# Nick Wyman

Nick Wyman (born May 18, 1950) is an American stage, television, and film actor, and is a former president of the Actors' Equity Association.

## Early life and education

Wyman was born in Portland, Maine and raised in Summit, New Jersey and attended Harvard University.

## Career

Wyman received his big break as Freddy in the 1981 revival of My Fair Lady which starred original Higgins Sir Rex Harrison. He later created the role of Firmin in the Broadway production of The Phantom of the Opera. He featured in Die Hard with a Vengeance as Hungarian terrorist and explosive expert Mathias Targo. In 2008, he was cast as John Barsad in the Broadway musical adaptation of A Tale of Two Cities, at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre in New York. He was elected President of Actors Equity in May 2010 and served until 2015.

## Personal life

He is the older brother of voice actor Oliver Wyman. He married actress Beth McDonald in 1979. They have two daughters and a son.

## Acting Credits
### Theater

| Year | Title | Role | Theater | Notes |
| 1972 | Grease | Vince Fontaine | Broadhurst Theatre | Broadway Replacement |
| 1974 | The Magic Show | Feldman, Goldfarb (Understudy) | Cort Theatre | Broadway Replacement |
| 1975 | Very Good Eddie | Mr. Percy Darling | Booth Theatre | Original Broadway Cast |
| 1978 | On the Twentieth Century | Bruce Granit | St. James Theatre | Broadway Replacement |
| 1979 | Whoopee! | Sheriff Bob Wells | ANTA Theatre | Broadway Replacement |
| 1980 | Paris Lights | James Joyce/F. Scott Fitzgerald | American Place Theatre | Off-Broadway |
| 1981 | My Fair Lady | Freddy Eynsford-Hill | Uris Theatre | Original Broadway Cast |
| 1984 | Kennedy at Colonus | Actor #2 | 47th Street Theatre | Off-Broadway |
| 1985 | Doubles | Chuck | Ritz Theatre | Original Broadway Cast |
| 1987 | The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 | Patrick O'Reilly | Circle Theater Company | Off-Broadway |
| 1987 | The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 | Patrick O'Reilly | Longacre Theatre | Original Broadway Cast |
| 1988 | The Phantom of the Opera | Monsieur Richard Firmin | Majestic Theatre | Original Broadway Cast |
| 1992 | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Judge Turpin | Paper Mill Playhouse | Regional |
| 1993 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Frollo | Westbeth Theatre | Off-Broadway |
| 1995 | Anyone Can Whistle | Dr. Detmold | Carnegie Hall | Concert |
| 1996 | Three in the Back, Two in the Head | Donald Jackson | MCC Theater | Off-Broadway |
| 1996 | Applause | Howard | Paper Mill Playhouse | Regional |
| 1997 | Les Misérables | Monsieur Thénardier / Chain Gang | Imperial Theatre | Broadway Replacement and Closing Cast |
| 2000 | The Producers | Franz Liebkind | Nola Rehearsal Studios | Workshop |
| 2004 | A Tale of Two Cities | John Barsad | Little Shubert Theatre | Two day workshop |
| 2004 | Sly Fox | Captain Crouch | Ethel Barrymore Theatre | Original Broadway Cast |
| 2005 | Dirty Rotten Scoundrels | Lawrence Jameson | Imperial Theatre | Began as standby and took over role later |
| 2005 | Tom Jones | Mister Partridge | Theatre at St. Clements | Part of NYMF's 2005 Next Link series |
| 2006 | Carnival! | Schlagel | Paper Mill Playhouse | Regional |
| 2006 | Desperate Measures | Governor | 45th Street Theatre | Part of the 2006 New York Musical Theatre Festival |
| 2006 | Take Me Along | Nat Miller | Theatre at St. Peter's Church | Part of the 2006 Musicals in Mufti Concert |
| 2006 | A Wonderful Life | Henry Potter | Paper Mill Playhouse | Regional |
| 2007 | Howard Katz | Howard Katz (Understudy) | Laura Pels Theatre | — |
| 2008 | A Tale of Two Cities | John Barsad | Al Hirschfeld Theatre | Original Broadway Cast |
| 2011 | Catch Me If You Can | Roger Strong | Neil Simon Theatre | Original Broadway Cast |
| 2012 | Bullet for Adolf | Jurgen | New World Stages | Off-Broadway |
| 2017 | Sousatzka | Mr. Cordle | Elgin Theatre | World Premiere Production |
| 2017 | Austen's Pride | Ensemble | — | Two day workshop |
| 2017 | Desperate Measures | Governor | York Theatre | Off-Broadway |
| 2018 | Desperate Measures | Governor | New World Stages | Off-Broadway A remount of the 2017 York Theatre production |
| 2018 | Network | Arthur Jensen | Belasco Theatre | Original Broadway Cast |
| 2022 | Help | White Man #8 | The Shed | Off-Broadway |

