David Palffy is a film and television actor of Welsh - Hungarian descent. He attended Harvard and University of Calgary studying law degree. Palffy left law to attend the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, England after which he appeared in a number of notable theatrical productions such as Midsummer Nights Dream as Oberon, Richard lll, Strindberg's Miss Julie,and David Mamet's Speed The Plow. Palffy lived on a Dutch barge while living in London until his appearance in Stanley Kubrick's "Full Metal Jacket". Shortly afterwards he was cast as the lead in the acclaimed Dutch War series "De Zomer van 45" followed by appearances with The National Theatre Company. On his return to Canada and the US he was cast in numerous film and television productions while working as a writer and director and founder of The Yaletown Actors Lab. Among his numerous credits, he played the most notorious Goa'uld villains Sokar and Anubis in Stargate SG-1. He is happily married to actress,Erica Durance who is the star of the hit series "Saving Hope". They have lived together in Vancouver for 15 years.
Played two different recurring Goauld characters, on "Stargate SG-1" , who were both extremely powerful and were considered far worse than the majority of their race: "Sokar" in the Season Three episodes, "Stargate SG-1" {Jolinars Memories (#3.12)} and "Stargate SG-1" {The Devil You Know (#3.13)} , and "Anubis" during Seasons Five, Six and Seven.
His brother, Jeff Palffy , is a well-known talent/model agent, formerly for Ford Models, now with PMG Management in Vancouver, and was the first to discover Erica Durance ( "Smallville" ), Evangeline Lilly ( "Lost" ), Sarah Mutch (Guess ads with Paris Hilton ) and numerous others...
His wife Erica Durance gave birth to their son, Lochlan William Pallfy, on February 10, 2015.
David has three sons, Laszlo David Palffy from previous marriage born March 29, 1999 and two sons with Erica Durance-Palffy Lochlan William Palffy Born Feb 10, 2015 and Liam Jeffrey Palffy born Dec 7, 2016.
