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.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Dust Bunny
2026
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
2025
as Self
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
2025
as Josh
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
2025
as Joe
Wall Street stockbroker Rosario Fuentes returns to her grandmother's apartment after her sudden death. While sorting through her belongings, Rosario d...

Locked
2025
Thanks
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
2025
as Gonzo the Great
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
2024
as Self
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
2024
as Jack Delroy
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
2024
as Lightning
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
2024
as Jack Delroy
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
2024
Executive Producer
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
2023
as The Flash (voice)
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
2023
as Wojchek
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
2023
as Self - Vab
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
2023
as William Borden
The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.

The Boogeyman
2023
as Lester Billings
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
2023
as Self
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
2023
Co-Producer, Writer
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
2023
as Albert DeSalvo
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
2023
as Grendon (voice)
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
2023
as Veb (voice)
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
2022
as Self
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
2022
as Julian Day / Calendar Man (voice)
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
2022
as John Deacon
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
2021
as Piter de Vries
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
2021
as Polka-Dot Man
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
2021
as Julian Day / Calendar Man / Oswald Cobblepot / Penguin (voice)
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
2021
as Julian Day / Calendar Man (voice)
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
2020
as Male Corpse
A love story between two corpses.

Joel Calls Indie Film Type Dudes
2020
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
2019
as Nervous Cop
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
2019
as Hernando
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
2019
as Roy
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
2019
as James Lewis
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
2019
as Gensan
The story of a desperate young couple on the run, who seek refuge in Kansas City.

All Creatures Here Below
2019
Writer
The story of a desperate young couple on the run, who seek refuge in Kansas City.

Eureka!
2019
as Tom & Jerry Fan
A lazy, uninspired woman is visited by an otherworldly being responsible for giving humanity all its great ideas.

Relaxer
2019
as Cam
Y2K is approaching fast, but Abbie can’t get off the couch until he beats an unbeatable level on Pac-Man.

Bird Box
2018
as Whistling Marauder
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
2018
as Writer
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
2018
as Kurt
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
2018
as Willy Cunningham
A young husband and wife must fight to return home in a post-apocalyptic mid-western landscape ravaged by gangs.

Galaktikon: Nightmare
2018
as Triton
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
2017
as Gil
The arrival of a stray dog in a couple's apartment stirs up dormant romance.

Blade Runner 2049
2017
as Coco
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
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
2016
as Dave
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
2016
as Alonso 'Lonny' Crane
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
2016
as Yonas Al Masri
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
2015
as Bernard
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
2015
as Kurt
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
2015
as Denham
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
2014
as Sgt. L J Ng
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
2014
as Jude
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
2014
Writer
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
2014
as Brandon
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
2013
as Bob Taylor
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
2013
as Dave
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
2013
as James Harris
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
2013
as Self
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
2013
as Major Eckert
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
2013
as Joshua Whitmore
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
2012
as Nelson
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
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
2012
as Antonio Scarafini
Four friends pay the ultimate price,when they seek revenge against a low-level Gangster.

Virgin Alexander
2012
as Hank
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
2012
as Nick
A nervous man tries to ask out a girl that he meets in the elevator.
Shortcake
2012
as Mark
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
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
Los Angeles based group of best friends dealing with being single for one reason or another.
Keen
2011
as Brett
Amidst a winter storm in Chicago, the emotional distance between a couple leads to a mysterious rift - both literal and figurative.
Keen
2011
Writer
Amidst a winter storm in Chicago, the emotional distance between a couple leads to a mysterious rift - both literal and figurative.

Double Black
2011
as Breck
A man goes to rescue his ex-girlfriend from an underground ski cult.

Gateway
2011
as Allen
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
2010
as David Porter
A fashion film.

Band
2010
as Alan Smithee / Marty
A famous group of 'rock star' filmmakers attempt to break the boundaries of motion pictures setup by Hollywood and reality.

Head Case
2009
as Mombi - Head
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
A man, a woman, and a movie theater -- a tale of love and grace.

Horsemen
2009
as Terrence
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
2008
as Joker's Thug
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
N/A
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
Epilogue
N/A
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
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
A 16-year-old adopted girl with a mysterious illness discovers her biotech billionaire parents are harvesting her blood.
Kodak SuperXX
N/A
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
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
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
N/A
as M. Bison
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
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
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
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
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
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 ...