Climbing Rejection Mountain: An Actor’s Path to Success, Stability, and Self-Esteem

The former national president of Actors Equity Association, Nick Wyman was recently acclaimed for Network on Broadway with Bryan Cranston. His fifteen other Broadway roles include Firmin in the original cast of Phantom of the Opera, Freddy in the Rex Harrison revival of My Fair Lady, and Thenardier (for six years) in Les Miserables. In fifteen feature films, he has beaten up Bruce Willis in Die Hard with a Vengeance, sold Steve Martin a cab while John Candy stole it in Planes, Trains and Automobiles, and dug up a body for Chevy Chase in Funny Farm. He is also the proud owner of numerous television credits, including Boardwalk Empire, Veep, Elementary, and The Good Wife. Michael X. Martin has appeared in the Broadway shows The Bridges of Madison County, The Front Page, It Shoulda Been You, Curtains, 9 to 5, Bright Star, Nice Work if You Can Get It, Catch Me if You Can, My Fair Lady, All Shook Up, 1776, Kiss Me Kate, Ragtime, Les Miserables, Man of La Mancha, Oklahoma!, and King David. He has also been in a dozen Off-Broadway shows, over one hundred regional productions, concerts at Royal Albert Hall, the Manaus Opera House, and Carnegie Hall. Recent TV credits include The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Madame Secretary, Boardwalk Empire, and the Law and Order hat trick. When asked nicely, he draws cartoons.