Patrick Baladi
Biography
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

Midsomer Murders

Death in Paradise

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Vera

Silent Witness

Silent Witness

Casualty

Casualty
All Movies (28)
- An Enemy Within2025 · as Robert Foresight
- A Kind of Kidnapping2023 · as Richard Hardy
- Spinning2022 · as Ian
- The Windmill Massacre2016 · as Douglas
- Chasing Robert Barker2015 · as Olly Clifford
- N.F.A. (No Fixed Abode)2013 · as Adam
- Rush2013 · as John Hogan
- Eve2013 · as Editor
- Now Is Good2012 · as Richard
- The Growing Pains of a Teenage Genius2011 · as Narrator
- Demons Never Die2011 · as Hudson
- Last Flight of the Space Shuttle2011 · as Narrator
- Honeymoon for One2011 · as Greg
- StreetDance 3D2010 · as Mr Harding
- Beyond the Pole2010 · as Robert
- Jubilee2009 · as Nick Bright
- The International2009 · as Martin White
- Octavia2009 · as Jeremy West
- Last Chance Harvey2008 · as Simon
- Consuming Passion2008 · as Dr Grant / Dr Steele
- World of Wrestling2007 · as Rollerball
- Diana: Last Days of a Princess2007 · as Dodi Al Fayed
- The Only Boy for Me2006 · as Mack
- Alpha Male2006 · as Clive Lamis
- Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason2004 · as Steward
- The Merchant of Venice2001 · as Italian Video Suiter
- High Heels and Low Lifes2001 · as Car Driver
- Lady Audley's Secret2000 · as Sir Harry Towers
All TV Shows (57)
- The War Between the Land and the Sea2025 · as Sir Keith Spears
- The Hack2025 · as John Whitingdale
- Little Disasters2025 · as Andrew
- Douglas Is Cancelled2024 · as Tilson
- Boarders2024 · as Alfie Watlington-Geese
- The Way2024 · as Hector
- DI Ray2022 · as DI Patrick Holden
- Sister Boniface Mysteries2022 · as Lesley Canon
- Ted Lasso2020 · as John Wingsnight
- Semi-Detached2020 · as Ted
- Breeders2020 · as Darren
- Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators2018 · as Alfred D'Angelo
- Berlin Station2016 · as Dominic Kingsbury
- Marcella2016 · as Stephen Holmes
- No Offence2015 · as Lionel Dirkin
- It's Kevin2013 · as Various
- Jo2013
- Privates2013 · as Captain Gulliver
- Ripper Street2012 · as Sidney Ressler
- The Poison Tree2012 · as Francis
- Line of Duty2012 · as Jimmy Lakewell
- Stella2012 · as Michael Jackson
- Death in Paradise2011 · as Louis Nelson
- Vera2011 · as Ross Varsey
- Vexed2010 · as Mark Armstrong
- Big Top2009
- Garrow's Law2009 · as General Picton
- Law & Order: UK2009 · as Richard McGrath
- The Old Guys2009 · as Reverend Phil
- No Heroics2008 · as Excelsor
- Mistresses2008 · as Richard Dunlop
- Lewis2007 · as Robert Fraser
- Party Animals2007 · as James Northcote
- Sensitive Skin2005 · as Michael Dorkins
- Bodies2004 · as Roger Hurley
- Hustle2004 · as DI Sid Fisk
- New Tricks2004
- P.O.W.2003
- The Afternoon Play2003 · as Peter Hamilton
- The Office2001 · as Neil Godwin
- Messiah2001 · as Jonathan
- My Family2000
- Perfect World2000 · as Jeremy
- Midsomer Murders1997 · as Steve Ramsey
- Ivanhoe1997 · as Joseph
- Dalziel and Pascoe1996 · as Anthony Wilkes
- Silent Witness1996 · as Peter Ellis
- Silent Witness1996 · as Ron Radford
- Sharman1995 · as George
- A Touch of Frost1992 · as Edward D'arblay
- Heartbeat1992 · as Ray Thompson
- Heartbeat1992 · as Guy Maitland
- Soldier Soldier1991 · as Orderly Sergeant
- Agatha Christie's Poirot1989 · as Rowley Cloade
- Casualty1986 · as Gary Rix
- Casualty1986 · as Sam Fulton
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