Andy Nyman

Early life and career Nyman's first noteworthy performance was in 2000 as Keith Whitehead in Dead Babies, 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 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. 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, and appeared in BBC Four's supernatural drama series Crooked House.

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, 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). Their latest collaboration is entitled Sacrifice, which opened in March 2015 in the UK, and was premiered on Netflix in 2018.

Work with Jeremy Dyson

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.

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

The Warlock Effect Nyman and Dyson are co-authors of the 2023 novel The Warlock Effect, a thriller about a magician who becomes involved with espionage in the 1950s. It was published by Hodder & Stoughton, and Nyman also narrated an audio version.

The Psychic Nyman and Dyson have co-created a new stage play called The Psychic which is had its world premiere at the York Theatre Royal from 29 April to 23 May 2026.

Personal life Nyman is Jewish and attended Jewish summer camp.

Filmography Film Year Title Role(s) Note 1999 The Criminal Forensic Scientist 1 2000 Dead Babies Keith 2000 Being Considered Shoe Salesman/Chauffeur 2003 Coney Island Baby Franko 2005 Zemanovaload Bruce Robenitz 2005 Shut Up and Shoot Me Colin 2006 Played Danny 2006 Severance Gordon 2006 Wild Romance Leo Leitner 2006 Are You Ready for Love? Barry Schneider 2007 Death at a Funeral Howard 2007 This Is What It Is Chris 2008 The Brothers Bloom Charleston 2009 The Tournament Tech Eddie 2010 Black Death Dalywag 2011 The Glass Man Martin Pritte 2013 Kick-Ass 2 The Tumor 2014 ABCs of Death 2 Coke Dealer Segment "A" (A is for Amateur) 2014 Autómata Tom Ellis 2015 Shaun the Sheep Movie Nuts (voice) 2015 Bone in the Throat Ronnie the Rug 2015 Minions Additional voices 2017 Despicable Me 3 Clive the Robot (voice) 2017 Ghost Stories Professor Phillip Goodman Also a co-writer and a co-director 2017 Star Wars: The Last Jedi Jail Guard 2018 The Commuter Tony 2019 Judy Dan 2019 A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon Nuts (voice) 2021 Jungle Cruise Sir James Hobbs-Cunningham 2024 That Christmas Mr. Beccles (voice) 2024 Wicked Governor Frexspar Thropp

Television

Theatre

Awards and nominations

Theatre

Other 2006 – Cherbourg-Octeville Festival of Irish and British Film – Best Actor – Shut Up and Shoot Me 2008 – Member of the Inner Magic Circle