David Nykl
Acting • Born 1967-02-07
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.
Filmography
52 credits
Helen
Movie • 2009
John
The Seamstress
Movie • 2009
Donny Plachtt
Prague Stories
Movie • 1999
Richard's Friend (segment "Riziko")
Pterodactyl
Movie • 2004
Herbert
Escape Velocity
Movie • 1999
Russell
Christmas Miracle
Movie • 2012
Drake
Chupacabra vs. the Alamo
Movie • 2013
Medical Examiner
Hidden in Silence
Movie • 1996
Henek
Encounter with Danger
Movie • 2010
Elliot Maine
Gone Mom: The Disappearance of Jennifer Dulos
Movie • 2021
Clifford Reed
Air
Movie • 2015
Sleeper
Prague Duet
Movie • 1998
Glen Hudson
Act of War
Movie • 1998
George Willmont
Dreams in the Witch House
Movie • 2005
CSI
Tomorrowland
Movie • 2015
Science Teacher
The Devout
Movie • 2015
Dr. Fisher
Camera Shy
Movie • 2012
Cliff Gardner
The Beast of Bottomless Lake
Movie • 2010
Paoul Moran
William
Movie • 2019
Principal Bernstein
Stargate Atlantis: Fans' Choice
Movie • 2009
Dr. Radek Zelenka
Sacred Cargo
Movie • 1996
Brother Alexis
Pat & Mat: Winter Fun
Movie • 2018
Pat (Voice)
Pat & Mat: DIY Troubles
Movie • 2019
Pat (Voice)
Hell Mountain
Movie • 1998
First Corridor Guard
Crackerjack 2
Movie • 1997
Cavanaugh
Cold Squad
TV • 1998
The Dead Zone
TV • 2002
Waiter
Stargate Atlantis
TV • 2004
Dr. Radek Zelenka
Dialing Home
TV • 2017
Self
Masters of Horror
TV • 2005
CSI
Stargate SG-1
TV • 1997
Dr. Radek Zelenka
Jake 2.0
TV • 2003
Vasily
Mortal Kombat: Legacy
TV • 2011
Lance
Continuum
TV • 2012
Sergei
Stargate Atlantis
TV • 2004
Radek Zelenka
Once Upon a Time
TV • 2011
Fisherman
Supernatural
TV • 2005
Lester Morris
Arrow
TV • 2012
Anatoly Knyazev
Minority Report
TV • 2015
Eli Winford
Eureka
TV • 2006
Dr. Steven Whiticus
Joan of Arc
TV • 1999
Duke of Luxembourg
Danger Bay
TV • 1985
Peter
Sanctuary
TV • 2008
Strickland
Carnival Row
TV • 2019
Constable Boggs
Fringe
TV • 2008
Reverend Marcus
The Sleepers
TV • 2019
Gerald Lloyd
Psych
TV • 2006
Events Coordinator
El Turco
TV • 2025
Prince Francesco di Paulo
Human Target
TV • 2010
Vincent Morgan
Resident Alien
TV • 2021
Dr. Carl Hodges
Policajti z předměstí
TV • 1999
Death by Lightning
TV • 2025
Levi Morton