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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.


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Born:
Feb 7, 1967 In Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
Movie/TV Credits:
40
First Appeared:
In the series El Turco
Latest Project:
Movie From the House of the Dead & Glagolitic Mass 2023-11-06
Known For
Poster of The Sleepers
Poster of Encounter with Danger
Poster of The Beast of Bottomless Lake
Poster of Pterodactyl
Filmography
Series El Turco Prince Bishop 2025
Movie Peter Grimes Hobson 2023-06-19
Movie From the House of the Dead & Glagolitic Mass Prisoner B / Fierce Prisoner 2023-11-06
Movie Gone Mom: The Disappearance of Jennifer Dulos Clifford Reed 2021-06-05
Movie William Principal Bernstein 2019-04-12
Series The Sleepers Gerald Lloyd 2019-11-17
Movie Tomorrowland Science Teacher 2015-05-19
Movie Air Sleeper 2015-08-14
Series Minority Report Eli Winford 2015-09-21
Movie The Devout Dr. Fisher 2015-10-02
Movie Chupacabra vs. the Alamo Medical Examiner 2013-03-23
Series Arrow Anatoly Knyazev 2012-10-10
Movie Christmas Miracle Drake 2012-10-12
Series Continuum Unknown 2012-05-27
Movie Camera Shy Cliff Gardner 2012-10-06
Series Once Upon a Time Fisherman 2011-10-23
Movie Encounter with Danger Elliot Maine 2010-02-28
Movie The Beast of Bottomless Lake Paoul Moran 2010-01-01
Movie The Seamstress Donny Plachtt 2009-09-24
Movie Helen John 2009-11-26
Series Sanctuary Strickland 2008-10-03
Series Fringe Unknown 2008-09-09
Series Eureka Dr. Steven Whiticus 2006-07-18
Series Supernatural Lester Morris 2005-09-13
Series Masters of Horror CSI 2005-10-28
Movie Dreams in the Witch House CSI 2005-11-04
Movie Pterodactyl Herbert 2004-10-17
Series Stargate Atlantis Dr. Radek Zelenka 2004-07-15
Series Jake 2.0 Unknown 2003-09-10
Series The Dead Zone Unknown 2002-06-16
Movie Prague Stories 1999-04-29
Series Joan of Arc Duke of Luxembourg 1999-05-16
Movie Escape Velocity Russel 1999-11-28
Movie Act of War George Willmont 1998-12-22
Series Cold Squad Unknown 1998-01-23
Movie Prague Duet Glen Hudson 1998-01-01
Series Stargate SG-1 Dr. Radek Zelenka 1997-07-27
Movie Hidden in Silence Henek 1996-03-06
Movie Code Name: Ruby 1996-12-05
Series Danger Bay Peter 1985-10-07