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Andy Nyman

Andy Nyman

Known for ActingBorn 1966-04-13 (age 60)Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK
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. 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.Read more

Movies & web series

David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count10.0
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David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count

2022 · Movie

Olly The Little White Van10.0
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Olly The Little White Van

2011 · Series

Archer's Goon10.0
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Archer's Goon

1992 · Series

Coney Island Baby9.0
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Coney Island Baby

2002 · Movie

Peaky Blinders8.5
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Peaky Blinders

2013 · Series

Derren Brown: The Heist8.3
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Derren Brown: The Heist

2006 · Movie

Good Omens8.0
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Good Omens

2019 · Series

National Theatre Live: Hangmen8.0
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National Theatre Live: Hangmen

2016 · Movie

A Small Light7.9
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A Small Light

2023 · Series

Are You Ready for Love?8.0
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Are You Ready for Love?

2006 · Movie

Derren Brown: Something Wicked This Way Comes8.0
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Derren Brown: Something Wicked This Way Comes

2006 · Movie

The Capture7.7
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The Capture

2019 · Series

You Have Been Watching7.7
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You Have Been Watching

2009 · Series

Derren Brown: Infamous7.6
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Derren Brown: Infamous

2014 · Movie

Unforgotten7.5
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Unforgotten

2015 · Series

Hanna7.4
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Hanna

2019 · Series

Jungle Cruise7.3
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Jungle Cruise

2021 · Movie

That Christmas7.2
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That Christmas

2024 · Movie

Lockerbie: A Search for Truth7.1
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Lockerbie: A Search for Truth

2025 · Series

Dead Set7.2
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Dead Set

2008 · Series

Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas7.0
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Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas

2021 · Movie

Wicked6.9
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Wicked

2024 · Movie

Shaun the Sheep Movie7.0
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Shaun the Sheep Movie

2015 · Movie

A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon6.9
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A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon

2019 · Movie

Death at a Funeral6.9
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Death at a Funeral

2007 · Movie

Star Wars: The Last Jedi6.8
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Star Wars: The Last Jedi

2017 · Movie

Psychobitches6.8
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Psychobitches

2013 · Series

Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape6.8
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Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape

2010 · Movie

Crooked House6.8
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Crooked House

2008 · Series

Judy6.7
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Judy

2019 · Movie

Derren Brown: Miracle6.7
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Derren Brown: Miracle

2016 · Movie

The Eichmann Show6.7
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The Eichmann Show

2015 · Movie

Chuggington6.7
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Chuggington

2008 · Series

The Woman in Black6.9
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The Woman in Black

1989 · Movie

Shaun the Sheep: The Farmer's Llamas6.6
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Shaun the Sheep: The Farmer's Llamas

2015 · Movie

The Brothers Bloom6.6
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The Brothers Bloom

2008 · Movie

Despicable Me 36.5
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Despicable Me 3

2017 · Movie

Ghost Stories6.4
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Ghost Stories

2018 · Movie

Minions6.4
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Minions

2015 · Movie

The Commuter6.4
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The Commuter

2018 · Movie

Kick-Ass 26.4
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Kick-Ass 2

2013 · Movie

Uprising6.5
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Uprising

2001 · Movie

Peak Practice6.5
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Peak Practice

1993 · Series

Ballot Monkeys6.2
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Ballot Monkeys

2015 · Series

Severance6.3
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Severance

2006 · Movie

Campus6.2
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Campus

2011 · Series

Power Monkeys6.1
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Power Monkeys

2016 · Series

Wanderlust6.1
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Wanderlust

2018 · Series