1983-02-12 ( 42 years old ) in London, England, UK
Josef Altin (born in London) is a British TV series and movie actor. Altin had small roles in various TV shows and movies including The Bill, Peep Show and Babyfather. He starred in DC Moore's hit play The Empire at the Royal Court Theatre in London.
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 Blackpool. Over the years, Altin has appeared on The Bill 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 Boy A, 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 Peep Show, Doctors, Robin Hood, Casualty, Little Miss Jocelyn, New Tricks, Being Human, Misfits and Law & Order: UK. Top boy
Altin also played the role of Pypar, commonly called Pyp, in the HBO fantasy TV series Game of Thrones.
2015 saw Altin starring in two films Narcopolis and Child 44. In 2016, Altin starred in the short film, 'I Dream of Zombies'.
On television, 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.
Movies
Last Breath
2025-02-27
Blitz
2024-11-01
I Don't Know Where to Start
2023-11-28
Officer Down
2020-03-05
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019-12-18
Tomb Raider
2018-03-05
I Dream of Zombies
2016-05-07
Narcopolis
2015-09-25
Unleaded
2015-05-23
Child 44
2015-03-15
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
2015-01-29
The Hooligan Factory
2014-06-13
A Long Way Down
2014-03-20
Vendetta
2013-11-08
Breathe
2013-08-31
Hummingbird
2013-05-07
Les Misérables
2012-12-18
Now Is Good
2012-09-19
Comes a Bright Day
2012-02-12
Albatross
2011-10-14
Baby
2010-06-25
The Pizza Miracle
2010-06-18
The Young Victoria
2009-03-04
God on Trial
2008-09-03
Poppy Shakespeare
2008-03-31
West 10 LDN
2008-03-10
Boy A
2007-10-28
Eastern Promises
2007-09-14
Ruby Blue
2007-05-17
What Goes Around
2007-03-01
Stoned
2005-11-18
Gypo
2005-08-24
Dirty Pretty Things
2002-09-05
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