David Dastmalchian

David Dastmalchian is one of those actors who makes every single scene he's in feel like it costs something — there's a nervous intensity to him that you just can't manufacture. Born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, trained at DePaul, he came up through the stage and it shows: the guy understands weight and timing in a way that a lot of screen-only actors don't. He kept popping up in big genre films — Prisoners, Blade Runner 2049, Dune — and every time you'd think "wait, who is that?" before immediately googling him. Playing Piter De Vries in Denis Villeneuve's Dune was genuinely perfect casting; that coiled, unsettling menace is basically his signature. He's also a screenwriter and producer, which tells you he's not just showing up for a paycheck — he's actually thinking about stories. The kind of actor who makes a two-minute scene feel like a whole character study.

Name (English)

David Dastmalchian

Name (Japanese)

デヴィッド・ダストマルチャン

Reading

でゔぃっど・だすとまるちゃん

Born

July 21, 1975 (age 51)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Rabbit

Origin

Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States

Occupation

stage actor / film actor / television actor / screenwriter / film producer

High school

Shawnee Mission South High School

University

DePaul University

Motto

Private

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• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%80%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AB%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3

Tags

• Pennsylvania
• stage actor
• film actor
• television actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

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