David Dastmalchian is an American actor born July 21, 1975. He has appeared in various superhero productions, such as "The Dark Knight", "Ant-Man" and "Suicide Squad". In addition, he has portrayed characters in important projects such as โBird Boxโ, โDune: Desert Planetโ, โPrisonerโ and โBlade Runner 2049โ.
Born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, Dastmalchian suffered from vitiligo in his childhood and developed interests such as football, theater and comic books. While growing up in Overland Park, Kansas, he joined his high school drama club, then graduated from DePaul University Department of Theater in 1999. Before starting his career, he struggled with heroin addiction for five years and described this experience in the movie "Animals".
He gained his professional stage experience with commercial and theater roles in Chicago in the mid-2000s; His performance in Tennessee Williams' play "The Glass House" drew attention to him. His first major cinematic break was as Thomas Schiff in Christopher Nolan's "The Dark Knight." He later received acclaim for his role as Bob Taylor in the movie "The Prisoner", Kurt in "Ant-Man", a side character in "Blade Runner 2049", and also appeared in films such as "Bird Box" and "Suicide Squad".
In 2021, he took part in the director's third project, playing Piter De Vries in Denis Villeneuve's movie "Dune: Desert Planet".
Dastmalchian, who married Evelyn โEveโ Leigh in 2014, is the father of two children and lives in Los Angeles with his family.
Productions in which he took part
He took part in a total of 115 productions; 12 of the most well-known are listed.
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000) โ Lee Crosby
- The Rookie (2018) โ Ray Watkins
- The Flash (2014) โ Philippe / Abra Kadabra
- Twin Peaks (1990) โ Pit Boss Warrick
- Gotham (2014) โ Dwight Pollard
- Batman: Knightfall Part 1: Knightfall (2026) โ The Riddler (voice)
- The Dark Knight (2008) โ Joker's Thug
- Blade Runner 2049: Blade Runner (2017) โ Coco
- Oppenheimer (2023) โ William Borden
- MacGyver (2016) โ Murdoc
- What If...? (2021) โ Kurt (voice)
- Dune: Desert Planet (2021) โ Piter de Vries
Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.