David Dastmalchian

David Dastmalchian

1977-07-21 Pennsylvania, USA 94 Credits

Biography

David Dastmalchian (born July 21, 1977) is an American actor. Raised in Kansas, he studied at The Theatre School at DePaul University. In Chicago, he received acclaim for lead roles in Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie and Sam Shepard's Buried Child at Shattered Globe Theatre. He made his feature film debut in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight, and has since appeared in Nolan's Oppenheimer, as well as several Denis Villeneueve films.

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Dust Bunny

Dust Bunny

2026

Acting

An eight-year-old girl asks her scheming neighbor for help in killing the monster under her bed that she thinks ate her family.

Every Time You Lose Your Mind: A Film About Failure

Every Time You Lose Your Mind: A Film About Failure

2025

as Self

10.0
Acting

Like a falling satellite blazing across the musical landscape, Failure flamed-out in the late ‘90s, their promising rise derailed by drug addiction. E...

The Life of Chuck

The Life of Chuck

2025

as Josh

7.3
Acting

In this extraordinary story of an ordinary man, Charles 'Chuck' Krantz experiences the wonder of love, the heartbreak of loss, and the multitudes cont...

Rosario

Rosario

2025

as Joe

5.7
Acting

Wall Street stockbroker Rosario Fuentes returns to her grandmother's apartment after her sudden death. While sorting through her belongings, Rosario d...

Locked

Locked

2025

Thanks

6.3

When Eddie breaks into a luxury SUV, he steps into a deadly trap set by William, a self-proclaimed vigilante delivering his own brand of twisted justi...

The Muppet Script

The Muppet Script

2025

as Gonzo the Great

Acting

When most people think of the Muppets, they think of the colorful characters made out of fleece and foam. But as with every movie, it all starts on th...

In Search of Darkness: 1990-1994

In Search of Darkness: 1990-1994

2024

as Self

7.3
Acting

Film icons and genre experts share observations, experiences, and analysis to help reframe, deconstruct, and re-contextualize the "lost" decade of hor...

Night Owls Episode 335

Night Owls Episode 335

2024

as Jack Delroy

9.0
Acting

The original broadcast of the 1977 Halloween special of Night Owls With Jack Delroy. Released on VHS as part of a collector's edition of Late Night Wi...

Afraid

Afraid

2024

as Lightning

6.0
Acting

Curtis Pike and his family are selected to test a new home device: a digital assistant called AIA. AIA observes the family's behaviors and begins to a...

Late Night with the Devil

Late Night with the Devil

2024

as Jack Delroy

7.1
Acting

A live broadcast of a late-night talk show in 1977 goes horribly wrong, unleashing evil into the nation's living rooms.

Late Night with the Devil

Late Night with the Devil

2024

Executive Producer

7.1
Producing

A live broadcast of a late-night talk show in 1977 goes horribly wrong, unleashing evil into the nation's living rooms.

Justice League x RWBY: Super Heroes & Huntsmen, Part Two

Justice League x RWBY: Super Heroes & Huntsmen, Part Two

2023

as The Flash (voice)

6.7
Acting

On the heels of successfully escaping a deadly digital trap, the members of the Justice League emerge in their own world to discover that Grimm, raven...

The Last Voyage of the Demeter

The Last Voyage of the Demeter

2023

as Wojchek

6.8
Acting

The crew of the merchant ship Demeter attempts to survive the ocean voyage from Carpathia to London as they are stalked each night by a merciless pres...

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

2023

as Self - Vab

6.3
Acting

Join cast and crew as they delve deep into the creation of "Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania." Combining immersive behind-the-scenes footage with can...

Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer

2023

as William Borden

8.1
Acting

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.

The Boogeyman

The Boogeyman

2023

as Lester Billings

6.4
Acting

Still reeling from the tragic death of their mother, a teenage girl and her younger sister find themselves plagued by a sadistic presence in their hou...

The Boulet Brothers' Halfway to Halloween TV Special

The Boulet Brothers' Halfway to Halloween TV Special

2023

as Self

5.0
Acting

Hosted by modern day horror hosts and “queens of darkness” The Boulet Brothers, The Boulet Brothers’ Halfway to Halloween TV Special will be a mid-yea...

The Boulet Brothers' Halfway to Halloween TV Special

The Boulet Brothers' Halfway to Halloween TV Special

2023

Co-Producer, Writer

5.0
Producing Writing

Hosted by modern day horror hosts and “queens of darkness” The Boulet Brothers, The Boulet Brothers’ Halfway to Halloween TV Special will be a mid-yea...

Boston Strangler

Boston Strangler

2023

as Albert DeSalvo

6.7
Acting

Reporters Loretta McLaughlin and Jean Cole bravely pursue the story of the Boston Strangler at great personal risk, putting their own lives on the lin...

Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham

Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham

2023

as Grendon (voice)

6.7
Acting

Explorer Bruce Wayne accidentally unleashes an ancient evil, and returns to Gotham after being away for two decades. There, Batman battles Lovecraftia...

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

2023

as Veb (voice)

6.3
Acting

Super-Hero partners Scott Lang and Hope van Dyne, along with with Hope's parents Janet van Dyne and Hank Pym, and Scott's daughter Cassie Lang, find t...

In Search of Darkness: Part III

In Search of Darkness: Part III

2022

as Self

7.4
Acting

The conclusion to the ‘In Search of Darkness’ '80s trilogy. In this epic final chapter, our focus turns to the straight-to-video horror classics that ...

Batman: The Long Halloween Deluxe Edition

Batman: The Long Halloween Deluxe Edition

2022

as Julian Day / Calendar Man (voice)

7.2
Acting

Atrocious serial killings on holidays in Gotham City send The World's Greatest Detective into action - confronting both organized crime and a unified ...

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

2022

as John Deacon

6.7
Acting

Exploring every facet of ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic’s life, from his meteoric rise to fame with early hits like ‘Eat It’ and ‘Like a Surgeon’ to his torrid c...

Dune

Dune

2021

as Piter de Vries

7.8
Acting

Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the un...

The Suicide Squad

The Suicide Squad

2021

as Polka-Dot Man

7.5
Acting

Supervillains Harley Quinn, Bloodsport, Peacemaker and a collection of nutty cons at Belle Reve prison join the super-secret, super-shady Task Force X...

Batman: The Long Halloween, Part Two

Batman: The Long Halloween, Part Two

2021

as Julian Day / Calendar Man / Oswald Cobblepot / Penguin (voice)

7.4
Acting

As Gotham City's young vigilante, the Batman, struggles to pursue a brutal serial killer, district attorney Harvey Dent gets caught in a feud involvin...

Batman: The Long Halloween, Part One

Batman: The Long Halloween, Part One

2021

as Julian Day / Calendar Man (voice)

7.5
Acting

Following a brutal series of murders taking place on Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas, Gotham City's young vigilante known as the Batman sets ou...

Lacrimosa

Lacrimosa

2020

as Male Corpse

4.0
Acting

A love story between two corpses.

Joel Calls Indie Film Type Dudes

Joel Calls Indie Film Type Dudes

2020

Acting

Joel Potrykus calls fellow indie filmmakers during the pandemic crisis to check in and see how they're holding up.

Jay and Silent Bob Reboot

Jay and Silent Bob Reboot

2019

as Nervous Cop

5.7
Acting

Jay and Silent Bob embark on a cross-country mission to stop Hollywood from rebooting a film based on their comic book characters Bluntman and Chronic...

Madness in the Method

Madness in the Method

2019

as Hernando

5.1
Acting

Jason wants to be taken more seriously as an actor, so he asks his friend Kevin Smith for advice, and decides to become a method actor. Trouble is, be...

A Million Little Pieces

A Million Little Pieces

2019

as Roy

6.2
Acting

A young drug-addled writer approaching the bottom of his descent submits to two months of agonizing detox at a treatment center in Minnesota.

Teacher

Teacher

2019

as James Lewis

6.5
Acting

A high school English teacher goes to disturbing lengths to protect his favorite students from bullies, and challenge the power of a wealthy patron wi...

All Creatures Here Below

All Creatures Here Below

2019

as Gensan

5.0
Acting

The story of a desperate young couple on the run, who seek refuge in Kansas City.

All Creatures Here Below

All Creatures Here Below

2019

Writer

5.0
Writing

The story of a desperate young couple on the run, who seek refuge in Kansas City.

Eureka!

Eureka!

2019

as Tom & Jerry Fan

6.2
Acting

A lazy, uninspired woman is visited by an otherworldly being responsible for giving humanity all its great ideas.

Relaxer

Relaxer

2019

as Cam

6.0
Acting

Y2K is approaching fast, but Abbie can’t get off the couch until he beats an unbeatable level on Pac-Man.

Bird Box

Bird Box

2018

as Whistling Marauder

6.8
Acting

Five years after an ominous unseen presence drives most of society to suicide, a survivor and her two children make a desperate bid to reach safety.

Making Love

Making Love

2018

as Writer

Acting

A playwright with a dark past risks his life in returning to his home city to find out if a woman with whom he once had a passionate and illicit affai...

Ant-Man and the Wasp

Ant-Man and the Wasp

2018

as Kurt

6.9
Acting

Just when his time under house arrest is about to end, Scott Lang once again puts his freedom at risk to help Hope van Dyne and Dr. Hank Pym dive into...

