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David Dastmalchian (/dəstˈmɑːltʃən/ dəst-MAHL-chən; born July 21, 1975) is an American actor, writer, and producer. He has had supporting roles in a number of superhero franchises: he portrayed Thomas Schiff in The Dark Knight (2008), Kurt and Veb in the Ant-Man franchise, Abra Kadabra in the CW's The Flash, and Polka-Dot Man in The Suicide Squad (2021). Dastmalchian has appeared in three films directed by Denis Villeneuve: Prisoners (2013), Blade Runner 2049 (2017), and Dune (2021). Although he is best known for his work as a character actor, Dastmalchian had leading roles in the 2014 semi-autobiographical film Animals, which he wrote, and the 2023 horror film Late Night with the Devil, which he produced. He is also set to portray Mr. 3 in the Netflix series One Piece. He has a guest appearance on the 2025 TV Series Dexter: Resurrection. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Dastmalchian, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
David Dastmalchian
Nexus Overseer
for Nexus Overseer in FADING REFLECTIONS (2027)
Suggested by amrowe8596
In the not-too-distant future, Mara Lewis, a brilliant but emotionally distant neuroscientist, is grieving the mysterious disappearance of her husband, Thomas, who vanished into a digital consciousness network known as The Nexus. The Nexus allows people to upload their minds, living in alternate realities of their own design. Determined to find him, Mara uncovers Project Echo, an illegal experiment that allows users to journey through alternate versions of their lives. As Mara ventures deeper into these alternate realities, she experiences parallel lives: a painter in a dying world, a fugitive in a corporate dystopia, and a mother she never became. But each reality pulls her further from her own identity, as her memories blur and fragment. Meanwhile, every version of Thomas seems increasingly distant and unfamiliar, raising the question of whether he ever truly existed in the way she remembers. With time running out and her mind beginning to fracture, Mara faces a choice: continue her search for Thomas and risk losing herself completely, or let go and reclaim her reality.
