The 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.