Known For
Acting
Born
Feb 07, 1967
Place of Birth
Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
Credits
52 titles
David Nykl
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
Filmography
Death by Lightning
Levi Morton
El-Turk
Prince Francesco di Paulo
Gone Mom: The Disappearance of Jennifer Dulos
Clifford Reed
Resident Alien
Dr. Carl Hodges
Pat & Mat: DIY Troubles
Pat (Voice)
The Sleepers
Gerald Lloyd
Carnival Row
Constable Boggs
William
Principal Bernstein
Pat & Mat: Winter Fun
Pat (Voice)
Dialing Home
Self
The Devout
Dr. Fisher
Minority Report
Eli Winford
Air
Sleeper
Tomorrowland
Science Teacher
Chupacabra vs. the Alamo
Medical Examiner
Christmas Miracle
Drake
Arrow
Anatoly Knyazev
Camera Shy
Cliff Gardner
Continuum
Sergei
Once Upon a Time
Fisherman
Mortal Kombat: Legacy
Lance
Encounter with Danger
Elliot Maine
Human Target
Vincent Morgan
The Beast of Bottomless Lake
Paoul Moran
Helen
John
The Seamstress
Donny Plachtt
Stargate Atlantis: Fans' Choice
Dr. Radek Zelenka
Sanctuary
Strickland
Fringe
Reverend Marcus
Eureka
Dr. Steven Whiticus
Psych
Events Coordinator
Merlin's Apprentice
Brianna's Father
Dreams in the Witch House
CSI
Masters of Horror
CSI
Supernatural
Lester Morris
Pterodactyl
Herbert
Stargate Atlantis
Dr. Radek Zelenka
Jake 2.0
Vasily
The Dead Zone
Waiter
Escape Velocity
Russell
Joan of Arc
Duke of Luxembourg
Prague Stories
Richard's Friend (segment "Riziko")
Policajti z předměstí
Act of War
George Willmont
Cold Squad
Prague Duet
Glen Hudson
Hell Mountain
First Corridor Guard
Stargate SG-1
Dr. Radek Zelenka
Crackerjack 2
Cavanaugh
Sacred Cargo
Brother Alexis