David Nykl
Nykl at the Sydney Oz Comic Con, 2014
Born	(1967-02-07)7 February 1967 (age 59) Prague,Czechoslovakia (nowCzech Republic)
Occupation	actor
Years active	1988–present

David Nykl (born 7 February 1967) is aCzech-Canadian actor who has worked in film, television,commercials andtheater. He is best known for portrayingDr. Radek Zelenka in theSyFy television seriesStargate Atlantis andAnatoly Knyazev in theDC Comics seriesArrow.

Nykl was born inPrague,Czechoslovakia, to a nurse mother and a structural engineer father.^[1] After theSoviet invasion in 1968, he and his family left then-CommunistCzechoslovakia for Canada. Upon arriving atVictoria, British Columbia, Nykl briefly attended theUniversity of British Columbia, where he majored inliberal arts and marketing, but did not graduate.^[2]

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Nykl has appeared frequently 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.

Nykl is known toscience fiction fans as the recurringStargate Atlantis character of Dr.Radek Zelenka, a Czech scientist on Earth's expedition to the "lost city" ofAtlantis. His character is often seen working with the main scientist Dr.Rodney McKay, with their disagreements recurring throughout the series. He also played the role in theStargate SG-1 episode "The Pegasus Project".

Nykl is fluent inCzech, English, French and Spanish. Though his character onStargate Atlantis speaks English with a Czechaccent, Nykl normally speaks with a Canadian accent. Whenever Zelenka spoke Czech inStargate Atlantis, Nykl was given the lines in English, and he translated them.

In 2012 he made a brief guest appearance on "Once Upon A Time" as dock man turned fish by evil Cora.

He has three children: daughters Judi and Maddie, and son Sam.^[2]

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