Acting
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.
Filmography
An Enemy Within
Film · 2025
The Hack
Series · 2025
The War Between the Land and the Sea
Series · 2025
Little Disasters
Series · 2025
The Way
Series · 2024
Douglas Is Cancelled
Series · 2024
Boarders
Series · 2024
A Kind of Kidnapping
Film · 2023
Spinning
Film · 2022
Sister Boniface Mysteries
Series · 2022
DI Ray
Series · 2022
Semi-Detached
Series · 2020
Ted Lasso
Series · 2020
Breeders
Series · 2020
Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators
Series · 2018
The Windmill Massacre
Film · 2016
Marcella
Series · 2016
Berlin Station
Series · 2016
Chasing Robert Barker
Film · 2015
No Offence
Series · 2015
N.F.A. (No Fixed Abode)
Film · 2013
Rush
Film · 2013
Eve
Film · 2013
Privates
Series · 2013
Jo
Series · 2013
It's Kevin
Series · 2013
Now Is Good
Film · 2012
Line of Duty
Series · 2012
Stella
Series · 2012
Ripper Street
Series · 2012
The Poison Tree
Series · 2012
Demons Never Die
Film · 2011
Last Flight of the Space Shuttle
Film · 2011
Honeymoon for One
Film · 2011
The Growing Pains of a Teenage Genius
Film · 2011
Vera
Series · 2011
Death in Paradise
Series · 2011
StreetDance 3D
Film · 2010
Beyond the Pole
Film · 2010
Vexed
Series · 2010
The International
Film · 2009
Octavia
Film · 2009
Jubilee
Film · 2009
Law & Order: UK
Series · 2009
Garrow's Law
Series · 2009
Big Top
Series · 2009
The Old Guys
Series · 2009
Last Chance Harvey
Film · 2008
Consuming Passion
Film · 2008
No Heroics
Series · 2008
Mistresses
Series · 2008
Diana: Last Days of a Princess
Film · 2007
World of Wrestling
Film · 2007
Party Animals
Series · 2007
Lewis
Series · 2007
Alpha Male
Film · 2006
The Only Boy for Me
Film · 2006
Waterloo Road
Series · 2006
Sensitive Skin
Series · 2005
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Film · 2004
Bodies
Series · 2004
New Tricks
Series · 2004
Hustle
Series · 2004
P.O.W.
Series · 2003
The Afternoon Play
Series · 2003
The Merchant of Venice
Film · 2001
High Heels and Low Lifes
Film · 2001
The Office
Series · 2001
Messiah
Series · 2001
Lady Audley's Secret
Film · 2000
My Family
Series · 2000
Perfect World
Series · 2000
Midsomer Murders
Series · 1997
Ivanhoe
Series · 1997
Silent Witness
Series · 1996
Silent Witness
Series · 1996
Dalziel and Pascoe
Series · 1996
Sharman
Series · 1995
A Touch of Frost
Series · 1992
Heartbeat
Series · 1992
Heartbeat
Series · 1992
Soldier Soldier
Series · 1991
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Series · 1989
Casualty
Series · 1986
Casualty
Series · 1986
hangovers aren't real
Film
Number 10
Series