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Andy Nyman

Andy Nyman

Actor and writer, also director and producer · Born April 13, 1966 (60) · Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK

BAFTA Award nominee

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.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
April 13, 1966 (60)
From
Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK
Works as
Actor and writer, also director and producer
Titles
43 on MovieCove · 76 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Up 10% in 30 days

What are Andy Nyman's films like?

Across their 23 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Society.

Genres

Animation5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 88th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
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Action3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 53rd percentile
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Comedy3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 60th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 62nd percentile
: browse their Drama movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
23%
Society
22%
Survival
20%
Self
14%
Morality
12%
Ideas
9%
Power
2%
Community7 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds7 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival6 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship6 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma4 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity2 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice2 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 17 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 7 · Serious 3 · Dark 7

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 5 · Stylized 10 · Heightened 2

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 5 · Charged 4 · Intense 8

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 6 · Shifting 9 · Whiplash 2

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 7 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 7

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 10 · Relentless 3

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 7 · Engaged 7 · Full focus 3

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 14 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

8 analyzed roles

Usually the Ally: 2 of 8 analyzed roles.

Ally
2 of 8
Threshold guardian
2 of 8
Shadow
1 of 8
Hero
1 of 8
Mentor
1 of 8
Herald
1 of 8
Show the 8 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
11
Tense
9
Warm
8
Dread
5
Absurd
5
Other
22

How their films linger

Feel-good10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 7 with a twist

  • Happy11
  • Bittersweet8
  • Ambiguous3
  • Cyclical1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Andy Nyman's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 36 of their 43 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (15).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Andy Nyman's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

76 credits, 43 with a MovieCove page; 8 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Spider Island(2026)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom(2026)

    as Nuts

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Shaun the Sheep: Fleece Navidad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Nuts (voice)

  • Shaun the Sheep: Shirleyverse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Nuts (voice)

  • Ghost Stories (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Director · Writer

  • Lockerbie: A Search for Truth(2025)

    Show 2 episodes · as Edwin Bollier

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows

  • That Christmas(2024)

    as Mr. Beccles (voice)

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Wicked(2024)

    as Governor Thropp

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • A Small Light(2023)

    Show 7 episodes · as Hermann Van Pels

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas(2021)

    as Additional Voices (voice)

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Jungle Cruise(2021)

    as Sir James Hobbs-Coddington

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • The Dybbuk: Semi-Staged Reading (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Actor

  • Shaun the Sheep: Adventures from Mossy Bottom(2020)

    Show Actor

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows

  • Judy(2019)

    as Dan

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon(2019)

    as Nuts (voice)

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • The Capture(2019)

    Show 8 episodes · as Rowan Gill

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows

  • Good Omens(2019)

    Show 1 episode · Writer

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • Hanna(2019)

    Show 3 episodes · as Jacobs

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • Wanderlust(2018)

    Show 2 episodes · as James Marcham

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows

  • Ghost Stories(2017)

    Director · Executive Producer · Theatre Play · Writer · as Professor Goodman

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • The Commuter(2018)

    as Tony

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi(2017)

    as Jail Guard

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Despicable Me 3(2017)

    as Clive the Robot (voice)

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Shaun The Sheep: Happy Farmer's Day (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Nuts

  • Derren Brown: Miracle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Stage Director · Writer

  • Power Monkeys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Show 6 episodes · as Gerry

  • National Theatre Live: Hangmen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Syd

  • Shaun the Sheep: The Farmer's Llamas(2015)

    as Additional Voices (voice)

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Unforgotten(2015)

    Show 6 episodes · as Dean Barton

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows

  • Caught on Dashcam (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Show 61 episodes · as Narrator (voice)

  • Minions(2015)

    as Additional Voices (voice)

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Ballot Monkeys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Show 5 episodes · as Gerry

  • Bone in the Throat(2015)

    as Ronnie the Rug

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Shaun the Sheep Movie(2015)

    as Nuts (voice)

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • The Eichmann Show(2015)

    as David Landor

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Automata(2014)

    as Ellis

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Derren Brown: Infamous (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Director

  • Peaky Blinders(2013)

    Show 3 episodes · as Winston Churchill

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • Kick-Ass 2(2013)

    as The Tumor

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Psychobitches (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Show 1 episode · as Henry VIII

  • Sarah & Duck(2013)

    Show as Bag

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • Playhouse Presents (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Show 1 episode · as Sarah, wife of Abraham

