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.
Born: 25 December 1971
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Dec 2025
The War Between the Land and the Sea
Sir Keith Spears
Movie
Oct 2025
An Enemy Within
Robert Foresight
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Sep 2025
The Hack
John Whitingdale
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May 2025
Little Disasters
Andrew
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Jun 2024
Douglas Is Cancelled
Tilson
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Feb 2024
Boarders
Alfie Watlington-Geese
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Feb 2024
The Way
Hector
Movie
Jul 2023
A Kind of Kidnapping
Richard Hardy
Movie
Oct 2022
Spinning
Ian
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May 2022
DI Ray
DI Patrick Holden
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Mar 2022
Sister Boniface Mysteries
Lesley Canon
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Aug 2020
Ted Lasso
John Wingsnight
TV Show
Aug 2020
Semi-Detached
Ted
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Mar 2020
Breeders
Darren
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Feb 2018
Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators
Alfred D'Angelo
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Oct 2016
Berlin Station
Dominic Kingsbury
Movie
Aug 2016
The Windmill Massacre
Douglas
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Apr 2016
Marcella
Stephen Holmes
Movie
Oct 2015
Chasing Robert Barker
Olly Clifford
TV Show
May 2015
No Offence
Lionel Dirkin
Movie
Nov 2013
N.F.A. (No Fixed Abode)
Adam
Movie
Sep 2013
Rush
John Hogan
Movie
May 2013
Eve
Editor
TV Show
Mar 2013
It's Kevin
Various
TV Show
Jan 2013
Jo
TV Show
Jan 2013
Privates
Captain Gulliver
TV Show
Dec 2012
Ripper Street
Sidney Ressler
TV Show
Dec 2012
The Poison Tree
Francis
Movie
Sep 2012
Now Is Good
Richard
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Jun 2012
Line of Duty
Jimmy Lakewell
TV Show
Jan 2012
Stella
Michael Jackson
Movie
Nov 2011
The Growing Pains of a Teenage Genius
Narrator
Movie
Oct 2011
Demons Never Die
Hudson
TV Show
Oct 2011
Death in Paradise
Louis Nelson
Movie
Jul 2011
Last Flight of the Space Shuttle
Narrator
Movie
Jun 2011
Honeymoon for One
Greg
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May 2011
Vera
Ross Varsey
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Aug 2010
Vexed
Mark Armstrong
Movie
May 2010
StreetDance 3D
Mr Harding
Movie
Feb 2010
Beyond the Pole
Robert
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Dec 2009
Big Top
TV Show
Nov 2009
Garrow's Law
General Picton
Movie
Oct 2009
Jubilee
Nick Bright
TV Show
Feb 2009
Law & Order: UK
Richard McGrath
Movie
Feb 2009
The International
Martin White
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Jan 2009
The Old Guys
Reverend Phil
Movie
Jan 2009
Octavia
Jeremy West
Movie
Dec 2008
Last Chance Harvey
Simon
Movie
Nov 2008
Consuming Passion
Dr Grant / Dr Steele
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Sep 2008
No Heroics
Excelsor
TV Show
Jan 2008
Mistresses
Richard Dunlop
Movie
Sep 2007
World of Wrestling
Rollerball
Movie
Jul 2007
Diana: Last Days of a Princess
Dodi Al Fayed
TV Show
Feb 2007
Lewis
Robert Fraser
TV Show
Jan 2007
Party Animals
James Northcote
Movie
Sep 2006
The Only Boy for Me
Mack
Movie
Aug 2006
Alpha Male
Clive Lamis
TV Show
Nov 2005
Sensitive Skin
Michael Dorkins
Movie
Nov 2004
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Steward
TV Show
May 2004
Bodies
Roger Hurley
TV Show
Feb 2004
Hustle
DI Sid Fisk
TV Show
Jan 2004
New Tricks
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Oct 2003
P.O.W.
TV Show
Jan 2003
The Afternoon Play
Peter Hamilton
Movie
Oct 2001
The Merchant of Venice
Italian Video Suiter
Movie
Jul 2001
High Heels and Low Lifes
Car Driver
TV Show
Jul 2001
The Office
Neil Godwin
TV Show
May 2001
Messiah
Jonathan
TV Show
Sep 2000
My Family
Movie
May 2000
Lady Audley's Secret
Sir Harry Towers
TV Show
Feb 2000
Perfect World
Jeremy
TV Show
Mar 1997
Midsomer Murders
Steve Ramsey
TV Show
Jan 1997
Ivanhoe
Joseph
TV Show
Mar 1996
Dalziel and Pascoe
Anthony Wilkes
TV Show
Feb 1996
Silent Witness
Peter Ellis
TV Show
Feb 1996
Silent Witness
Ron Radford
TV Show
Apr 1995
Sharman
George
TV Show
Dec 1992
A Touch of Frost
Edward D'arblay
TV Show
Apr 1992
Heartbeat
Ray Thompson
TV Show
Apr 1992
Heartbeat
Guy Maitland
TV Show
Jun 1991
Soldier Soldier
Orderly Sergeant
TV Show
Jan 1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Rowley Cloade
TV Show
Sep 1986
Casualty
Gary Rix
TV Show
Sep 1986
Casualty
Sam Fulton
TV Show
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