David Nykl
| David Nykl | |
|---|---|
 Nykl at the Sydney Oz Comic Con, 2014 | |
| Born |
7 February 1967 Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) |
| Occupation | actor |
| Website |
www |
David Nykl (born 7 February 1967) is a Czech Canadian actor of film, television, commercials and theater. He is best known for portraying Dr. Radek Zelenka in the SyFy television series Stargate Atlantis, and Anatoly Knyazev in DC's comics' popular series Arrow .
Life and career
Nykl was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, to a nurse mother and a structural engineer father.[1] After the Soviet invasion in 1968, he and his family left then-Communist Czechoslovakia for Canada. Upon arriving at Victoria, British Columbia, 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.
Nykl 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 is often seen working with the main scientist Dr. Rodney McKay, with their disagreements recurring throughout the series.
Nykl 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.
He has three children: Judi, Maddie and Sam. The oldest, Judi, has a growing fanbase on the social media app vine. She's best known for creative videos featuring water and her dog Bert.
Filmography
| Actor | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Media | Role |
| 2015 | Air | Film | Sleeper 1 |
| 2014 | Supernatural | TV series | Lester Morris |
| 2013 | Arrow | TV series | Anatoli Knyazev[2] |
| 2010 | Fringe | TV series | Reverend Marcus |
| Human Target | TV series | Vincent Morgan | |
| 2009 | Encounter with Danger | TV movie | Elliott Maine |
| Helen | TV series | John | |
| Stargate: Atlantis | TV series | Dr. Radek Zelenka | |
| 2008 | Sanctuary | TV series | Strickland |
| The Beast of Bottomless Lake | Feature | ||
| The Seamstress | Feature film | Donny Platt | |
| 2007 | Eureka | TV series | Dr. Steven Whiticus |
| 2006 | Psych | TV series | Events Coordinator for Shawn vs. the Red Phantom |
| Stargate SG-1 | TV series | Dr. Radek Zelenka | |
| Merlin's Apprentice | TV series | Brianna's Father | |
| 2005 | Masters of Horror | TV series | CSI |
| Pterodactyl | Feature film | Herbert | |
| Behind the Camera: Mork & Mindy | TV movie | John Byner | |
| Cold Squad | TV series | Bernhardt (recurring) | |
| 2004 | Spare Change | Short film | Joel |
| 2003 | Jake 2.0 | TV series | Vasily |
| Stealing Sinatra | TV movie | Valet | |
| 2002 | Dead Zone | TV series | Waiter |
| My Guide to Becoming a Rock Star | TV series | Dancing Potato | |
| 2001 | Bécka | Feature | |
| Seven Days | TV series | Yuri | |
| 2000 | Jack London’s Call of the Wild | TV series | Settler |
| The Scarlet Pimpernel | TV series | Robespierre's Barber | |
| 1999 | Loves Lies Bleeding | Feature | Fraser |
| Joan of Arc | TV series | Duke of Luxembourg | |
| Praha ocima Prague Stories | Feature | Honza | |
| 1998 | Prague Duet | Feature | Journalist |
| The Barber of Siberia | Feature | ||
| Operation Noah | TV movie | PR Man | |
| Act of War | Feature | George Willmont | |
| Ceská soda | Feature | ||
| Blumenstein Fernand - bláznuv príbeh | Feature | voice | |
| Hell Mountain | Feature | First Corridor Guard | |
| Escape Velocity | Feature | Russell aka the Priest | |
| 1997 | Snow White: A Tale of Terror | Feature | |
| 1996 | Hidden in Silence | TV movie | Henek |
| 5 Stunden Angst - Geiselnahme im Kindergarten | Feature | Drops | |
| Crackerjack 2 | Feature | Cavanaugh | |
| 1995 | Sacred Cargo | Feature | Brother Alexis |
| 1993 | Strangeview | Feature | Trucker's Friend |
| David | Feature | Bob | |
| 1988 | Danger Bay | TV series | Peter |
References
- ↑ http://www.filmreference.com/film/12/David-Nykl.html
- ↑ Byrne, Craig (October 22, 2013). "Arrow Casting Spoiler: David Nykl Is Anatoli Knyazev". GreenArrowTV. Retrieved October 23, 2013.