David Nykl
Actor
Canada
Biography:
David Nykl was born in Prague and moved with his family to Canada at the age of two. He started acting and performing at an early age and directed and produced his first play while in high school. He is best known to the TimeGate audience for his 5-year stint on Stargate Atlantis portraying Dr. Radek Zelenka in a total of 54 episodes including classics like "The Game", "The Last Man", "The Tao of Rodney", "Be All My Sins Remember'd" and the 3-part epic "The Siege". In addition to his work on Atlantis, David has appeared on shows such as Jake 2.0, Dead Zone, Psyche, Eureka, Sanctuary, Fringe and Mortal Kombat: Legacy. His film work includes Helen with Ashley Judd and David Hewlett, The Beast of Bottomless Lake, Voodoo, and Love Lies Bleeding with Faye Dunaway and Malcolm McDowell. David still has a passion for theatre, and in 1994 he co-founded Prague's Misery Loves Company Theatre. David is fluent in English, Czech, French and Spanish. When speaking Czech dialogue in Atlantis, David was given his lines in English and he translated them himself.
Convention Guest Appearances
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2024
- Basingstoke Comic Con 2024 - May 10-12, 2024 in Basingstoke, UK
- Comic-Con Prague 2024 - April 5-7, 2024 in Praha, Czech Republic
- Armageddon Expo Tauranga 2024 - March 16-17, 2024 in Mount Maunganui, New Zealand 2023
- Dragon Con 2023 - August 31 - September 4, 2023 in Atlanta, GA, USA
- Sci-Fi on the Rock 2023 - April 21-23, 2023 in St. Johns, NL 2022
- Gatecon 2022 - September 1-5, 2022 in Vancouver, BC 2021
- TGS Toulouse Occitanie 2021 - November 27-28, 2021 in Toulouse, France
- Wales Comic Con: Telford Takeover 2021 - November 20-21, 2021 in Telford, UK
- FedCon 2021 - October 22-24, 2021 in Bonn, Germany 2019
- Transylvania Comic Con 2019 - October 18-20, 2019 in Cluj-Napoca, Romania 2018
- Vienna Comic Con 2018 - November 17-18, 2018 in Wien, Austria
- Smallville ComicCon 2018 - June 23-24, 2018 in Hutchinson, KS, USA
- Armageddon Christchurch 2018 - June 2-4, 2018 in Christchurch, New Zealand
- Armageddon Tauranga 2018 - May 26-27, 2018 in Tauranga, New Zealand 2017
- Paris Manga & Sci-Fi Show 2017 - September 30 - October 1, 2017 in Paris, France
- Four State Comic-Con 2017 - September 9-10, 2017 in Hagerstown, MD, USA 2016
- Gatecon 2016 - September 8-12, 2016 in Vancouver, BC
- EM-Con 2016 - April 30 - May 1, 2016 in Nottingham, UK
- Armageddon Dunedin 2016 - March 19-20, 2016 in Dunedin, New Zealand
- Armageddon Christchurch 2016 - March 12-13, 2016 in Christchurch, New Zealand
- Armageddon Manukau 2016 - March 5-6, 2016 in Manukau, New Zealand 2015
- Wales Comic Con 2015 - November 29, 2015 in Wrexham, UK 2014
- Dragon Con 2014 - August 29 - September 1, 2014 in Atlanta, GA, USA 2012
- TimeGate 2012 - May 25-27, 2012 in Atlanta, GA, USA
24 confirmed guest appearances