  • The Glass Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Martin Pyrite

  • Olly The Little White Van (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Show 66 episodes · as Bazza

  • Campus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Show 6 episodes · as Jonty De Wolfe

  • Black Death(2010)

    as Dalywag

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Shaun The Sheep: Spring Lamb (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Nuts

  • The Tournament(2009)

    as Tech Eddie

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Timmy Time(2009)

    Show Actor

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all shows

  • Crooked House (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Show 1 episode · as Nicholas Duncalfe

  • Dead Set(2008)

    Show 5 episodes · as Patrick Goad

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows

  • Chuggington(2008)

    Show 118 episodes · Actor

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all shows

  • The Brothers Bloom(2008)

    as Charleston

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Death at a Funeral(2007)

    as Howard

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Magicians (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Story

  • Shaun the Sheep(2007)

    Show 40 episodes · as Nuts (voice)

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • This Is What It Is (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Chris

  • Derren Brown: Something Wicked This Way Comes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Director · Writer

  • Are You Ready for Love? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Barry Schneider

  • Wild Romance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Leo Leitner

  • Severance(2006)

    as Gordon

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Derren Brown: The Heist (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Writer

  • Shut Up and Shoot Me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Colin Frampton

  • Zemanovaload(2005)

    as Bruce Robenitz

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • Coney Island Baby (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Franko

  • Uprising(2001)

    as Calel Wasser

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Uprising (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Show 2 episodes · as Calel Wasser

  • Dead Babies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Keith

  • The Criminal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Forensic Scientist 1

  • Peak Practice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Show 1 episode · as Rob Hallet · as Rob Hallett

  • Archer's Goon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Show 1 episode · as Museum attendant

  • Five Children and It(1991)

    Show 1 episode · as Baker's Boy

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all shows

  • The Woman in Black(1989)

    as Jackie

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Birds of a Feather(1989)

    Show 1 episode · as John

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all shows

  • A Blue Butterfly (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • The Creep (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Dave

Career shape

Star power in the 98th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 72 titles, 69 of them dated from 1989 to 2025; peak year 2018.

Biggest box office

Wicked (2024)

$764M worldwide

Highest rated

A Small Light (2023)

Midcredits 96th

Most popular right now

Shaun the Sheep (2007)

Film career

19892025

Peak 2018 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 6 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting65 of 72: 64 only acting, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score68thDirecting4 of 72: 1 only directing, 3 with another roleWriting7 of 72: 3 only writing, 4 with another roleProducing1 of 72: 0 only producing, 1 with another roleOther crew1 of 72: 0 only other crew, 1 with another role

72 titles, 4 with more than one role — acting and writing overlap on 1 of them.

By decade

1980s2 · acting1990s4 · acting2000s20 · 17 acting · 3 crew2010s33 · 30 acting · 4 crew2020s10 · 9 acting · 1 crew

Billing

usually 9th · top billed in 5% of 21 roles
890919

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

Awards

Nominated for a BAFTA Award in 2007.

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Andy Nyman's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 63rd percentile, the median of all 27; across their 17 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 70th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

70thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 17

Approval · how many liked their films

62ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 17

Reach · how many have seen their films

95thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 17

Midcredits score across 43 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up18
  • 50th to 74th14
  • 25th to 49th8
  • Below 25th3

Shape of the crowd

27 of their 43 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved5
  • Universally Panned1
  • Divisive1
  • Crowd Pleaser27
  • Broadly Agreed3
  • Mixed6

Most divisive · actor

Bone in the Throat (2015)

98th percentile spread · 41% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Peaky Blinders (2013)

Midcredits 99th · 95% liked

Reviewers score the acting 73/100 in their films, across 14 reviewed titles; fans 78, detractors 48. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Andy Nyman's work okay for kids?

Across up to 13 MovieCove titles with content scores, profanity runs heavier than most films and violence & gore and sex & nudity lighter.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore13 titles16–96 · median 31 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity13 titles8–54 · median 21 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity11 titles6–90 · median 54 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs11 titles6–72 · median 28 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense11 titles23–74 · median 40 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Andy Nyman work with?

People who share at least 2 of Andy Nyman's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Nick Park shares the most, 8.

Directors

Writers

Actors

  • Justin Fletcher8 titles    See all 8 shared titles with Justin Fletcher
  • Kate Harbour8 titles    See all 8 shared titles with Kate Harbour
  • Emma Tate7 titles    See all 7 shared titles with Emma Tate
  • John Sparkes7 titles    See all 7 shared titles with John Sparkes

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles