Josef Altin


Josef Altin is a British television and film actor who had the role of Pypar in the HBO fantasy TV series Game of Thrones. Other notable performances is his role as Ekrem in Eastern Promises and his roles in The Bill, Peep Show, and Casualty. He starred in D.C. Moore's hit play The Empire at the Royal Court Theatre in London. Altin also played the role of Darren in Him & Her, a BBC TV series.

Life and career

Altin was born in London, to a Turkish family.
Altin's earliest television roles were as Garry in the drama series Psychos and a machine strimmer in Blackpool. Altin has appeared on The Bill in two different roles, as Jay Henderson from 2006 to 2007, and as Peter Balmaine in 2009.
Other television series in which he has appeared include Peep Show, Doctors, Robin Hood, Casualty, Little Miss Jocelyn, New Tricks, Being Human, Misfits and Law & Order: UK. In the HBO fantasy TV series Game of Thrones, Altin portrayed the character named Pypar, commonly called Pyp.
In 2007, Altin appeared in two films, as Bully in Boy A, and as Ekrem in Eastern Promises. In 2015, he had roles in the films Narcopolis and Child 44, as well as the six-part British television drama series River on BBC One. The following year, he starred in the short film, I Dream of Zombies.
In 2017 Altin appeared in the E4 sitcom Chewing Gum as Ryan, and portrayed Prince Rasselas, a young molly boy who plies his trade on the streets of Covent Garden, in the Hulu Original Harlots. In 2018, Altin played Willem Van Burgen, a disturbed paedophile suffering from syphilis, who comes from a wealthy family, suspected of being the serial killer of boys in the TNT period drama, The Alienist.

Filmography

YearFilm or SeriesRoleNotes
1999PsychosGarryEpisode #1.5
2000Esther KahnSamuel as a child
2001My Other Wheelchair Is a PorscheRonShort
2002Dirty Pretty ThingsSweatshop Boy
2002BabyfatherEric's FriendEpisode #2.7
2004BlackpoolMachine StrimmerEpisode #1.2
2004–2009The BillMultiple CharacterSeven episodes
2005GypoMichael
2005Murphy's LawPhillipEp #3.2
2005Stoned Bill Wyman
2005The Golden HourRobertEpisode #1.4
2005Peep ShowMugger No. 1Episode #3.1
2006DoctorsLiam AitkinEpisode #7.168
2006SoundproofStee
2006Robin HoodBenedict GiddensEpisode #1.1
2006PullingSkinzoEpisode #1.6
2006–2009Casualty Multiple CharactersThree episodes
2007What Goes Around ColaShort
2007Ruby BlueFrankie
2007Eastern PromisesEkrem
2007Boy ABully
2007The Omid Djalili ShowEpisode #1.2
2008Little Miss JocelynBullyEpisode #2.1
Episode #2.3
2008West 10 LDNRatty
200810 Days to WarYoung LadEpisode #1.5
2008Poppy ShakespeareZubin
2008New TricksSteve PearsonEpisode #5.7
2008God on TrialIssac
2008No HeroicsRobberEpisode #1.1
2009M.I.HighKrankyEpisode #3.1
2009TenderRossShort
2009Being HumanBillyEpisode #1.5
Episode #1.6
2009The Young VictoriaEdward Oxford
2009Beautiful PeopleRickyEpisode #2.4
2009–2011MisfitsGaryEpisode #1.1
Episode #3.4
2010The Pizza Miracle PaesanoShort
2010BabyEmitShort
2010Law & Order: UKRay ColeEpisode #3.2
2010Reggie PerrinYoung BossEpisode #2.1
2011AlbatrossDave
2011–2012Him & HerDarrenEpisode 2.4
Episode 3.3
2011
2013–2014		Game of ThronesPyparRecurring character, 13 episodes
2012Comes a Bright DayClegg
2012A Mother's SonSean ChristieEpisode #1.1
Episode #1.2
2012Les MisérablesConvict 2
2012Now Is GoodJake
2013Holby CityAlex JulesS15E33
Back From the Dead
2013DreckAmbro Trader
2013By Any MeansJason Turner
2013VendettaRob
2013HummingbirdPizza Delivery Guy
2014A Long Way DownMatty
2014The Hooligan FactoryWeasel
2015RiverChristopher RileyEpisodes 1,2
2015NarcopolisAmbro Dealer
2015Child 44Alexander
2016Peaky BlindersStefanEpisode #3.5
2017Chewing GumRyan
2017HarlotsPrince Rasselas
2018The AlienistSilver Smile / Willem Van BurgenThree episodes
2018Tomb RaiderBruce
2018Les MisérablesClaquesous1 episode
2019ChernobylSoldierEpisode #1.4
2019Top BoyDrug Addict/Undercover PolicemanRecurring character
2019Star Wars: The Rise of SkywalkerLieutenant Seftin Vanik
2020Officer DownAmir
2025Last BreathMike

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