### Film

| Year | Title | Role |
| 1981 | Jet Lag | Foundation Officer |
| 1987 | Weeds | Associate Warden |
| 1987 | Planes, Trains and Automobiles | New York Lawyer |
| 1988 | Funny Farm | Dirk Criterion |
| 1989 | Rude Awakening | Dr. Abbott |
| 1995 | Die Hard with a Vengeance | Matthias Targo |
| 1997 | Private Parts | Douglas Kiker |
| 2002 | Igby Goes Down | Suit |
| 2002 | Maid in Manhattan | Concierge |
| 2006 | Spectropia | Verna's Husband |
| 2008 | Synecdoche, New York | Soap Actor Doctor |
| 2013 | Burning Blue | Ophthalmologist |
| 2016 | Split | Enlil / Robert |
| 2018 | The Chaperone | Chairman |
| 2019 | The Undiscovered Country | Vincent |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1977 | The Best of Families | Johannson | Miniseries |
| 1978 | The Dain Curse | Whitey | Episode #1.1 |
| 1986 | Who's the Boss? | Dr. Carter | Episode: "The Anniversary Show" |
| 1987 | Everything's Relative | Tom Garson | Episode: "The Post Graduate" |
| 1988 | The Murder of Mary Phagan | Lund | 2 episodes |
| 1989 | CBS Summer Playhouse | Larry | Episode: "Road Show" |
| 1992 | Swans Crossing | Grant Booth | 5 episodes |
| 1992 | Square One Television | Peeved | 2 episodes |
| 1992 | Mathnet | Peeved | Episode: "The Case of the Mystery Weekend" |
| 1993 | One Life to Live | Peter Manning | Unknown number of episodes. Portrayed from 1993–1994 |
| 1994 | The Adventures of Pete & Pete | Mr. Ed Narrins | Episode: "Field of Pete" |
| 1997, 2005 | Law & Order | Dr. Adams / Judge Mickerson | 2 episodes |
| 1998 | Cosby | — | Episode: "Out to Launch" |
| 2000 | Spin City | Executive | Episode: "Airplane!" |
| 2000 | Tales from the Crypt | Rich Man | Episode: "Island of Death" |
| 2001 | Big Apple | Klein's Attorney | 2 episodes |
| 2003 | Queens Supreme | John / Thomas Apernathy | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2003 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Michael Kelly | Episode: "Coerced" |
| 2003, 2006 | Chappelle's Show | Frankenstein's Boss / Ron | 2 episodes |
| 2009 | Guiding Light | Dr. Malcolm | Episode #1.15596 |
| 2010 | The Good Wife | Andre Baylon | Episode: |
| 2012 | Boardwalk Empire | Dr. Robert Landau | 4 episodes |
| 2014 | Veep | Quincy Carter | Episode: "Crate" |
| 2014 | The Mysteries of Laura | Principal | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2015 | Madam Secretary | Pundit | Episode: "Whisper of the Ax" |
| 2015 | Elementary | Duncan Brice | Episode: "The Games Underfoot" |
| 2018 | The Today Show | Himself | Episode dated 16 August 2018. Performed with the cast of Desperate Measures. |
| 2020 | Future Man | Abraham Lincoln | 3 episodes |
| 2023 | East New York | Bishop McAllister | Episode: "Family Tithes" |