David Nykl
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| David Nykl | |
 David Nykl as Dr. Radek Zelenka in Stargate Atlantis. |
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| Born | 1967 Prague, Czech Republic |
| Official site | http://www.davidnykl.com/ |
| Notable roles | Radek Zelenka in Stargate Atlantis |
David Nykl, born 1967 in Prague, Czech Republic, is a 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 also known amongst fans for reading fanfiction about his character, or looking at fanart.
He is fluent in Czech, English, French and Spanish. Though his character on Stargate Atlantis speaks English with a Czech accent, Nykl has a Canadian accent.
[edit] Filmography
- Stargate: Atlantis [recurring] Dr. Radek Zelenka (SciFi)
- Psych (TriCon organizer, "Shawn vs. the Red Phantom")
- Masters of Horror (Tales from the Witch House)
- Behind the Camera: Mork & Mindy (NBC) John Byner
- Pterodactyl (North American Pict.)
- Jake 2.0 Middleman (UPN)
- Dead Zone (series)
- Stealing Sinatra (MOW)
- Fire Mountain (BBC)
- Seven Days (Paramount/UPN)
- Cold Squad recurring(CTV)
- Joan of Arc mini-series (CBS)
- Scarlet Pimpernel (BBC)
- Young Persons Guide to Becoming a Rock Star (WB)
- Spare Change (Feature)
- Hidden in Silence (Lifetime)
- Hotel (Bravo)
- Crackerjack II (Feature)
- Operation Noah (RTL)
- Hell Mountain (Feature)
- Jack London's Call of the Wild (Discovery)
- Terminal Velocity (Feature)
- Snow White: A Tale of Terror (Feature)
- The Barber of Siberia (Feature)
- Prague Duet (Feature)
- Sacred Cargo (Feature)
- David (Feature)
- Danger Bay (CBC)
- Act of War (Feature)
- Suburban Cops (CT1)
- Stunden der Angst (RTL)
- Five Prague Tales (Feature)
- Poisoned Beer (Feature)
- David (CBC)
- Touched (CBC)
