Patrick Baladi
ActingAlso Known As
Patrick Bashir Baladi, پاتریک بالادی
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.
Movies
(27 total)
Rush
as John Hogan
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
as Steward
The International
as Martin White
Now Is Good
as Richard
StreetDance 3D
as Mr Harding
Last Chance Harvey
as Simon
The Windmill Massacre
as Douglas
High Heels and Low Lifes
as Car Driver
Demons Never Die
as Hudson
Honeymoon for One
as Greg
Last Flight of the Space Shuttle
as Narrator
Consuming Passion
as Dr Grant / Dr Steele
Diana: Last Days of a Princess
as Dodi Al Fayed
Lady Audley's Secret
as Sir Harry Towers
Alpha Male
as Clive Lamis
Beyond the Pole
as Robert
Chasing Robert Barker
as Olly Clifford
A Kind of Kidnapping
as Richard Hardy
The Merchant of Venice
as Italian Video Suiter
Spinning
as Ian
TV Shows
(58 total)
Ted Lasso
as John Wingsnight
The Office
as Neil Godwin
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Rowley Cloade
Line of Duty
as Jimmy Lakewell
Midsomer Murders
as Steve Ramsey
Death in Paradise
as Louis Nelson
Marcella
as Stephen Holmes
Ripper Street
as Sidney Ressler
Hustle
as DI Sid Fisk
Vera
as Ross Varsey
Berlin Station
as Dominic Kingsbury
Lewis
as Robert Fraser
Silent Witness
as Peter Ellis
Silent Witness
as Ron Radford
Breeders
as Darren
The War Between the Land and the Sea
as Sir Keith Spears
Casualty
as Gary Rix
Casualty
as Sam Fulton
A Touch of Frost
as Edward D'arblay
No Offence
as Lionel Dirkin