Nyambi Nyambi portrays Wyatt Shaw on the NBC comedy “Night Court.”

Nyambi most recently co-starred as investigator Jay DiPersia in Paramount+’s “The Good Fight” and co-starred for six seasons alongside Billy Gardell and Melissa McCarthy in the CBS sitcom “Mike & Molly.” Nyambi can be seen in the Billy Crystal and Alan Zweibel film “Here Today” as well as starring in the indie film “The Sleepless,” available on Amazon Prime.

Nyambi’s TV resume includes “Mercy Street,” “Blindspot,” digital series “American Koko” and “Titans.” Additionally, Nyambi had voiceover roles in “The Death of Superman” and “Reign of the Supermen.” He also narrated the three-part PBS nature documentary “Primates.”

Nyambi has participated in New York’s Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park. Working alongside Al Pacino and Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Nyambi starred in “The Merchant of Venice” and “The Winter’s Tale.” 

Additional theater credits include the first Broadway revival of August Wilson's “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone” and the Classic Stage Company’s “The Tempest,” opposite Mandy Patinkin. He has worked with the Classical Theatre of Harlem and the Williamstown Theatre Festival, and is a proud member of the LAByrinth Theatre Company.

Alongside Danai Gurira, Nyambi serves on the board for Almasi Collaborative Arts, an organization dedicated to developing emerging African artists.

Nyambi is a first-generation Nigerian American and earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Bucknell University before earning his master of fine arts from NYU. He played basketball for four years at Bucknell and made the ESPN Dick Vitale “All-Name Team,” which honors the best names in college basketball. Post-college, Nyambi took on the role of coach and led basketball teams at teen camps.