Patrick Baladi | |
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Born | Patrick Bashir Baladi Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, England |
Alma mater | Royal Central School of Speech and Drama |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2001–present |
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[ citation needed ] was born in Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands. His father was a Syrian gynaecologist and obstetrician, and his mother a midwife. [1] [ citation needed ]
Baladi was educated at Stonyhurst College.[ citation needed ]
After school he went on to train as an actor at the Central School of Speech and Drama. [2]
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), [3] Alpha Male , [4] Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason , Beyond The Pole , POW , Lady Audley's Secret , Grafters, [5] 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 . [6] In 2008 he had a small role in the romantic comedy Last Chance Harvey , appearing alongside Emma Thompson.[ citation needed ] 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.
Baladi married Gemma Walker, whom he met on the set of A Touch of Frost .[ citation needed ]
In 2017 Baladi set up a booth at the Malthouse Emporium, an antiques and furniture centre in Stroud in Gloucestershire. [7]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2000 | Lady Audley's Secret | Sir Harry Towers | TV film |
2001 | High Heels and Low Lifes | Car Driver | |
2004 | Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason | Steward | |
Low Street | Young Man | Short film | |
2006 | Alpha Male | Clive Lamis | |
The Only Boy for Me | Mack | TV film | |
2007 | Diana: Last Days of a Princess | Dodi Al Fayed | TV film |
World of Wrestling | Rollerball | Short film | |
2008 | Consuming Passion: 100 Years of Mills & Boon | Dr Grant/Dr Steele | TV film |
Last Chance Harvey | Simon | ||
2009 | The International | Martin White | |
Beyond the Pole | Robert | ||
Jubilee | Nick Bright | Short film | |
Octavia | Jeremy West | TV film | |
2010 | StreetDance 3D | Mr. Harding | |
2011 | Honeymoon for One | Greg Young | TV film |
Demons Never Die | Gary Hudson | ||
2012 | N.F.A. (No Fixed Abode) | Adam | |
Now Is Good | Richard | ||
2013 | Eve | Editor | Short film |
Rush | John Hogan | ||
2015 | Chasing Robert Barker | Olly Clifford | |
2016 | The Windmill Massacre | Douglas West | |
2017 | The Kidnapping of Richard Franco | Richard Franco | Short film |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1995 | Soldier Soldier | Orderly Sergeant | Episode: "Leaving" |
1996 | Dalziel and Pascoe | Anthony Wilkes | Episode: "A Clubbable Woman" |
Sharman | George | Episode: "Series 1, Episode 1" | |
1997 | Ivanhoe | Joseph | Episode: "Part Three" |
1998 | Grafters | Will | Recurring role, 2 episodes |
2001 | Perfect World | Jeremy | Episode: "Best Man" |
Midsomer Murders | Steve Ramsey | Episode: "The Electric Vendetta" | |
Masterpiece Theatre | Italian Video Suiter | Episode: "The Merchant of Venice" | |
Casualty | Gary Fox | Episode: "Lost and Found" | |
2002 | Heartbeat | Ray Thompson | Episode: "From Ancient Grudge" |
2002-2003 | The Office | Neil Godwin | Series regular, 8 episodes |
2003 | Messiah 2: Vengeance Is Mine | Jonathan | Miniseries, 2 episodes |
EastEnders | Dom | Episode: "25 March 2003" | |
Real Crime | Dimitri Horne | Episode: "Lady Jane" | |
P.O.W. | Captain Attercombe | Series regular, 6 episodes | |
2004 | The Afternoon Play | Peter Hamilton | Episode: "Venus and Mar" |
A Touch of Frost | Edward D'arblay | Episode: "Dancing in the Dark" | |
New Tricks | Greg Johnson | Recurring role, 3 episodes | |
2004-2006 | Bodies | Dr. Roger Hurley | Series regular, 17 episodes |
2005 | Sensitive Skin | Michael Dorkins | Episode: "Series 1, Episode 5" |
2006 | My Family | Tony | Episode: "Dentally Unstable" |
Agatha Christie's Poirot | Rowley Cloade | Episode: "Taken at the Flood" | |
