David Nykl
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2021 · Gone Mom: The Disappearance of Jennifer Dulos as Clifford Reed
- 2019 · The Sleepers as Gerald Lloyd
- 2019 · Carnival Row as Constable Boggs
- 2019 · William as Principal Bernstein
- 2017 · Dialing Home as Self
- 2015 · The Devout as Dr. Fisher
- 2015 · Minority Report as Eli Winford
- 2015 · Air as Sleeper
- 2015 · Tomorrowland as Science Teacher
- 2013 · Chupacabra vs. the Alamo as Medical Examiner
- 2012 · Christmas Miracle as Drake
- 2012 · Arrow as Anatoly Knyazev
- 2012 · Camera Shy as Cliff Gardner
- 2012 · Continuum as Sergei
- 2011 · Once Upon a Time as Fisherman
- 2011 · Mortal Kombat: Legacy as Lance
- 2010 · Encounter with Danger as Elliot Maine
- 2010 · The Beast of Bottomless Lake as Paoul Moran
- 2009 · Helen as John
- 2009 · The Seamstress as Donny Plachtt
- 2009 · Stargate Atlantis: Fans' Choice as Dr. Radek Zelenka
- 2008 · Sanctuary as Strickland
- 2008 · Fringe as Reverend Marcus
- 2006 · Eureka as Dr. Steven Whiticus
- 2006 · Psych as Events Coordinator
- 2005 · Dreams in the Witch House as CSI
- 2005 · Masters of Horror as CSI
- 2005 · Supernatural as Lester Morris
- 2004 · Pterodactyl as Herbert
- 2004 · Stargate Atlantis as Dr. Radek Zelenka
- 2004 · Stargate Atlantis as Radek Zelenka
- 2003 · Jake 2.0 as
- 2002 · The Dead Zone as
- 1999 · Escape Velocity as Russel
- 1999 · Joan of Arc as Duke of Luxembourg
- 1999 · Prague Stories as
- 1998 · Act of War as George Willmont
- 1998 · Cold Squad as
- 1998 · Prague Duet as Glen Hudson
- 1997 · Stargate SG-1 as Dr. Radek Zelenka
- 1996 · Code Name: Ruby as
- 1996 · Hidden in Silence as Henek
- 1985 · Danger Bay as Peter
- Future · El Turco as Prince Bishop