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David Nykl
Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
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…
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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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2025
Death by Lightning
TV show Levi Morton
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2025
El-Turk
TV show Prince Francesco di Paulo
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2021
Gone Mom: The Disappearance of Jennifer Dulos
Movie Clifford Reed
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2021
Resident Alien
TV show Dr. Carl Hodges
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2019
Pat & Mat: DIY Troubles
Movie Pat (Voice)
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2019
The Sleepers
TV show Gerald Lloyd
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2019
Carnival Row
TV show Constable Boggs
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2019
William
Movie Principal Bernstein
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2018
Pat & Mat: Winter Fun
Movie Pat (Voice)
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2017
Dialing Home
TV show Self
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2015
The Devout
Movie Dr. Fisher
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2015
Minority Report
TV show Eli Winford
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2015
Air
Movie Sleeper
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2015
Tomorrowland
Movie Science Teacher
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2013
Chupacabra vs. the Alamo
Movie Medical Examiner
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2012
Christmas Miracle
Movie Drake
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2012
Arrow
TV show Anatoly Knyazev
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2012
Camera Shy
Movie Cliff Gardner
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2012
Continuum
TV show Sergei
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2011
Once Upon a Time
TV show Fisherman
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2011
Mortal Kombat: Legacy
TV show Lance
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2010
Encounter with Danger
Movie Elliot Maine
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2010
Human Target
TV show Vincent Morgan
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2010
The Beast of Bottomless Lake
Movie Paoul Moran
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2009
Helen
Movie John
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2009
The Seamstress
Movie Donny Plachtt
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2009
Stargate Atlantis: Fans' Choice
Movie Dr. Radek Zelenka
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2008
Sanctuary
TV show Strickland
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2008
Fringe
TV show Reverend Marcus
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2006
Eureka
TV show Dr. Steven Whiticus
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2006
Psych
TV show Events Coordinator
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2006
Merlin's Apprentice
TV show Brianna's Father
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2005
Dreams in the Witch House
Movie CSI
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2005
Masters of Horror
TV show CSI
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2005
Supernatural
TV show Lester Morris
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2004
Pterodactyl
Movie Herbert
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2004
Stargate Atlantis
TV show Dr. Radek Zelenka
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2003
Jake 2.0
TV show Vasily
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2002
The Dead Zone
TV show Waiter
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1999
Escape Velocity
Movie Russell
