Joplin Sibtain
Born1969 (age 54–55)
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.

Biography

Joplin 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 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
Year Film Role Notes
2000 The Stretch Richard Asher as Chook Sibtain
2012 Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Alpha Robert "Pepper" Bonifacio as Chook Sibtain
Short film
2018 Head Full of Honey Mickey
2022 I Used to Be Famous Dave
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2000 EastEnders Jack Robbins[6] 15 episodes
as Chook Sibtain
2002 Bad Girls Naj Khan Din as Chook Sibtain
Episode: "Curtain Call"
2002–2008 Doctors Matt Brown & 3 other characters 10 episodes
as Chook Sibtain
2003 Grease Monkeys Deep as Chook Sibtain
Episode: "Grease Monkeys"
2005 Footballers' Wives Surjit as Chook Sibtain
Episode: "Episode #4.5"
Where the Heart Is Gary as Chook Sibtain
Episode: "Together"
2006 The Bill Chris Dalton as Chook Sibtain
Episode: "413: Up Against the Wall"
Holby City Eddie McGuire 2 episodes
as Chook Sibtain
2007 The Sarah Jane Adventures Mark Grantham[1] 2 episodes
as Chook Sibtain
2009 Robin Hood Isabella's Guard as Chook Sibtain
Episode: "The Enemy of My Enemy"
Doctor Who Tarak Ital as Chook Sibtain
Episode: "The Waters of Mars"
2011 Hustle Lloyd/Danush Larijani as Chook Sibtain
Episode: "Benny's Funeral"
2018 Vera Naz Ahmed Episode: "Blood and Bone"
Marcella Nick Episode: "Episode #2.1"
Hard Sun DS Herbie Sarafian[1] 6 episodes
as Chook Sibtain
Safe Neil Chahal 8 episodes
2022 Star Wars: Andor Brasso 6 episodes
2022 Monster Ships (TV series) Narrator 8 episodes
2023 Death in Paradise Charlie Banks 1 episode
Video games
Year Title Role Notes
2017 Horizon Zero Dawn Olin as Chook Sibtain
Voice
Star Wars Battlefront II — as Chook Sibtain
Voice
2021 Necromunda: Hired Gun The Shadow / Orlocks Voice
The Ascent stackBoss Poone Voice
2022 Triangle Strategy Sorsley Voice
Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga — Voice
A Plague Tale: Requiem Milo Voice

References

  1. 1 2 3 Dowell, Ben (10 February 2018). "Meet the cast of BBC1's Hard Sun". Radio Times.
  2. ↑ "Chook Sibtain". BFI. Archived from the original on 21 July 2017.
  3. ↑ "Joplin Sibtain". IMDb.
  4. ↑ Bannister, Rosie (20 October 2014). "Meera Syal and cast rehearse NT's Behind the Beautiful Forevers". WhatsOnStage.com.
  5. ↑ Lambie-Nairn, Martin (1997). Brand Identity for Television: With Knobs On. Phaidon. p. 205. ISBN 9780714834474.
  6. ↑ Sloan, Billy (3 September 2000). "chook up; Walford new boy survived horror cricket accident to bowl over girls in Albert Square". Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland) – via The Free Library.
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