The Domestics

The Domestics

2018

as Willy Cunningham

6.1
Acting

A young husband and wife must fight to return home in a post-apocalyptic mid-western landscape ravaged by gangs.

Galaktikon: Nightmare

Galaktikon: Nightmare

2018

as Triton

Acting

The world of Brendon Small's musical project GALAKTIKON has just gotten a little bigger with the debut of the high stakes, live action, intergalactic ...

Be Good

Be Good

2017

as Gil

Acting

The arrival of a stray dog in a couple's apartment stirs up dormant romance.

Blade Runner 2049

Blade Runner 2049

2017

as Coco

7.6
Acting

Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K, unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge wh...

The Balcony

2016

as David

Acting

David, the exuberant realtor of a very special house, loves showing his clients the view from the balcony. The view... of the floor! When the house's ...

A Quiet Kind of Love

A Quiet Kind of Love

2016

as Dave

Acting

A gourd filled with a mysterious elixir and an ancient voodoo altar dance are all it takes for Grace to fall desperately back in love with Dave. Her l...

The Belko Experiment

The Belko Experiment

2016

as Alonso 'Lonny' Crane

6.2
Acting

A group of eighty American workers are locked in their office and ordered by an unknown voice to participate in a twisted game.

Under the Pyramid

Under the Pyramid

2016

as Yonas Al Masri

3.3
Acting

Young art gallerist Katarina's dad suddenly goes missing. It turns out that her dad, a prominent art dealer, is kidnapped in Egypt by his former smugg...

Chronic

Chronic

2015

as Bernard

5.8
Acting

David is a nurse who works with terminally ill patients. Dedicated to his profession, he develops strong relationships with the people he cares for. B...

Ant-Man

Ant-Man

2015

as Kurt

7.1
Acting

Armed with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, master thief Scott Lang must embrace his inner-hero and help his mento...

A Killer of Men

A Killer of Men

2015

as Denham

3.2
Acting

Shot and left for dead by the commune of murderers and thieves who raised him, an 18 year-old pure-bred killer must trek across the lawless desert was...

Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie

Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie

2014

as Sgt. L J Ng

5.2
Acting

Based on the hit web series of the same name, a disgruntled gamer must overcome his fear of the worst video game of all time in order to save his fans...

Animals

Animals

2014

as Jude

5.7
Acting

ANIMALS tells the story of Jude and Bobbie: a young couple that exist somewhere between homelessness and the fantasy of their imaginations. Though the...

Animals

Animals

2014

Writer

5.7
Writing

ANIMALS tells the story of Jude and Bobbie: a young couple that exist somewhere between homelessness and the fantasy of their imaginations. Though the...

After Thought

After Thought

2014

as Brandon

6.0
Acting

After receiving a bill for his own funeral, a self-involved real estate appraiser finds himself in an inexplicable state and goes digging for answers ...

Prisoners

Prisoners

2013

as Bob Taylor

8.1
Acting

Keller Dover is facing every parent’s worst nightmare. His six-year-old daughter, Anna, is missing, together with her young friend, Joy, and as minute...

Heavy

Heavy

2013

as Dave

Acting

After a drunken one night stand, a young man tries to leave the morning after but decides to stay and redeem himself when he realizes the woman he sle...

The Employer

The Employer

2013

as James Harris

4.3
Acting

Five highly qualified applicants interview for a coveted job with the Carcharias Corporation, a powerful conglomerate whose business practices are shr...

Sushi Girl: A Documentary

Sushi Girl: A Documentary

2013

as Self

Acting

A cinéma vérité look at first feature director Kern Saxton and producer Suren M. Seron leading the cast and crew of "Sushi Girl" (2013) through a seri...

Saving Lincoln

Saving Lincoln

2013

as Major Eckert

4.7
Acting

The almost entirely true story of Abraham Lincoln and his self-appointed bodyguard, U.S. Marshal Ward Hill Lamon - a banjo-playing Southerner who foil...

Cass

Cass

2013

as Joshua Whitmore

10.0
Acting

Cass is the story of a middle class family in Detroit - a single father, his fifteen-year old daughter and eleven-year old son - whose lives are chang...

Sushi Girl

Sushi Girl

2012

as Nelson

5.5
Acting

Fish has spent six years in jail. Six years alone. Six years keeping his mouth shut about the robbery, about the other men involved. The night he is r...

The Cross

2012

as Stan

2.0
Acting

After being blackmailed by a dirty cop, a con artist must retrieve a precious ring from his ex wife or he will be sent to jail for the rest of his lif...

Brutal

Brutal

2012

as Antonio Scarafini

5.2
Acting

Four friends pay the ultimate price,when they seek revenge against a low-level Gangster.

