# Paul Bazely

Paul Reginald Bazely (born 6 May 1968) 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.

## Career

Bazely made his television debut in five episodes of the BBC series Making Out in 1991. Then in 2006, he landed his first starring role as Troy in the ITV comedy series Benidorm, making his final appearance in 2017. In 2016, he appeared in "Shut Up and Dance", an episode of the anthology series Black Mirror. Then in 2020, he starred in an episode of The Good Karma Hospital, and portrayed the recurring role of Grahame McKenna in the BBC soap opera Doctors.
Since 2009 Bazely has narrated a number of audiobooks by the Indian-born spiritual teacher and author Eknath Easwaran, including The Bhagavad Gita, The Bhagavad Gita for Daily Living, Essence of the Upanishads, The Dhammapada, Passage Meditation and Gandhi the Man.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2003 | Three Blind Mice | 2nd Exec | Uncredited 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

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1991 | Making Out | Tyrone | 5 episodes |
| 1993 | Emmerdale | Murray | 2 episodes |
| 1993 | Casualty | Max Brennan | 1 episode |
| 1998 | Heartbeat | Dr. Deepak Rall | 1 episode |
| 2002 | Waking the Dead | Doctor | 2 episodes |
| 2003 | Doctors | Simon Desai | Episode: "Baby Blues" |
| 2004 | Holby City | Joe Sharpe | 1 episode |
| 2005 | Planet Sketch | Various | 13 episodes |
| 2006 | Green Wing | Anaesthetist | 1 episode |
| 2006 | Casualty | Gary Watson | 1 episode |
| 2007–2009, 2011, 2016–2017 | Benidorm | Troy Ramsbottom | Regular role, 34 episodes (series 1–4, 8–9) |
| 2008 | The IT Crowd | Michael | 1 episode |
| 2011 | Doctor Who | Ven-Garr | Episode: "The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe" |
| 2015 | Critical | Giles Dhillon | 9 episodes |
| 2016 | Black Mirror | The Man in the Woods | Episode: "Shut Up and Dance" |
| 2019 | The Mallorca Files | Hades Jaffar | 1 episode |
| 2019 | Thanks for the Memories | Frank | 2 episodes |
| 2020 | The Good Karma Hospital | Sitesh Pillai | Episode 3 |
| 2020 | Moving On | Peter | 1 episode |
| 2020 | Quiz | Lionel from Legal | 2 episodes |
| 2020 | Doctors | Grahame McKenna | Recurring role |
| 2020 | The Sister | Graham Fox | 4 episodes |
| 2021 | Feel Good | Clocky Powers | |
| 2021 | Midsomer Murders | Paul Matheson | 1 episode |
| 2023 | Waterloo Road | Ramesh Chowdhury | Recurring role |
| 2023 | Citadel | Rahi | 1 Episode |
| 2023 | All Creatures Great and Small | Joe Coney | Season 4 Episode 2 |
| 2023 | Miss Scarlet and the Duke | Clarence | Recurring role, Series 4–5 |
| 2023 | Such Brave Girls | Dev | 6 episodes |