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Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 7, 1967
Place of Birth
Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
David Nykl
0.5 Popularity
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.
Known For
7.3
Prince Francesco di Paulo
El Turco
2025
7.8
Clifford Reed
Gone Mom: The Disappearance of Jennifer Dulos
2021
6.7
Gerald Lloyd
The Sleepers
2019
7.7
Constable Boggs
Carnival Row
2019
6.2
Principal Bernstein
William
2019
5.0
Self
Dialing Home
2017
6.8
Dr. Fisher
The Devout
2015
6.0
Eli Winford
Minority Report
2015
4.9
Sleeper
Air
2015
6.3
Science Teacher
Tomorrowland
2015
Credits
El Turco
as Prince Francesco di Paulo
2025
7.3
Gone Mom: The Disappearance of Jennifer Dulos
as Clifford Reed
2021
7.8
The Sleepers
as Gerald Lloyd
2019
6.7
Carnival Row
as Constable Boggs
2019
7.7
William
as Principal Bernstein
2019
6.2
Dialing Home
as Self
2017
5.0
The Devout
as Dr. Fisher
2015
6.8
Minority Report
as Eli Winford
2015
6.0
Air
as Sleeper
2015
4.9
Tomorrowland
as Science Teacher
2015
6.3
Chupacabra vs. the Alamo
as Medical Examiner
2013
4.9
Christmas Miracle
as Drake
2012
5.8
Arrow
as Anatoly Knyazev
2012
6.8
Camera Shy
as Cliff Gardner
2012
10.0
Continuum
as Sergei
2012
7.5
Once Upon a Time
as Fisherman
2011
7.4
Mortal Kombat: Legacy
as Lance
2011
7.0
Encounter with Danger
as Elliot Maine
2010
5.0
🎬
The Beast of Bottomless Lake
as Paoul Moran
2010
0.0
Helen
as John
2009
6.7
The Seamstress
as Donny Plachtt
2009
3.9
Stargate Atlantis: Fans' Choice
as Dr. Radek Zelenka
2009
9.0
Sanctuary
as Strickland
2008
7.2
Fringe
as Reverend Marcus
2008
8.1
Eureka
as Dr. Steven Whiticus
2006
7.8
Psych
as Events Coordinator
2006
7.9
Dreams in the Witch House
as CSI
2005
6.5
Masters of Horror
as CSI
2005
7.2
Supernatural
as Lester Morris
2005
8.3
Pterodactyl
as Herbert
2004
4.4
Stargate Atlantis
as Dr. Radek Zelenka
2004
8.0
Stargate Atlantis
as Radek Zelenka
2004
8.0
Jake 2.0
as Vasily
2003
7.0
The Dead Zone
as Waiter
2002
7.2
Escape Velocity
as Russel
1999
4.4
Joan of Arc
as Duke of Luxembourg
1999
6.5
Prague Stories
1999
5.0
Act of War
as George Willmont
1998
3.2
Cold Squad
1998
6.9
Prague Duet
as Glen Hudson
1998
5.8
Stargate SG-1
as Dr. Radek Zelenka
1997
8.3
Sacred Cargo
as Brother Alexis
1996
0.0
Hidden in Silence
as Henek
1996
7.1
Danger Bay
as Peter
1985
7.2