Safeguarder Wilson"
Shaun the Sheep Nuts (voice)Episode: "Shaun the Fugitive"
Olly the Little White Van Various voicesEpisode: "Train Trouble"
2012, 2014 Psychobitches Various characters2 episodes
2013 Holliston Axl the Cat (voice)Episode: "Blobby"
Peaky Blinders Winston Churchill 3 episodes
2013–2017 Sarah & Duck Various voices36 episodes
2015 The Eichmann Show David LandorTelevision film
Ballot Monkeys Gerry Stagg5 episodes
Shaun the Sheep: The Farmer's Llamas NutsTelevision film
2016 Power Monkeys Gerry6 episodes
2017Election SpyJames9 episodes
2018 Wanderlust James Marcham4 episodes
2019 Hanna Jacobs3 episodes
2020 Shaun the Sheep: Adventures from Mossy Bottom VoiceTV series
2021 Unforgotten Dean Barton6 episodes
Grantchester Roy ReevesEpisode #6.1
Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas Additional voicesTelevision film
2022 Dodger Sir Thomas PettigrewEpisode: "Mummy"
The Capture Home Secretary Rowan Gill6 episodes
2023 A Small Light Hermann van Pels 7 episodes
TBA Lockerbie Edwin Bollier In production

Theatre

Awards and nominations

Theatre

YearAwardCategoryWorkResult
2006 Laurence Olivier Award [20] Best Entertainment Something Wicked This Way ComesWon
2010 Laurence Olivier Award [21] Best EntertainmentEnigmaNominated
2011 Laurence Olivier Award [22] Best Entertainment Ghost Stories Nominated
2018 Drama Desk Award [23] Unique Theatrical Experience Derren Brown: SecretWon
2019 Evening Standard Theatre Award [24] [25] Best Musical Performance Fiddler on the Roof Nominated
2020 Laurence Olivier Award [26] Best Actor in a Musical Nominated

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