David Nykl

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 the DC Comics series Arrow.

David Nykl
Nykl at the Sydney Oz Comic Con, 2014
Born (1967-02-07) 7 February 1967
Prague, Czechoslovakia
(now Czech Republic)
Occupationactor
Websitewww.davidnykl.com

Early life and education

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 briefly attended the University of British Columbia, where he majored in liberal arts and marketing, but did not graduate.[2]

Career

Nykl has appeared frequently 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. He also played the role in the Stargate SG-1 episode "The Pegasus Project".

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.

Personal life

He has three children: Judi, Twitchard, and the golden child: Maddie.[2]

Filmography
  • 2018: Salvation (Fernsehserie, Episode 2x02)
Actor
Year Title Media Role
2019 The Sleepers (Bez vedomí) TV series
2015 Air Film Sleeper 1
2014 Supernatural TV series Lester Morris
2013-2020 Arrow TV series Anatoli Knyazev[3]
2012 Christmas Miracle Film Drake
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 The 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
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gollark: I suppose they might be more "eldritch living factory" than "mad scientist".
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gollark: My basements are much more "crazy mad scientist" than heav's base.

References
  1. "David Nykl Biography". Film Reference. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  2. Jackson, Desiree. "Zelenka Explains It All: An Interview with David Nykl".
  3. Byrne, Craig (22 October 2013). "Arrow Casting Spoiler: David Nykl Is Anatoli Knyazev". GreenArrowTV. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
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