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."Nick Wyman Elected Actors' Equity President", Broadway World, May 24, 2010
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 +YearTitleRoleTheaterNotes 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 Longacre Theatre Original Broadway Cast 1988 The Phantom of the Opera Monsieur Richard Firmin Majestic Theatre Original Broadway Cast 1991 1776 Thomas Jefferson Williamstown Theatre Festival Regional 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 Applause Howard Paper Mill Playhouse Regional 1997 Les Misérables Monsieur Thénardier / Chain Gang Imperial Theatre Broadway Replacement and Closing Cast 2000 The Producers Franz LiebkindNola Rehearsal StudiosWorkshop 2004 A Tale of Two Cities John Barsad Little Shubert Theatre Two day workshop 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 Tom Jones Mister Partridge Theatre at St. Clements Part of NYMF's 2005 Next Link series 2006 Carnival! Schlagel Paper Mill Playhouse Regional Desperate Measures Governor 45th Street Theatre Part of the 2006 New York Musical Theatre Festival Take Me Along Nat Miller Theatre at St. Peter's Church Part of the 2006 Musicals in Mufti Concert A Wonderful Life Henry Potter Paper Mill Playhouse Regional 2007 Howard Katz Howard Katz (Understudy) Laura Pels Theatre 2008 How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying J.B. Biggley White Plains Performing Arts Center Regional A Tale of Two Cities John Barsad Al Hirschfeld Theatre Original Broadway Cast 2009 1776 John Hancock Paper Mill Playhouse Regional 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 Austen's Pride Ensemble Two day workshop Desperate Measures Governor York Theatre Off-Broadway2018 Desperate Measures Governor New World Stages Off-BroadwayA remount of the 2017 York Theatre production Network Arthur Jensen Belasco Theatre Original Broadway Cast2022 Help White Man #8 The Shed Off-Broadway
Film +YearTitleRole1981Jet LagFoundation Officer1987WeedsAssociate Warden1987Planes, Trains and AutomobilesNew York Lawyer1988Funny FarmDirk Criterion1989Rude AwakeningDr. Abbott1995Die Hard with a VengeanceMatthias Targo1997Private PartsDouglas Kiker2002Igby Goes DownSuit2002Maid in ManhattanConcierge2006SpectropiaVerna's Husband2008Synecdoche, New YorkSoap Actor Doctor2013Burning BlueOphthalmologist2016SplitEnlil / Robert2018The ChaperoneChairman2019The Undiscovered CountryVincent
Television YearTitleRoleNotes1977The Best of FamiliesJohannsonMiniseries1978The Dain CurseWhiteyEpisode #1.11986Who's the Boss?Dr. CarterEpisode: "The Anniversary Show"1987Everything's RelativeTom GarsonEpisode: "The Post Graduate"1988The Murder of Mary PhaganLund2 episodes1989CBS Summer PlayhouseLarryEpisode: "Road Show"1992Swans CrossingGrant Booth5 episodesSquare One TelevisionPeeved2 episodesMathnetEpisode: "The Case of the Mystery Weekend"1993One Life to LivePeter Manning Unknown number of episodes. Portrayed from 1993–19941994The Adventures of Pete & PeteMr. Ed NarrinsEpisode: "Field of Pete"1997, 2005Law & OrderDr. Adams / Judge Mickerson2 episodes1998CosbyEpisode: "Out to Launch"2000Spin CityExecutiveEpisode: "Airplane!"2000Tales from the CryptRich ManEpisode: "Island of Death"2001Big AppleKlein's Attorney2 episodes2003Queens SupremeJohn / Thomas ApernathyEpisode: "Pilot"2003Law & Order: Special Victims UnitMichael KellyEpisode: "Coerced"2003, 2006Chappelle's ShowFrankenstein's Boss / Ron2 episodes2009Guiding LightDr. MalcolmEpisode #1.155962010The Good WifeAndre BaylonEpisode:2012Boardwalk EmpireDr. Robert Landau4 episodes2014VeepQuincy CarterEpisode: "Crate"2014The Mysteries of LauraPrincipalEpisode: "Pilot"2015Madam SecretaryPunditEpisode: "Whisper of the Ax"2015ElementaryDuncan BriceEpisode: "The Games Underfoot" 2018 The Today Show Himself Episode dated 16 August 2018.Performed with the cast of Desperate Measures.2020Future ManAbraham Lincoln3 episodes2023East New YorkBishop McAllisterEpisode: "Family Tithes"
References
External links
A Tale of Two Cities