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David Nykl
ActorBorn February 7, 1967 (58 years)
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.
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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.
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Filmography
| 2025 | El Turco (TV Series) · as Prince Bishop |
| 2024 | Crisis on Infinite Earths: Redux · as Anatoly Knyazev |
| 2022 | An Amish Sin · as Malachi |
| 2021 | Gone Mom · as Clifford Reed |
| 2021 | Kung Fu (2021) (TV Series) · as Grant Harrison |
| 2019 | The Sleepers (TV Series) · as Gerald Lloyd |
| 2019 | Carnival Row (TV Series) · as Constable Boggs |
| 2019 | William · as Principal Bernstein |
| 2018 | The Age of Adulting · as Professor |
| 2017 | Salvation (TV Series) · as Czech Rep |
| 2015 | The Devout · as Dr. Fisher |
| 2015 | Minority Report (TV Series) · as Eli Winford |
| 2015 | Air · as Sleeper |
| 2015 | Proof (2015) (TV Series) · as Father Donovan |
| 2015 | Tomorrowland · as Science Teacher |
| 2013 | Hats Off to Christmas! · as Dr. Tucker |
| 2013 | Package Deal (TV Series) · as Dr. Nickman |
| 2013 | Chupacabra vs. the Alamo · as Medical Examiner |
| 2013 | Motive (TV Series) · as Darnell Murphy |
| 2012 | Christmas Miracle · as Drake |
| 2012 | Arrow (TV Series) · as Anatoly Knyazev |
| 2012 | Camera Shy · as Cliff Gardner |
| 2012 | |
| 2011 | Once Upon a Time (2011) (TV Series) · as Fisherman |
| 2011 | Mortal Kombat: Legacy (TV Series) · as Lance |
| 2010 | Human Target (2010) (TV Series) · as Vincent Morgan |
| 2010 | The Beast of Bottomless Lake · as Paoul Moran |
| 2009 | |
| 2009 | Encounter with Danger · as Elliot Maine |
| 2009 | The Seamstress · as Donny Plachtt |
| 2008 | Sanctuary (2008) (TV Series) · as Strickland |
| 2008 | Fringe (TV Series) · as Reverend Marcus |
| 2006 | Eureka (TV Series) · as Dr. Steven Whiticus |
| 2006 | Psych (TV Series) · as Events Coordinator |
| 2006 | Merlin's Apprentice (TV Series) · as Brianna's Father |
| 2005 | Dreams in the Witch House · as Csi |
| 2005 | Masters of Horror (TV Series) · as Csi |
| 2005 | Supernatural (TV Series) · as Lester Morris |
| 2005 | Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Mork & Mindy · as John Byner |
| 2004 | Pterodactyl · as Herbert |
| 2004 | Stargate Atlantis (TV Series) · as Dr. Radek Zelenka |
| 2003 | Jake 2.0 (TV Series) |
| 2003 | Stealing Sinatra · as Valet |
| 2002 | The Dead Zone (TV Series) · as Waiter |
| 2002 | My Guide to Becoming a Rock Star (TV Series) · as Dancing Potato |
| 2000 | Call of the Wild (TV Series) · as Little Girl's Father |
| 1999 | Escape Velocity · as Russel |
| 1999 | Love Lies Bleeding · as Fraser |
| 1999 | Joan of Arc (TV Series) · as Duke Of Luxembourg |
| 1999 | |
| 1999 | The Scarlet Pimpernel (TV Series) · as Robespierre's Barber |
| 1998 | Act of War · as George Willmont |
| 1998 | Operation Noah · as Pr Man |
| 1998 | 7 Days (TV Series) · as Yuri |
| 1998 | Ceská soda · as Cast |
| 1998 | Cold Squad (TV Series) |
| 1998 | Chained Heat 3: Hell Mountain · as First Corridor Guard |
| 1998 | Prague Duet · as Glen Hudson |
| 1997 | Stargate SG-1 (TV Series) · as Dr. Radek Zelenka |
| 1997 | Crackerjack 2 · as Cavanaugh |
| 1996 | Hidden in Silence · as Henek |
| 1995 | Sacred Cargo · as Brother Alexis |
| 1983 | Danger Bay (TV Series) · as Peter |
| 1976 | Pat & Mat (TV Series) · as Pat |