Name: Spotlight on David Dastmalchian
Start: 2025-03-29T17:00:00-0700
End: 2025-03-29T18:00:00-0700

Saturday March 29, 2025 5:00pm - 6:00pm PDT

From a struggling theatre actor in Chicago to landing his first film role in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight through three Marvel Ant-Man films and starring as Polka Dot Man in James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad,David Dastmalchian has turned his life-long love of comic books into a cinematic career and now a publishing career. With three ongoing comic titles—Count Crowley at Dark Horse, Knights vs Samurai at Image, and The Creature Commandos at DC—Perri Nemiroff (Collider) talks with Dastmalchian about his creative process, behind-the-scenes moments, and the future he is plotting for his company, Good Fiend Films.

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David Dastmalchian

WonderCon Special Guest

David Dastmalchian’s feature film debut was as the Joker’s deranged henchman Thomas Schiff in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight. In 2014 he wrote and starred in the feature film Animals, directed by Collin Schiffli. In 2018, David wrote and starred in All Creatures Here Below... Read More →

Saturday March 29, 2025 5:00pm - 6:00pm PDT
Room 207

1: Programs, Comics, Horror and Suspense, Movies, Television, WonderCon Special Guest Spotlights & Appearances, Writers & Writing

WonderCon 2025

David Dastmalchian

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