Virgin Alexander

Virgin Alexander

2012

as Hank

4.4
Acting

Alexander is a 26 year old scrap hauler who is facing eviction. In a last ditch effort to save his house from the bank, he turns it into a brothel - e...

Love Is An Elevator

Love Is An Elevator

2012

as Nick

7.0
Acting

A nervous man tries to ask out a girl that he meets in the elevator.

Shortcake

2012

as Mark

Acting

A brief encounter between a man and woman on the sidewalk inspires the woman to bake a delicious cake. Her recipe is quite untraditional and the resul...

Shortcake

2012

Writer, Producer

Writing Producing

A brief encounter between a man and woman on the sidewalk inspires the woman to bake a delicious cake. Her recipe is quite untraditional and the resul...

Singled Out

2012

as Luke

Acting

Los Angeles based group of best friends dealing with being single for one reason or another.

Keen

2011

as Brett

Acting

Amidst a winter storm in Chicago, the emotional distance between a couple leads to a mysterious rift - both literal and figurative.

Keen

2011

Writer

Writing

Amidst a winter storm in Chicago, the emotional distance between a couple leads to a mysterious rift - both literal and figurative.

Double Black

Double Black

2011

as Breck

Acting

A man goes to rescue his ex-girlfriend from an underground ski cult.

Gateway

Gateway

2011

as Allen

5.2
Acting

Two scientists attempt to create a machine that prevents death, but get more than they bargained for when they turn the device on themselves.

Last Seen Wearing

Last Seen Wearing

2010

as David Porter

4.0
Acting

A fashion film.

Band

Band

2010

as Alan Smithee / Marty

Acting

A famous group of 'rock star' filmmakers attempt to break the boundaries of motion pictures setup by Hollywood and reality.

Head Case

Head Case

2009

as Mombi - Head

Acting

Harold, an obsessed gardener, thinks he has control over the garden he has created. Until it turns on him. Harold must escape the clutches of the evil...

Credits

2009

as David

Acting

A man, a woman, and a movie theater -- a tale of love and grace.

Horsemen

Horsemen

2009

as Terrence

5.9
Acting

A recently widowed detective still grieving over his wife's death discovers a shocking connection between himself and the suspects in a serial killing...

The Dark Knight

The Dark Knight

2008

as Joker's Thug

8.5
Acting

Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the rema...

The Monster Shock Theatre with Martin Monster

The Monster Shock Theatre with Martin Monster

N/A

Acting

Missed the live taping of The Monster Shock Theater Halloween Special with Martin Monster? Dive into the immersive "Late Night with the Devil" experie...

The Assassination of Chicago’s Mayor

N/A

as Patrick Prendergast

Acting

Epilogue

N/A

Acting

Set one year after the zombie apocalypse has supposedly come to an end, a desperate couple set out to find a cure for their infected daughter.

The Cure

N/A

Acting

An adopted 16-year-old with a mysterious illness who learns her bio-tech billionaire parents are harvesting her blood for nefarious purposes.

The Cure

N/A

as Jeff Braun

Acting

A 16-year-old adopted girl with a mysterious illness discovers her biotech billionaire parents are harvesting her blood.

Kodak SuperXX

N/A

Acting

The life of a darkroom developer at a boutique photo lab takes a paranoid turn when she becomes involved with a mysterious stranger with a dark secret...

Sender

N/A

Acting

A woman experiences an e-commerce package delivery scam that becomes so personal and disturbing that she becomes hellbent on discovering the identity ...

The Shepherd

N/A

as The Shepherd

Acting

Set in the desolate Nevada night, a young woman in labor flees an abusive past who has her escape hijacked by a mysterious stranger hiding an ominous ...

Street Fighter

Street Fighter

N/A

as M. Bison

Acting

A new film adaptation of the Street Fighter video game. Plot TBA.

Every Time You Lose Your Mind: A Film About Failure

N/A

as Self

Acting

Like a falling satellite blazing across the musical landscape, Failure flamed-out in the late ‘90s, their promising rise derailed by drug addiction. E...

Elias The Ant

N/A

Writer

3.0
Writing

Elias spends his afternoons tending to animals at a neighborhood pet store, retelling the stories that he's learned in school. Finding himself in chal...

Deepest, Darkest

N/A

Executive Producer

Producing

Deepest, Darkest is an anthology movie with each segment revolving around that most human of impulses: the keeping of secrets.

Kodak SuperXX

N/A

Producer

Producing

The life of a darkroom developer at a boutique photo lab takes a paranoid turn when she becomes involved with a mysterious stranger with a dark secret...

The Shepherd

N/A

Executive Producer

Producing

Set in the desolate Nevada night, a young woman in labor flees an abusive past who has her escape hijacked by a mysterious stranger hiding an ominous ...