Josef Altin
Also Known As: Джозеф Алтин
Biography: 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.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: London, England, UK
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Blitz
Overview: In World War II London, nine-year-old George is evacuated to the countryside by his mother, Rita, to escape the bombings. Defiant and determined to return to his family, George embarks on an epic, perilous journey back home as Rita searches for him.
Genres: War Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-11-01
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Eastern Promises
Overview: A Russian teenager living in London dies during childbirth but leaves clues in her diary that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family.
Genres: Thriller Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-09-14
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Gypo
Overview: Gypo is the story of a working class family in Margate, Kent, a town where immigrants have become the focus of most of the public's discontent. The film tells the story of the a couple of weeks in this family's life, beginning when a young Czech girl, Tash, comes to visit. The film is made in the Dogme95 tradition, so no costumes, no lighting, no props or sets, which gives the film a gritty texture appropriate to the story.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-08-24
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God on Trial
Overview: In the Jewish tradition of arguing with God, Jewish prisoners in Auschwitz decide to put God on Trial.
Genres: History War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-09-03
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Comes a Bright Day
Overview: A romantic thriller set during the armed robbery of one of London’s most exclusive jewellers. Sometimes funny, often dark, always captivating and never what you expect.
Genres: Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-02-12
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Ruby Blue
Overview: An elderly man's innocent friendship with an eight year old girl is tarnished by the assumptions of a community when the little girl goes missing.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-05-17
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Les Misérables
Overview: An adaptation of the successful stage musical based on Victor Hugo's classic novel set in 19th-century France. Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-12-18
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Dirty Pretty Things
Overview: An undocumented immigrant finds a human heart in one of the toilets of the west London hotel where he works with other undocumented immigrants.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-09-05
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What Goes Around
Overview: When a black teenager avenges his cousin's dignity by stabbing her would-be drug dealing sex buddy in a moment of panic, he sets off a chain of bloody events that leads to his own death.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-03-01
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The Pizza Miracle
Overview: A pizza chef's death causes his son to reconsider their relationship.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-06-18
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Vendetta
Overview: Special ops interrogation officer Jimmy Vickers tracks down a gang who slaughtered his parents while at the same time avoiding being tracked down by his old unit and the cops. With police closing in and his old unit on his trail, he has to evade capture long enough to complete his gruesome crusade.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-11-08
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I Dream of Zombies
Overview: Jordan is an isolated man who dreams of a zombie apocalypse. He practices with weapons, trains on video games and turns his house into a fortress. When he opens his curtains one morning to find a undead hoard outside, he feels as though all of his Christmases have come at once...
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-05-07
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The Hooligan Factory
Overview: Danny wants something more. Expelled from school and living in his grandfathers flat, he longs to live up to the image of his estranged father Danny Senior
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-06-13
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West 10 LDN
Overview: A collection of tower blocks and concrete expanse, it has its own rules and codes, its own distinctive languages and culture, both old and new. It is a tightly knit community that is on call to protect those within its boundaries. It is an intense, turbulent, passionate world, rarely depicted other than when the antagonisms and struggles of its young lives spill out onto the surrounding streets and into the news. West 10 LDN invites us into this territory, and delves into the big stories of the lives of the young, multi ethnic generation who live there - with a blast of energy and power, with dynamism, wit and blistering vibrancy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-03-10
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A Long Way Down
Overview: Four lost souls—a disgraced TV presenter, a foul-mouthed teen, an isolated single mother, and a solipsistic muso—decide to end their lives on the same night, New Year's Eve. When this disillusioned quartet of strangers meet unintentionally at the same suicide hotspot, a London high-rise with the well-earned nickname Topper's Tower, they mutually agree to call off their plans for six weeks, forming an unconventional, dysfunctional family. They become media sensations as the Topper House Four and search together for the reasons to keep on living.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-03-20
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I Don't Know Where to Start
Overview: A troubled man on the verge of a breakdown visits his psychiatrist in a thrilling musical short.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-11-28
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Baby
Overview: A young woman is followed home by a stranger.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-06-25
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Stoned
Overview: A chronicle of the sordid life and suspicious death of Rolling Stones co-founder Brian Jones, who was found in the bottom of his swimming pool weeks after being let go from the band.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-11-18
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Narcopolis
Overview: In the near future, Frank, a police officer, discovers that the legalization of all recreational drugs comes with a price.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-09-25
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Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
Overview: The first episode of this IMAX screening takes place entirely at The Wall with the Night’s Watch (S4 EP9) hopelessly outnumbered as they attempt to defend Castle Black from the Wildings and features one the fiercest and most intense battle scenes ever filmed for television. The second episode (S4 EP10), features Dany coming to grips with the realities of ruling a kingdom, Bran learning the startling reality of his destiny and Tyrion facing the truth of his unfortunate situation.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-01-29
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Albatross
Overview: Beth, a bookish teenager, befriends Emilia, an aspiring novelist who has just arrived in town. Emilia soon begins an affair with Beth's father that threatens to have devastating consequences.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-10-14
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Breathe
Overview: A young man falls in love with a ghost you can only see when you don't Breathe.
Genres: Fantasy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-08-31
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The Young Victoria
Overview: As the only legitimate heir of England's King William, teenage Victoria gets caught up in the political machinations of her own family. Victoria's mother wants her to sign a regency order, while her Belgian uncle schemes to arrange a marriage between the future monarch and Prince Albert, the man who will become the love of her life.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-03-04
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Child 44
Overview: Set in Stalin-era Soviet Union, a disgraced MGB agent is dispatched to investigate a series of child murders -- a case that begins to connect with the very top of party leadership.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-03-15
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Unleaded
Overview: Three thugs attempting to rob a petrol station are interrupted by three stoners with a severe case of the munchies.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-05-23
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Now Is Good
Overview: A girl dying of leukemia compiles a list of things she'd like to do before passing away. Topping the list is her desire to lose her virginity.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-09-19
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Poppy Shakespeare
Overview: N has been a day patient at north London's Dorothy Fish day hospital for 13 years - her ambition is never to leave. Then she meets glamourous new patient Poppy Shakespeare, an ad agency receptionist convinced she's not mad.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-03-31
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Boy A
Overview: Freed after a lengthy term in a juvenile detention center, convicted child killer Jack Burridge finds work as a deliveryman and begins dating co-worker Michelle. While out on the road one day, Jack notices a distressed child, and, after reuniting the girl with her family, becomes a local celebrity. But when a local newspaper unearths his past, Jack must cope with the anger of citizens who fear for the safety of their children.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-10-28
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Hummingbird
Overview: Homeless and on the run from a military court martial, a damaged ex-special forces soldier navigating London's criminal underworld seizes an opportunity to assume another man's identity, transforming into an avenging angel in the process.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-05-07
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Tomb Raider
Overview: Lara Croft, the fiercely independent daughter of a missing adventurer, must push herself beyond her limits when she finds herself on the island where her father disappeared.
Genres: Action Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-03-05
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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Overview: The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once again as the journey of Rey, Finn and Poe Dameron continues. With the power and knowledge of generations behind them, the final battle begins.
Genres: Adventure Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-12-18
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Officer Down
Overview: A young British police officer, trapped during civil unrest, must overcome his fears and bias, to save an enemy that could be his only hope.
Genres: Thriller Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-03-05
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Last Breath
Overview: Seasoned deep-sea divers battle the raging elements to rescue their crewmate trapped hundreds of feet below the ocean's surface.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-02-27
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