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

Early life and career

Nyman was born on 13 April 1966 in

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. His 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

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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 ''

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'', Herman Brood biopic '' Wild Romance'' and British romcom ''

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''. 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

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, 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''. He portrayed the recurring character Jonty de Wolf in

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's semi-improvised show '' Campus''. In 2013, Nyman appeared in '' Kick-Ass 2'', as "The Tumor." He did voice over work for the series '' Sarah & Duck'' and '' Chuggington'', and portrayed a young

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in the BBC drama '' Peaky Blinders''. In 2014 Nyman played the role of Charles Guiteau in the

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musical ''

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'' 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 ''

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'' opposing

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in the run-up to September's referendum on that issue.

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). Nyman shares some of his magic "know-how" in the DVD, ''Insane''. Their latest collaboration is entitled ''Sacrifice'', which opened in March 2015 in the UK, and was premiered on Netflix in 2018.

''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

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, before transferring to the Duke of York's Theatre in the West End, opening on 25 June 2010. Since then it has played in

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and

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, 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

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

Personal life

Nyman is

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, and attended Chai Summer Camp.

Credits

Television

* '' The Bill'' as various characters (1989-1995) * ''

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'' as Jackie (1989) (TV film) * ''

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'' as Baker's Boy (1991) * '' Archer's Goon'' as Museum attendant (1992) * ''New Voices'' as Jim (1995) * ''

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'' as Neil Kaplan (1997) * '' Uprising'' as Calel Wasser (2001) (TV film) * '' Chuggington'' as Chatsworth and Dunbar (2008) * '' Dead Set'' as Patrick (2008) * '' Crooked House'' as Nicholas Duncalfe (2008) * '' Campus'' as Jonty de Wolfe (2009–2011) * ''Olly the Little White Van'' as Jethro, Royston, Mick, Bertie and other voices (2011) * '' Stargazing Live'' as Himself (2012) * '' Sarah & Duck'' as Bag and Cake (2013) * '' Peaky Blinders'' as

(2013) * '' Psychobitches'' as Various characters (2014) * '' Ballot Monkeys'' as Gerry Stagg (2015) * '' The Eichmann Show'' as David Landor (2015) (TV film) * '' Shaun the Sheep: The Farmer's Llamas'' as Nuts (2015) (TV special) * '' Shaun the Sheep'' as Nuts (2016) * ''

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'' as Jacobs (2019) *'' Unforgotten'' as Dean Barton (series 4; 2021) * '' The Capture'' as Home Secretary Rowan Gill (series 2; 2022)

Film

* '' Dead Babies'' as Keith (2000) * '' Coney Island Baby'' as Franko (2003) * '' Shut Up and Shoot Me'' as Colin (2005) * ''

'' as Gordon (2006) * '' Wild Romance'' as Leo Leitner (2006) * '' Played'' as Danny (2005) * ''

'' as Barry Schneider (2007) * '' Death at a Funeral'' as Howard (2007) * '' The Tournament'' as Tech Eddie (2009) * '' Black Death'' as Dalywag (2010) * ''Glass Man'' as Martin Pritte (2011) * '' Kick-Ass 2'' as The Tumor (2013) * '' Autómata'' (2014) * '' Shaun the Sheep Movie'' as Nuts (2015) * ''

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'' as Additional Voices (2015) * '' Despicable Me 3'' as Clive (2017) * '' Ghost Stories'' as Professor Phillip Goodman (2017) * '' Star Wars: The Last Jedi'' as Jail Guard (2017) * '' The Commuter'' as Tony (2018) * '' Judy'' as Dan (2019) * '' A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon'' as Nuts (2019) * ''

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'' as Sir James Hobbs-Cunningham (2021)

Theatre

* '' Abigail's Party'' as Lawrence (2012) * ''

'' as Charles Guiteau (2014-2015) * '' Hangmen'' as Syd (2015-2016) * ''

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'' as Tevye (2018-2019) * '' Hello, Dolly!'' as Horace Vandergelder (2020-2021)

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

References

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