Andy Nyman
Known for Acting · 73 credits
- Born
- 1966-04-13 (age 60)
- Place of birth
- Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK
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 Polish 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.
Known For
TV Shows (26)
Peaky Blinders
2013
as Winston Churchill
Peak Practice
1993
as Rob Hallett
The Capture
2019
as Rowan Gill
Stars in the House
2020
as Self
Birds of a Feather
1989
as John
Big Brother's Little Brother
2001
as Self
Shaun the Sheep
2007
as Nuts (voice)
Unforgotten
2015
as Dean Barton
Hanna
2019
as Jacobs
Playhouse Presents
2012
as Sarah, wife of Abraham
Chuggington
2008
A Small Light
2023
as Hermann Van Pels
Lockerbie: A Search for Truth
2025
as Edwin Bollier
Psychobitches
2013
as Henry VIII
Wanderlust
2018
as James Marcham
Dead Set
2008
as Patrick Goad
You Have Been Watching
2009
as Self
Power Monkeys
2016
as Gerry
Crooked House
2008
as Nicholas Duncalfe
Campus
2011
as Jonty De Wolfe
Ballot Monkeys
2015
as Gerry
Uprising
2001
as Calel Wasser
Archer's Goon
1992
as Museum attendant
Olly The Little White Van
2011
as Bazza
Caught on Dashcam
2015
as Narrator (voice)
Five Children and It
1991
as Baker's Boy
Movies (47)
Wicked
2024
as Governor Thropp
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
2017
as Jail Guard
Jungle Cruise
2021
as Sir James Hobbs-Coddington
Despicable Me 3
2017
as Clive the Robot (voice)
Minions
2015
as Additional Voices (voice)
Automata
2014
as Ellis
Kick-Ass 2
2013
as The Tumor
The Commuter
2018
as Tony
Shaun the Sheep Movie
2015
as Nuts (voice)
Death at a Funeral
2007
as Howard
Judy
2019
as Dan
Uprising
2001
as Calel Wasser
That Christmas
2024
as Mr. Beccles (voice)
Black Death
2010
as Dalywag
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
2019
as Nuts (voice)
The Tournament
2009
as Tech Eddie
Ghost Stories
2018
as Professor Goodman
The Brothers Bloom
2008
as Charleston
Severance
2006
as Gordon
Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas
2021
as Additional Voices (voice)
Shaun the Sheep: The Farmer's Llamas
2015
as Additional Voices (voice)
Why Horror?
2014
as Self
Bone in the Throat
2015
as Ronnie the Rug
The Woman in Black
1989
as Jackie
The Eichmann Show
2015
as David Landor
National Theatre Live: Hangmen
2016
as Syd
Dead Babies
2000
as Keith
The Criminal
1999
as Forensic Scientist 1
The Glass Man
2011
as Martin Pyrite
David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count
2022
as Self
Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape
2010
as Self
Shaun the Sheep: Shirleyverse
2025
as Nuts (voice)
Ghostwatch: Behind the Curtains
2012
as Self
Are You Ready for Love?
2006
as Barry Schneider
Zemanovaload
2005
as Bruce Robenitz
Spider Island
Wild Romance
2006
as Leo Leitner
Coney Island Baby
2002
as Franko
A Blue Butterfly
Shaun The Sheep: Spring Lamb
2010
as Nuts
This Is What It Is
2007
as Chris
The Creep
as Dave
The Dybbuk: Semi-Staged Reading
2021
Shut Up and Shoot Me
2005
as Colin Frampton
Shaun The Sheep: Happy Farmer's Day
2017
as Nuts
Captured Souls: In Conversation with Graham Humphreys
2025
as Self
Shaun the Sheep: Fleece Navidad
2025
as Nuts (voice)
About Andy Nyman
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 Polish 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… With 73 credits spanning from 1989 to 2025, Andy Nyman has appeared in 47 films and 26 TV shows.
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Most Popular Andy Nyman Movies
- Wicked (2024) — as Governor Thropp
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) — as Jail Guard
- Jungle Cruise (2021) — as Sir James Hobbs-Coddington
- Despicable Me 3 (2017) — as Clive the Robot (voice)
- Minions (2015) — as Additional Voices (voice)
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