David Nykl
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Feb 7, 1967 (age 59)
- Place of birth
- Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
- Credits
- 53
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.
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Known for
Filmography
Death by Lightning
2025TV
Levi Morton
El-Turk
2025TV
Prince Francesco di Paulo
Gone Mom: The Disappearance of Jennifer Dulos
2021Movie
Clifford Reed
Resident Alien
2021TV
Dr. Carl Hodges
Pat & Mat: DIY Troubles
2019Movie
Pat (Voice)
The Sleepers
2019TV
Gerald Lloyd
Carnival Row
2019TV
Constable Boggs
William
2019Movie
Principal Bernstein
Pat & Mat: Winter Fun
2018Movie
Pat (Voice)
Dialing Home
2017TV
Self
The Devout
2015Movie
Dr. Fisher
Minority Report
2015TV
Eli Winford
Air
2015Movie
Sleeper
Tomorrowland
2015Movie
Science Teacher
Chupacabra vs. the Alamo
2013Movie
Medical Examiner
Christmas Miracle
2012Movie
Drake
Arrow
2012TV
Anatoly Knyazev
Camera Shy
2012Movie
Cliff Gardner
Continuum
2012TV
Sergei
Once Upon a Time
2011TV
Fisherman
Mortal Kombat: Legacy
2011TV
Lance
Encounter with Danger
2010Movie
Elliot Maine
Human Target
2010TV
Vincent Morgan
The Beast of Bottomless Lake
2010Movie
Paoul Moran
Helen
2009Movie
John
The Seamstress
2009Movie
Donny Plachtt
Stargate Atlantis: Fans' Choice
2009Movie
Dr. Radek Zelenka
Sanctuary
2008TV
Strickland
Fringe
2008TV
Reverend Marcus
Eureka
2006TV
Dr. Steven Whiticus
Psych
2006TV
Events Coordinator
Merlin's Apprentice
2006TV
Brianna's Father
Dreams in the Witch House
2005Movie
CSI
Masters of Horror
2005TV
CSI
Supernatural
2005TV
Lester Morris
Pterodactyl
2004Movie
Herbert
Stargate Atlantis
2004TV
Dr. Radek Zelenka, Radek Zelenka
Jake 2.0
2003TV
Vasily
The Dead Zone
2002TV
Waiter
Escape Velocity
1999Movie
Russell
Love Lies Bleeding
1999Movie
Fraser
Joan of Arc
1999TV
Duke of Luxembourg
Prague Stories
1999Movie
Richard's Friend (segment "Riziko")
Policajti z předměstí
1999TV
Act of War
1998Movie
George Willmont
Cold Squad
1998TV
Prague Duet
1998Movie
Glen Hudson
Hell Mountain
1998Movie
First Corridor Guard
Stargate SG-1
1997TV
Dr. Radek Zelenka
Crackerjack 2
1997Movie
Cavanaugh
Sacred Cargo
1996Movie
Brother Alexis
Hidden in Silence
1996Movie
Henek
Danger Bay
1985TV
Peter