David Dastmalchian
Biography
David Dastmalchian (/dəstˈmɑːltʃən/ dəst-MAHL-chən; born July 21, 1975) is an American actor, writer, and producer. He has had supporting roles in a number of superhero franchises: he portrayed Thomas Schiff in The Dark Knight (2008), Kurt and Veb in the Ant-Man franchise, Abra Kadabra in the CW's The Flash, and Polka-Dot Man in The Suicide Squad (2021).
Dastmalchian has appeared in three films directed by Denis Villeneuve: Prisoners (2013), Blade Runner 2049 (2017), and Dune (2021). Although he is best known for his work as a character actor, Dastmalchian had leading roles in the 2014 semi-autobiographical film Animals, which he wrote, and the 2023 horror film Late Night with the Devil, which he produced. He is also set to portray Mr. 3 in the Netflix series One Piece. He has a guest appearance on the 2025 TV Series Dexter: Resurrection.
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Acting History
2026
Street Fighter as M. Bison
2025The Alex Leyba Movie II as Self (archive footage)
2025The Boulet Brothers' Holiday of Horrors as (segment "Yeti or Not")
2025Dust Bunny as Conspicuously Inconspicuous Man
2025Lake Mungo Revisited as Self
2025Dexter: Resurrection as Gareth / The Gemini Killer
2025Every Time You Lose Your Mind: A Film About Failure as Self
2025The Life of Chuck as Josh
2025Murderbot as Gurathin
2025Rosario as Joe
2025The Muppet Script as Gonzo the Great
2024In Search of Darkness: 1990-1994 as Self
2024The Creep Tapes as Joseph
2024The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs: Joe Bob's Beelzebub Bash as Self
2024Night Owls Episode 335 as Jack Delroy
2024Afraid as Lightning
2024Horror's Greatest as Self - Actor, Late Night with the Devil
2024The D-Con Chamber as Self
2024Grave Conversations as Self
2024Late Night with the Devil as Jack Delroy
2023Faster, Purple Worm! Kill! Kill! as Bigum Battleaxe
2023Justice League x RWBY: Super Heroes & Huntsmen, Part Two as The Flash (voice)
2023The Last Voyage of the Demeter as Wojchek
2023Oppenheimer as William Borden
2023Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania as Self - Vab
2023The Boogeyman as Lester Billings
2023The Boulet Brothers' Halfway to Halloween TV Special as Self
2023Boston Strangler as Albert DeSalvo
2023Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham as Grendon (voice)
2023Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania as Veb (voice)
2022In Search of Darkness: Part III as Self
2022The Boulet Brothers' Dragula: Titans as Self - Guest Judge
2022Batman: The Long Halloween Deluxe Edition as Julian Day / Calendar Man (voice)
2022Weird: The Al Yankovic Story as John Deacon
2022The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time as Self
2021Bill Burr Presents Immoral Compass as Matthew
2021Dune as Piter de Vries
2021What If...? as Kurt (voice)
2021The Suicide Squad as Polka-Dot Man
2021Batman: The Long Halloween, Part Two as Julian Day / Calendar Man / Oswald Cobblepot / Penguin (voice)
2021Batman: The Long Halloween, Part One as Julian Day / Calendar Man (voice)
2020Lacrimosa as Male Corpse
2020Joel Calls Indie Film Type Dudes
2019Reprisal as Johnson
2019Jay and Silent Bob Reboot as Nervous Cop
2019Madness in the Method as Hernando
2019A Million Little Pieces as Roy
2019Teacher as James Lewis
2019All Creatures Here Below as Gensan
2019Eureka! as Tom & Jerry Fan
2019Relaxer as Cam
2019Miracle Workers as Ugulus Sleeze
2018Bird Box as Whistling Marauder
2018The Rookie as Ray Watkins
2018Making Love as Writer
2018Ant-Man and the Wasp as Kurt
2018The Domestics as Willy Cunningham
2018Galaktikon: Nightmare as Triton
2017Be Good as Gil
2017Blade Runner 2049 as Coco
2016The Boulet Brothers' Dragula as Self - Guest Judge
2016The Balcony as David
2016MacGyver as Murdoc
2016A Quiet Kind of Love as Dave
2016The Belko Experiment as Alonso 'Lonny' Crane
2016Under the Pyramid as Yonas Al Masri
2015Chronic as Bernard
2015Ant-Man as Kurt
2015A Killer of Men as Denham
201512 Monkeys as Kyle Slade
2014The Flash as Philippe / Abra Kadabra
2014Gotham as Dwight Pollard
2014Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie as Sgt. L J Ng
2014Animals as Jude
2014After Thought as Brandon
2013Almost Human as Simon
2013Prisoners as Bob Taylor
2013Heavy as Dave
2013The Employer as James Harris
2013Sushi Girl: A Documentary as Self
2013Saving Lincoln as Major Eckert
2013Cass as Joshua Whitmore
2012Sushi Girl as Nelson
2012The Cross as Stan
2012Brutal as Antonio Scarafini
2012Virgin Alexander as Hank
2012Love Is An Elevator as Nick
2012Shortcake as Mark
2012Singled Out as Luke
2011Keen as Brett
2011Double Black as Breck
2011Gateway as Allen
2010Last Seen Wearing as David Porter
2010Band as Alan Smithee / Marty
2009The League as Morgue Worker
2009Head Case as Mombi - Head
2009Credits as David
2009Horsemen as Terrence
2008The Dark Knight as Joker's Thug
2000CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Lee Crosby
1990Twin Peaks as Pit Boss Warrick
—The Cure
—The Monster Shock Theatre with Martin Monster
—Sender
—Epilogue
—Every Time You Lose Your Mind: A Film About Failure as Self
—The Shepherd as The Shepherd
—Kodak Super-XX
—METANOIA
—The Assassination of Chicago’s Mayor as Patrick Prendergast
—Kill Screen