David Dastmalchian
American actor (born 1975)
- Born July 21, 1975
- 5 movies
David Dastmalchian is an American actor and writer known for vivid character roles, beginning as Thomas Schiff in The Dark Knight. He played Kurt in the Ant-Man films, Polka-Dot Man in The Suicide Squad, Piter De Vries in Dune and William L. Borden in Oppenheimer. He led and executive produced the horror film Late Night with the Devil, won a Special Jury Prize at SXSW for Animals, which he wrote, and plays M. Bison in Street Fighter.
David Dastmalchian appears in 5 films in The Rerun, from 2018 to 2026. Most of that work is in action, superhero and martial arts. Frequent collaborators in The Rerun: Peyton Reed (2), Evangeline Lilly (2), Paul Rudd (2), Randall Park (2).
Known for
- Late Night with the Devil (2023), Jack Delroy. A lead role as a 1970s talk show host whose Halloween broadcast goes wrong.
- The Suicide Squad (2021), Polka-Dot Man. A melancholy misfit villain in James Gunn’s ensemble supervillain film.
- Dune (2021), Piter De Vries. The Harkonnens’ unsettling Mentat in Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation.
- Oppenheimer (2023), William L. Borden. The congressional staffer whose accusations helped bring down the physicist.
- The Dark Knight (2008), Thomas Schiff. Played one of the Joker’s henchmen in Christopher Nolan’s Batman sequel.
- Street Fighter (2026), M. Bison. Takes on the game franchise’s tyrannical chief villain.
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In theatres · CA US · From 16 Oct
Street Fighter and Friday’s New Films
A 1993-set Street Fighter, a man swallowed by a sperm whale, a new Sense and Sensibility and Canada's run of the Palme d'Or winner opened on 16 October.
Quick answers
- What movies and TV shows has David Dastmalchian been in?
- David Dastmalchian appears in Street Fighter (2026), The Life of Chuck (2024), Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023), The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023) and Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018) on The Remote.
- When was David Dastmalchian born?
- David Dastmalchian was born on 21 July 1975.
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