Joplin Sibtain

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Joplin Sibtain
Born1969 (age 5556)
London, England
Other namesChook Sibtain
OccupationActor
Years active2000–present

Joplin Sibtain, sometimes credited professionally as Chook Sibtain, [1] [2] [3] is a British actor known for the Netflix series Safe , his seasons at the National Theatre and as Tarak Ital on the Doctor Who special, "The Waters of Mars". He voiced Olin in Horizon Zero Dawn . He won best actor at the New York Movie awards for the title role in Memory Man, and starred as Brasso in the Star Wars television series Andor .

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Biography

Sibtain was born in Waltham Forest, London in 1969. He won a scholarship and attended the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. He has performed in theatres including the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre. [4] In the 1990s he played the role of the masked troubadour, who made himself appear in the idents and the commercial bumpers of the Swiss Italian-language television channel TSI produced by Lambie-Nairn. [5] He is known for playing various film and television roles including Mickey, opposite Nick Nolte in Head Full Of Honey, Neil Chahal in the Netflix series Safe and Tarak Ital in Doctor Who.

Selected filmography

Film
YearFilmRoleNotes
2000The StretchRichard Asheras Chook Sibtain
2012 Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Alpha Robert "Pepper" Bonifacioas Chook Sibtain
Short film
2018 Head Full of Honey Mickey
2022I Used to Be FamousDave
Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
2000 EastEnders Jack Robbins [6] 15 episodes
as Chook Sibtain
2002 Bad Girls Naj Khan Dinas Chook Sibtain
Episode: "Curtain Call"
2002–2008 Doctors Matt Brown & 3 other characters10 episodes
as Chook Sibtain
2003 Grease Monkeys Deepas Chook Sibtain
Episode: "Grease Monkeys"
2005 Footballers' Wives Surjitas Chook Sibtain
Episode: "Episode #4.5"
Where the Heart Is Garyas Chook Sibtain
Episode: "Together"
2006 The Bill Chris Daltonas Chook Sibtain
Episode: "413: Up Against the Wall"
Holby City Eddie McGuire2 episodes
as Chook Sibtain
2007 The Sarah Jane Adventures Mark Grantham [1] 2 episodes
as Chook Sibtain
2009 Robin Hood Isabella's Guardas Chook Sibtain
Episode: "The Enemy of My Enemy"
Doctor Who Tarak Italas Chook Sibtain
Episode: "The Waters of Mars"
2011 Hustle Lloyd/Danush Larijanias Chook Sibtain
Episode: "Benny's Funeral"
2018 Vera Naz AhmedEpisode: "Blood and Bone"
Marcella NickEpisode: "Episode #2.1"
Hard Sun DS Herbie Sarafian [1] 6 episodes
as Chook Sibtain
Safe Neil Chahal8 episodes
2022 Star Wars: Andor Brasso6 episodes
2022Monster Ships (TV series)Narrator8 episodes
2023 Death in Paradise Charlie Banks1 episode
Video games
YearTitleRoleNotes
2017 Horizon Zero Dawn Olinas Chook Sibtain
Voice
Star Wars Battlefront II as Chook Sibtain
Voice
2021 Necromunda: Hired Gun The Shadow / OrlocksVoice
The Ascent stackBoss PooneVoice
2022 Triangle Strategy SorsleyVoice
Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga Voice
A Plague Tale: Requiem MiloVoice

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