Heartbeat | Guy Maitland | Episode: "Intelligence Matters" | |
2007 | Party Animals | James Northcote | Series regular, 8 episodes |
2008 | No Heroics | Excelsor | Series regular, 6 episodes |
Silent Witness | Peter Ellis | Episode: "Finding Rachel" | |
2008-2010 | Mistresses | Richard Dunlop | Series regular, 15 episodes |
2009 | The Old Guys | Reverend Phil | Episode: "Courtesan" |
Hotel Babylon | Ed Martyn | Recurring role, 2 episodes | |
Big Top | Andy James | Episode: "Boyfriend" | |
2010 | Identity | AC Hugh Wainwright | Recurring role, 4 episodes |
Agatha Christie's Marple | Jonathan Frayn | Episode: "The Blue Geranium" | |
Casualty | Sam Fulton | Episode: "A Day in a Life" | |
2011 | Kidnap and Ransom | Philip Shaffer | Recurring role, 3 episodes |
Garrow's Law | General Picton | Episode: "Series 3, Episode 3" | |
2012 | Hustle | DI Sid Fisk | Episode: "Curiosity Caught the Kat" |
Cardinal Burns | Various roles | Episode: "Series 1, Episode 5" | |
Lewis | Robert Fraser | Episode: "The Indelible Stain" | |
The Midnight Beast | Jay Chithole | Episode: "Boyband" | |
Vexed | Mark Armstrong | Episode: "Series 2, Episode 6" | |
DCI Banks | Martin Fleming | Episode: "Dry Bones That Dream" | |
The Poison Tree | Francis | Miniseries, 2 episodes | |
2013 | Privates | Captain Gulliver | Recurring role, 5 episodes |
Ripper Street | Sidney Ressler | Episode: "The King Came Calling" | |
Death in Paradise | Daryl Dexter | Episode: "An Unholy Death" | |
Jo | Serge Montaigne | Episode: "Pigalle" | |
It's Kevin | Various roles | Episode: "Series 1, Episode 3" | |
Waterloo Road | Julian Noble | Episode: "Dirty Laundry" | |
Law & Order: UK | Richard McGrath | Episode: "Fatherly Love" | |
2014 | Rev. | Rob | Episode: "Series 3, Episode 2" |
2014-2017 | Stella | Michael Jackson | Series regular, 36 episodes |
2016 | Marcella | Stephen Holmes | Recurring role, 7 episodes |
2017, 2021 | Line of Duty | Jimmy Lakewell | Recurring role, 2 series, 7 episodes |
2018 | No Offence | Lionel Dirkin | Recurring role, 3 episodes |
2018-2019 | Berlin Station | Dominic Kingsbury | Recurring role, 2 episodes |
2019 | Grantchester | Archer Davis | Episode: "Series 4, Episode 2" |
Vera | Ross Varsey | Episode: "Cold River" | |
Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators | Alfred D'Angelo | Episode: "In My Memory Lock'd" | |
Timewasters | Jonty | Episode: "By Any Means Necessary" | |
Warrior | Senator Crestwood | Recurring role, 3 episodes | |
2019-2020 | Semi-Detached | Ted | Series regular, 6 episodes |
2020 | Casualty | Liam Barnett | Episode: "Series 34, Episode 21" |
2020-2022 | Breeders | Darren | Recurring role, 14 episodes |
2021 | Ted Lasso | John | Episode: "Goodbye Earl" |
Silent Witness | Ron Radford | Episode: "Bad Love" | |
2022 | Sister Boniface Mysteries | Lesley Canon | Episode: "Crimes and Miss Demeanours" |
The Playlist | Jim Anderson | Episode: "The Artist" | |
Year | Title | Role | Venue | Notes |
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1995 | Mother Courage and Her Children | First Soldier | Olivier Theatre, London | |
1998 | Camino Real | Officer | Young Vic, London | with Royal Shakespeare Company |
Much Ado About Nothing | Borachio | Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon | with Royal Shakespeare Company | |
1999 | Battle Royal | Galdini | Lyttelton Theatre, London | |
The Backroom | Dallas | Bush Theatre, London | ||
2000 | Albert Speer | Theodor Ganzenmuller | Lyttelton Theatre, London | |
A Taste of Honey | Peter | Watford Palace Theatre, Watford | ||
2001 | Finding the Sun | Benjamin | Cottesloe Theatre, London | |
2002 | Dealer's Choice | Frankie | Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham | |
My Night with Reg | John | Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham | ||
2008 | Purgatorio | Man | Arcola Theatre, London | |
2011 | Loyalty | Tony Blair | Hampstead Theatre, London | |
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