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David Nykl

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58 Years Old

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.

Born

Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic] on 7th February 1967

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Stargate SG-1
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Supernatural
Lester Morris
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Once Upon a Time
Fisherman
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Fringe
Reverend Marcus
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Psych
Events Coordinator
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Stargate Atlantis
Radek Zelenka
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Stargate Atlantis
Dr. Radek Zelenka
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Arrow
Anatoly Knyazev
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The Dead Zone
Waiter
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Danger Bay
Peter
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Dialing Home
Self
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Carnival Row
Constable Boggs
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Eureka
Dr. Steven Whiticus
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Continuum
Sergei
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Masters of Horror
CSI
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Sanctuary
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Joan of Arc
Duke of Luxembourg
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Human Target
Vincent Morgan
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El Turco
Prince Francesco di Paulo
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Minority Report
Eli Winford
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Mortal Kombat: Legacy
Lance
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Tomorrowland
Science Teacher
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Cold Squad
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The Sleepers
Gerald Lloyd
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Jake 2.0
Vasily
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Gone Mom: The Disappearance of Jennifer Dulos
Clifford Reed
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Air
Sleeper
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Sacred Cargo
Brother Alexis
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Act of War
George Willmont
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Helen
John
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Camera Shy
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William
Principal Bernstein
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Pterodactyl
Herbert
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Escape Velocity
Russel
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Stargate Atlantis: Fans' Choice
Dr. Radek Zelenka
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Chupacabra vs. the Alamo
Medical Examiner
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Dreams in the Witch House
CSI
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The Seamstress
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Christmas Miracle
Drake
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Encounter with Danger
Elliot Maine
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Prague Duet
Glen Hudson
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The Devout
Dr. Fisher
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Hidden in Silence
Henek
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The Beast of Bottomless Lake
Paoul Moran
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Prague Stories
Richard's Friend (segment "Riziko")