BIODATA
From Overland Park, Kansas.
Greatest Hits Thomas Schiff in The Dark Knight; cult leader Dwight Pollard in Gotham; hacker Kurt in Ant-Man, Abra Kadabra in The Flash; pit boss Warwick in Twin Peaks: The Return.
Random Fact Dastmalchian is currently working on the script for his first horror feature. Called Hide Your Eyes, it will “wrestle with addiction and mental illness”.
Two decades into his acting career, it’s safe to say David Dastmalchian is hitting his stride. A theatre grad from Chicago, he’s done a bit of everything to reach the position he’s in, where he’s sought out by directors like Denis Villeneuve, Peyton Reed and David Lynch. To get here, he’s overcome drug addiction (19 years sober), while doing the work to make sure every role he landed was at least memorable. This year, he appears in a slate of projects, including Dune and The Suicide Squad, which reflect his deep love for genre and fantastical storytelling.
As an actor, you’ve done your share of bit parts and odd jobs. What did landing a role as a henchman in The Dark Knight do for your career?
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ANCER MAHAGEMENT
WITH A NEW TRILOGY IN SIGHT, WE SPEAK TO THE DIRECTOR OF 28 WEEKS LATER THE ORIGINAL CHILLING SEQUEL TO DANNY BOYLE'S SEMINAL SURVIVAL HORROR
WHO YA CONNA CALL?
BEHIND THE SCENES AT HALLOWEEN HORROR NIGHTS FOR GHOSTBUSTERS: FROZEN EMPIRE
SPEAK OF THE DEVIL
THE DEVIL'S HOUR STRIKES TWICE AS THE GENREDEFYING DRAMA RETURNS
SCARRY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK
FROM THE RETURN OF EC COMICS TO SCREAM!, THIS YEAR'S HALLOWEEN OFFERS UP HORROR COMICS FOR ALL THE AGES
UNDEADS REFLECTIONS
NEIL JORDAN ON BRINGING ANNE RICE'S MODERN VAMPIRE CLASSIC TO SCREEN, 30 YEARS ON
MUNSTER MASH!
PRODUCTION HELL, SHOCK RECASTING AND HOTLY CONTESTED AUTHORSHIP. AS THE MUNSTERS CELEBRATE THEIR 60TH ANNIVERSARY, WE UNCOVER HOW THE SPOOKY SITCOM WAS ALMOST DEAD ON ARRIVAL
COMING TO AMERICA
THE MOGWAI LIVE THE AMERICAN DREAM IN THEIR SECOND CHAPTER, GREMLINS: THE WILD BATCH
BEING HUMAN EVOLUTION
IT MAY HAVE BEEN AN INSTANT HIT, BUT BBC THREE'S DARKLY COMIC DRAMA ABOUT A HOUSE-SHARING VAMPIRE/WEREWOLF/GHOST TRIO HAD A STRANGE JOURNEY TO THE SCREEN, SERIES CREATOR TOBY WHITHOUSE TELLS SFX
THE MAINE EVENT
THE DARK IS RISING IN SALEM'S LOT AS STEPHEN KING'S DEATHLESS TALE RETURNS TO THE SCREEN
WHY DON'T YOU STAY FOR A BITE?
THE VAMPIRE COMES HOME AS DIRECTOR EUROS LYN WELCOMES SFX TO HIS NEW DARK COMEDY THE RADLEYS
