David Nykl
26 movies · 26 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Feb 7, 1967 (age 59)
- Place of birth
- Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
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.
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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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Known for
David Nykl: movies and TV shows
Acting (52)
- 2025
- 2025
- 2021 Gone Mom: The Disappearance of Jennifer Dulos
as Clifford Reed
- 2021
- 2019 Pat & Mat: DIY Troubles
as Pat (Voice)
- 2019
- 2019
- 2019 William
as Principal Bernstein
- 2018 Pat & Mat: Winter Fun
as Pat (Voice)
- 2015 The Devout
as Dr. Fisher
- 2015
- 2015 Air
as Sleeper
- 2015 Tomorrowland
as Science Teacher
- 2013 Chupacabra vs. the Alamo
as Medical Examiner
- 2012 Christmas Miracle
as Drake
- 2012
- 2012 Camera Shy
as Cliff Gardner
- 2012
- 2011
- 2011
- 2010 Encounter with Danger
as Elliot Maine
- 2010
- 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
- 2008
- 2006
- 2006
- 2006
- 2005 Dreams in the Witch House
as CSI
- 2005
- 2005
- 2004 Pterodactyl
as Herbert
- 2004
- 2003
- 2002
- 1999 Escape Velocity
as Russell
- 1999 Love Lies Bleeding
as Fraser
- 1999
- 1999 Prague Stories
as Richard's Friend (segment "Riziko")
- 1999
- 1998 Act of War
as George Willmont
- 1998
- 1998 Prague Duet
as Glen Hudson
- 1998 Hell Mountain
as First Corridor Guard
- 1997
- 1997 Crackerjack 2
as Cavanaugh
- 1996 Sacred Cargo
as Brother Alexis
- 1996 Hidden in Silence
as Henek
- 1985
Talk shows and appearances (1)
- 2017 Dialing Home
1 episode