Andy Nyman

Horace Vandergelder

Andy Nyman

Andy Nyman is an award-winning actor, director and writer for his work in theatre, film and television.

Recent theatre work includes: Tevye in Trevor Nunn's award-winning Fiddler on the Roof (Olivier nomination); Hangmen (West End/Broadway); Stephen Sondheim’s Assassins (Menier Chocolate Factory); Abigail’s Party (West End) and Ghost Stories which Andy starred in, co-wrote and co-directed with Jeremy Dyson.

Television credits include: A Small Light; The Capture; Unforgotten; Wanderlust; Hanna; The Eichmann Show; Campus; Dead Set and Winston Churchill in Peaky Blinders.

Film credits include: Jungle Cruise; Judy; The Commuter; Ghost Stories; Death at a Funeral; Kick-Ass 2; Black Death; The Brother’s Bloom; Severance; Shut Up & Shoot Me (winner Best Actor at Cherbourg Film Festival).  Later this year Andy will be seen playing Govenor Thropp in the film of Wicked.

Andy has collaborated with Derren Brown for over 20 years, co-creating the first 10 years of Derren's TV as well as co-writing / directing most of Derren's stage shows - winning an Olivier Award for Derren Brown: Something Wicked This Way Comes and the New York Drama Desk Award for Derren Brown: Secret. Andy’s books on how to survive as a freelancer “The Golden Rules of Acting” and “More Golden rules of Acting” are bestsellers within the acting world. Andy and Jeremy Dyson's first novel The Warlock Effect, was released last year, became a Sunday Times book of the month and is out now in paperback.

www.andynyman.com