Paul Bazely

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Paul Bazely
Born
Paul Reginald Bazely

(1968-05-06) 6 May 1968 (age 56)
OccupationActor
Years active1991–present
Notable work Benidorm
Spouse
(m. 1998)
Children2

Paul Reginald Bazely (born 6 May 1968) [1] [2] is an English actor. He is known for portraying Troy in the ITV sitcom Benidorm . His other TV credits include Making Out , Emmerdale , Heartbeat , Doctors , Holby City , Vanity Fair , The IT Crowd and Cruella.

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Career

Bazely made his television debut in five episodes of the BBC series Making Out in 1991. [3] Then in 2006, he landed his first starring role as Troy in the ITV comedy series Benidorm , making his final appearance in 2017. [4] In 2016, he appeared in "Shut Up and Dance", an episode of the anthology series Black Mirror . [5] Then in 2020, he starred in an episode of The Good Karma Hospital , [3] and portrayed the recurring role of Grahame McKenna in the BBC soap opera Doctors . [6]

Since 2009 Bazely has narrated a number of audiobooks by the Indian-born spiritual teacher and author Eknath Easwaran, including The Bhagavad Gita, [7] The Bhagavad Gita for Daily Living, [8] Essence of the Upanishads, [9] The Dhammapada, [10] Passage Meditation [11] and Gandhi the Man. [12]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2003 Three Blind Mice 2nd ExecUncredited role
2004 Vanity Fair Biju
2011 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Salaman
2013 Jadoo Kirit
2013 Tula: The Revolt Louis
2017 Star Wars: The Last Jedi Hux's First Order Officer #2
2019 Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans Egyptian Legate
2019 Waiting for the Barbarians The Herbalist
2020 Four Kids and It Sgt. Gascoigne
2021 Cruella Police Commissioner
2023 Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves Porb Piradost

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1991 Making Out Tyrone5 episodes
1993 Emmerdale Murray2 episodes
1993 Casualty Max Brennan1 episode
1998 Heartbeat Dr. Deepak Rall1 episode
2002 Waking the Dead Doctor2 episodes
2003 Doctors Simon DesaiEpisode: "Baby Blues"
2004 Holby City Joe Sharpe1 episode
2005 Planet Sketch Various13 episodes
2006 Green Wing Anaesthetist1 episode
2006CasualtyGary Watson1 episode
2007–2009, 2011, 2016–2017 Benidorm Troy Ramsbottom Regular role, 34 episodes (series 1–4, 8–9)
2008 The IT Crowd Michael1 episode
2011 Doctor Who Ven-GarrEpisode: "The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe"
2015 Critical Giles Dhillon9 episodes
2016 Black Mirror The Man in the WoodsEpisode: "Shut Up and Dance"
2019 The Mallorca Files Hades Jaffar1 episode
2019Thanks for the MemoriesFrank2 episodes
2020 The Good Karma Hospital Sitesh PillaiEpisode 3
2020 Moving On Peter1 episode
2020 Quiz Lionel from Legal2 episodes
2020Doctors Grahame McKenna Recurring role
2020 The Sister Graham Fox4 episodes
2021 Feel Good Clocky Powers
2021 Midsomer Murders Paul Matheson1 episode
2023 Waterloo Road Ramesh ChowdhuryRecurring role
2023 Citadel Rahi1 Episode
2023 All Creatures Great and Small Joe ConeySeason 4 Episode 2
2023 Miss Scarlet and the Duke ClarenceRecurring role, Series 4
2023 Such Brave Girls Dev6 episodes [13]

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