Acting
David Nykl
Born Feb 7, 1967 · Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
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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Pat & Mat: DIY Troubles
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2019
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Pat & Mat: Winter Fun
2018
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2015
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2015
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2015
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Tomorrowland
2015
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2013
TV Movie · Action · Fantasy
Christmas Miracle
2012
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Arrow
2012
Crime · Drama · Action & Adventure
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Continuum
2012
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2011
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Mortal Kombat: Legacy
2011
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2010
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2010
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2009
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2009
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2009
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2008
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Fringe
2008
Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Drama · Mystery
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2006
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Psych
2006
Drama · Comedy · Crime
Merlin's Apprentice
2006
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Dreams in the Witch House
2005
Thriller · Horror · TV Movie
Masters of Horror
2005
Drama · Mystery · Crime
Supernatural
2005
Drama · Mystery · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Pterodactyl
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Stargate Atlantis
2004
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Jake 2.0
2003
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The Dead Zone
2002
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Escape Velocity
1999
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1999
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Joan of Arc
1999
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Prague Stories
1999
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1999
Comedy
Act of War
1998
Action
Cold Squad
1998
Drama · Crime
Prague Duet
1998
Drama · Romance
Hell Mountain
1998
Thriller · Science Fiction · Action
Stargate SG-1
1997
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Crackerjack 2
1997
Thriller · Action
Sacred Cargo
1996
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1996
Drama · TV Movie
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