David Nykl

David Nykl

57 · Born: Feb 7, 1967

Personal Details

Born Feb 7, 1967 Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]

Biography

David Nykl (born 7 February 1967 in Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech Canadian actor of film, television, commercials and theater. After the Soviet invasion in 1968, he and his family left then-Communist Czechoslovakia for Canada. Upon arriving at Victoria, British Columbia, his father found work as a structural engineer and his mother found work as a nurse. Nykl attended the University of British Columbia, where he majored in liberal arts. Nykl has appeared heavily in Vancouver and Prague in dozens of theater, film and television productions. Known for his versatility and depth as an actor, he has also produced theatre and film projects, and in 1994 he co-founded Prague's Misery Loves Company Theatre with Richard Toth and Ewan McLaren. He is known to science fiction fans as the recurring Stargate Atlantis character of Dr. Radek Zelenka, a Czech scientist on Earth's expedition to the "lost city" of Atlantis. His character often provides a foil to the main scientists, who forget the limits of their situation. He is fluent in Czech, English, French and Spanish. Though his character on Stargate Atlantis speaks English with a Czech accent, Nykl normally speaks with a Canadian accent. Whenever Zelenka spoke Czech in Stargate Atlantis, Nykl was given the lines in English, and he translated them. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Nykl, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Career

2021
Gone Mom
Gone Mom as Clifford Reed
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2019
William
William as Principal Bernstein
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2016
Arrow
Arrow as Anatoly Knyazev
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2015
The Devout
The Devout as Dr. Fisher
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Air
Air as Sleeper
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2014
Supernatural
Supernatural as Lester Morris
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2013
Chupacabra vs. the Alamo
Chupacabra vs. the Alamo as Medical Examiner
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2012
Christmas Miracle
Christmas Miracle as Drake
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Camera Shy
Camera Shy as Cliff Gardner
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2011
Mortal Kombat: Legacy
Mortal Kombat: Legacy as Lance
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2010
Encounter with Danger
Encounter with Danger as Elliot Maine
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The Beast of Bottomless Lake
The Beast of Bottomless Lake as Paoul Moran
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2009
Helen
Helen as John
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The Seamstress
The Seamstress as Donny Plachtt
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2008
Sanctuary
Sanctuary as Strickland
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2004
Stargate: Atlantis
Stargate: Atlantis as Dr. Radek Zelenka
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1999
Escape Velocity
Escape Velocity as Russel
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Joan of Arc
Joan of Arc as The Duke of Luxembourg
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1998
Act of War
Act of War as George Willmont
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1996
Hidden in Silence
Hidden in Silence as Henek
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Sacred Cargo
Sacred Cargo as Brother Alexis
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