David Nykl (born 7 February 1967) is a Czech-Canadian actor of film,
television, commercials and theater. He is best known for portraying
Dr. Radek Zelenka in the SyFy television series Stargate Atlantis and
Anatoly Knyazev in the DC Comics series Arrow.Nykl was born in Prague,
Czechoslovakia, to a nurse mother and a structural engineer father.
After the Soviet invasion in 1968, he and his family left
then-Communist Czechoslovakia for Canada. Upon arriving at Victoria,
British Columbia, Nykl briefly attended the University of British
Columbia, where he majored in liberal arts and marketing, but did not
graduate.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.
television, commercials and theater. He is best known for portraying
Dr. Radek Zelenka in the SyFy television series Stargate Atlantis and
Anatoly Knyazev in the DC Comics series Arrow.Nykl was born in Prague,
Czechoslovakia, to a nurse mother and a structural engineer father.
After the Soviet invasion in 1968, he and his family left
then-Communist Czechoslovakia for Canada. Upon arriving at Victoria,
British Columbia, Nykl briefly attended the University of British
Columbia, where he majored in liberal arts and marketing, but did not
graduate.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.
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