Andy Nyman
British actor
- Born April 13, 1966
- 3 movies
Andy Nyman is an English actor, writer, director, singer and magician, born on 13 April 1966. Much of his best-known work is behind the scenes: he co-created and co-wrote Derren Brown's television shows and stage tours, winning an Olivier Award for Something Wicked This Way Comes. With Jeremy Dyson he co-created the stage horror Ghost Stories and starred in its 2017 film. On stage he has Olivier nominations for Fiddler on the Roof, Hello, Dolly! and The Producers, and his screen roles include Dead Set, Peaky Blinders, Judy and Wicked.
Andy Nyman appears in 3 films in The Rerun, from 2015 to 2024. Most of that work is in fantasy, musical and biography.
Known for
- Ghost Stories. Co-created and starred in the horror story on stage and on film.
- Judy (2019). One of his film credits, released in 2019.
- Wicked (2024). One of his film credits, released in 2024.
Career
Nyman’s early screen work included Dead Babies (2000), the Emmy-winning Uprising and the horror comedy Severance. Frank Oz’s Death at a Funeral (2007) gave him a lead, and Charlie Brooker’s Dead Set cast him as a loathsome reality TV producer. He played the young Winston Churchill in Peaky Blinders and Charles Guiteau in Assassins at the Menier Chocolate Factory.
Alongside acting he has been Derren Brown’s chief collaborator, co-creating Mind Control and Trick of the Mind and co-directing four stage shows. Ghost Stories, written and directed with Jeremy Dyson, opened in Liverpool in 2010 and ran to 1,000 performances in the West End before the film version. The pair have since written a novel, The Warlock Effect, and a new play, The Psychic, which premiered at York Theatre Royal in 2026.
Where to start
Movies
Quick answers
- What movies and TV shows has Andy Nyman been in?
- Andy Nyman appears in Wicked (2024), Judy (2019) and Minions (2015) on The Remote.
- When was Andy Nyman born?
- Andy Nyman was born on 13 April 1966.
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