Erkan Mustafa Explained

Birth Name:Erkan Mustafa
Occupation:Actor
Birth Date:1970 5, df=yes
Birth Place:London, United Kingdom
Years Active:1982–present
Nationality:British/Turkish

Erkan Mustafa (born 14 May 1970) is a British actor and television presenter of Turkish Cypriot descent,[1] most noted for the part of Roland Browning in Grange Hill (BBC 1982–1987).

Other parts include "Enormous Orphan" in Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988) and "Otto" in Chef! (1991).

In 1993 Channel 4's The Word tracked him down to a friend's record shop where he was helping out. He appeared on This Mornings Grange Hill reunion in 1998. In 2005 he appeared in the reunion programme Bring Back Grange Hill.

Mustafa occasionally works in television with fellow Grange Hill star Lee MacDonald including as a presenter for E4 Music.

In October 2009, Mustafa hosted a Grange Hill cast reunion at Sound nightclub in London's Leicester Square.

He acted in The All-Nighter, a 10-minute short film released in 2018, along with Ronald Forfar and Martin Hancock.

Filmography

YearFilmRoleNotes
1982–1987Grange HillRoland 'Roly' Browning74 episodes
1988Blackadder's Christmas CarolEnormous Orphan TV movie
1993Chef!Otto 7 episodes
2005The BillInquest Jury Member 1 episode
2005Bring Back... Grange HillHimselfTV documentary
200518 Stone of IdiotHimself1 episode
2008I am Paul BailliePaul BaillieTV documentary
2008TV's 50 Hardest MenHimselfTV documentary
2012Celebrity JuiceHimselfMagazine Head
2012 and 2015Pointless CelebritiesHimself With Lee MacDonald
2012–13Soccer A.M.HimselfHairy Strikers/Record Attempts

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lynneallutt. Find out if an ex- Grange Hill pupil is Green Fingered. 19 September 2009 . 2014-08-17.