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Josef Altin (born as Yusuf Altın; 12 February 1983) is a British television and film actor who had the role of Pypar in the HBO fantasy TV series ''
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''. Other notable performances is his role as Ekrem in '' Eastern Promises'' and his roles in ''
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'', ''
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'', and '' Casualty''. He starred in D.C. Moore's hit play '' The Empire'' at the
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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. His first appearance in a television series was his role as Garry in the drama series '' Psychos''. His first appearance on a major British television series came in 2004 when he played a machine strimmer in ''
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''. Over the years, Altin has appeared on ''
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'' several times in different roles; from 2006 to 2007 he played Jay Henderson, and in 2009 he played Peter Balmaine. After his appearance on The Bill he became a somewhat sought after actor and received many more roles over the coming years, performing in both television series and films multiple times a year. In 2007, Altin appeared in two films, the first of which being ''
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'', where he played Bully, and what is perhaps the biggest budget film he has starred in, '' Eastern Promises'', where he played Ekrem. He has also appeared in other big television series including ''
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'', '' Doctors'', ''
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'', '' Casualty'', '' Little Miss Jocelyn'', ''
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'', '' Being Human'', '' Misfits'' and '' Law & Order: UK''. Altin also plays the role of Pypar, commonly called Pyp, in the HBO fantasy TV series ''
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''. 2015 saw Altin starring in two films '' Narcopolis'' and ''
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''. In 2016, Altin starred in the short film, 'I Dream of Zombies'. On television, in 2017 Altin appeared in the E4
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'' Chewing Gum'' as Ryan, and portrayed Prince Rasselas, a young molly boy who plies his trade on the streets of Covent Garden, in the
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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
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of boys in the TNT
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, ''The Alienist''.
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, 19 February 2018,


Filmography


Music videos

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