Please join us in welcoming the fine actor David Dastmalchian, a busy actor we've been loving since we first spotted him in The Dark Knight (2008) and who you'll soon see this summer in both Ant-Man (2015) and Animals (2015). He's the first of our special guest blogging actors this summer!
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David Dastmalchian © Caleb Condit
Hi! I’m thrilled to be guest blogging for Nathaniel this week. I'll take over tomorrow for a day. I’ve been following the the site for a long time and was thrilled when he asked me to Guest Star in anticipation of the upcoming release of Animals (2015) on May 15th. (Guest Starring is SO much better than Co-starring FYI)
Let’s see – you may or may not recognize me from my roles in some pretty cool films, some TV shows, a few hamburger commercials… on stage??? I’ve definitely played my fair share of what some may describe as “bad guys” (my sister calls them “psychos”) though I prefer to think of them all as misunderstood innocents trapped in circumstances beyond their control.
In Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight (2008)I was playing “Guard” and “Montano” in a production of ‘Othello’ at a wonderful regional theater in Chicago (Writer’s Theater) when I had a chance to audition for a bank-robbing clown in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight. By a stroke of miraculous luck, I was cast as The Joker’s schizophrenic henchman, Thomas, and my journey as an actor changed – my dream of working in film began to materialize and I hit the road. I was in NYC long enough to meet the love of my life and then moved to Los Angeles where I’ve lived since 2011.
Tomorrow I’m gonna really open up and pour my soul all over these digital pages – or at least hopefully do fun posts and tell you more about Animals.
And most importantly – teach you how to properly pronounce my name. David (Day-vid) Dastmalchian (Dast-mol-chin). The phonetic trick for my last name is to imagine you’re saying “This small chin” but really fast. Go ahead, try it…
On the set of Prisoners (2013) © Wilson Webb
Until tomorrow...