Aykut Hilmi (born in London, United Kingdom) is an actor of Italian and Turkish-Cypriot parentage. He is known for starring in the West End theatres and is part of the Royal National Theatre company. Aykut was the first Turkish Actor to perform on the NT Olivier Stage from verse to contemporary plays. His film credits include Mamma Mia!, Nine and Beyond the Sea. He has also appeared in several TV dramas including Zen, Spooks, The IT Crowd, One Night and was well known for his bad Boy role Nico Papadopoulos in EastEnders. Aykut has starred alongside actors such as Keifer Sutherland as an MI5 agent in season 9 of US series 24: Live Another Day , Ben Kingsley in Brad Pitts Netflix production of 'War Machine'and is currently on air on for the new "Jack Ryan" series on Sky Atlantic. Aykut Hilmi will be the new Arabic wizard 'Shafiq' in the sequel of the Movie 'Fantastic Beasts' 'The Crimes of Grindelwald' and is currently filming the sequel of the Wonder Woman Movie 'Magic Hour'.