
Patrick Baladi
Patrick Bashir Baladi is an English actor. He is best known for playing Neil Godwin in the BBC sitcom The Office, Michael Jackson in the Sky 1 drama Stella, and Stephen Holmes in the ITV thriller Marcella. Patrick Bashir Baladi was born in Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands. His father was a Syrian gynaecologist and obstetrician, and his mother a midwife. Baladi was brought up in Libya and educated at Stonyhurst College. After school he went on to train as an actor at the Central School of Speech and Drama. Baladi is known for his portrayal of David Brent's nemesis, Neil Godwin, in the BBC's hit comedy-mockumentary series, The Office. He appeared in the second and final series of the award-winning show, as well as the subsequent The Office Christmas Special. In addition to The Office, Baladi has appeared in various films and television shows, including Bodies, Kidnap and Ransom, as Philip Shaffer, ITV (2011), Alpha Male, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, Beyond The Pole, POW, Lady Audley's Secret, Grafters, Silent Witness, The International, Party Animals, Mistresses, Rev., Sensitive Skin, Privates, Stella, Line of Duty, A Touch of Frost and Midsomer Murders. Baladi portrayed Dodi Al-Fayed in the 2007 television docudrama Diana: Last Days of a Princess. In 2008 he had a small role in the romantic comedy Last Chance Harvey, appearing alongside Emma Thompson. He is also a stage actor who has appeared in numerous productions by the Royal Shakespeare Company, such as Hamlet and Much Ado About Nothing. He starred in the comedy No Heroics as Excelsor.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · The Way as Hector
- 2023 · A Kind of Kidnapping as Richard Hardy
- 2022 · Spinning as Ian
- 2022 · DI Ray as DI Patrick Holden
- 2022 · Sister Boniface Mysteries as Lesley Canon
- 2020 · Ted Lasso as John Wingsnight
- 2020 · Semi-Detached as Ted
- 2020 · Breeders as Darren
- 2018 · Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators as Alfred D'Angelo
- 2016 · Berlin Station as Dominic Kingsbury
- 2016 · The Windmill Massacre as Douglas
- 2016 · Marcella as Stephen Holmes
- 2015 · Chasing Robert Barker as Olly Clifford
- 2013 · N.F.A. (No Fixed Abode) as Adam
- 2013 · Rush as John Hogan
- 2013 · Eve as Editor
- 2013 · Jo as
- 2013 · Privates as Captain Gulliver
- 2012 · Ripper Street as Sidney Ressler
- 2012 · The Poison Tree as Francis
- 2012 · Now Is Good as Richard
- 2012 · Line of Duty as Jimmy Lakewell
- 2012 · Stella as Michael Jackson
- 2011 · The Growing Pains of a Teenage Genius as Narrator
- 2011 · Demons Never Die as Hudson
- 2011 · Death in Paradise as Louis Nelson
- 2011 · Last Flight of the Space Shuttle as Narrator
- 2011 · Honeymoon for One as Greg
- 2011 · Vera as Ross Varsey
- 2010 · Vexed as Mark Armstrong
- 2010 · StreetDance 3D as Mr Harding
- 2009 · Big Top as
- 2009 · Garrow's Law as General Picton
- 2009 · Jubilee as Nick Bright
- 2009 · Law & Order: UK as Richard McGrath
- 2009 · The International as Martin White
- 2009 · The Old Guys as Reverend Phil
- 2009 · Beyond the Pole as Robert
- 2009 · Octavia as Jeremy West
- 2008 · Last Chance Harvey as Simon
- 2008 · Consuming Passion as Dr Grant / Dr Steele
- 2008 · No Heroics as Excelsor
- 2008 · Mistresses as Richard Dunlop
- 2007 · World of Wrestling as Rollerball
- 2007 · Diana: Last Days of a Princess as Dodi Al Fayed
- 2007 · Lewis as Robert Fraser
- 2007 · Party Animals as James Northcote
- 2006 · The Only Boy for Me as Mack
- 2006 · Alpha Male as Clive Lamis
- 2005 · Sensitive Skin as
- 2004 · Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason as Steward
- 2004 · Bodies as Roger Hurley
- 2004 · Hustle as DI Sid Fisk
- 2004 · New Tricks as
- 2003 · The Office: The Christmas Special as Neil Godwin
- 2003 · P.O.W. as
- 2001 · The Merchant of Venice as Italian Video Suiter
- 2001 · High Heels and Low Lifes as Car Driver
- 2001 · The Office as Neil Godwin
- 2001 · Messiah as Jonathan
- 2000 · My Family as
- 2000 · Lady Audley's Secret as Sir Harry Towers
- 1998 · Grafters as Will
- 1997 · Midsomer Murders as Steve Ramsey
- 1997 · Ivanhoe as Joseph
- 1996 · Dalziel & Pascoe as Anthony Wilkes
- 1996 · Silent Witness as Peter Ellis
- 1996 · Silent Witness as Ron Radford
- 1995 · Sharman as George
- 1992 · A Touch of Frost as Edward D'arblay
- 1992 · Heartbeat as Ray Thompson
- 1992 · Heartbeat as Guy Maitland
- 1991 · Soldier Soldier as Orderly Sergeant
- 1989 · Agatha Christie's Poirot as Rowley Cloade
- 1986 · Casualty as Gary Rix
- 1986 · Casualty as Sam Fulton