# 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.

## Early life and education

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.

## Career

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.

## Personal life

Baladi married Gemma Walker and had one daughter before they divorced.
Baladi remarried to Janie Erith, and the couple had a daughter in 2016.
In 2017, Baladi set up a booth at the Malthouse Emporium, an antiques and furniture centre in Stroud in Gloucestershire.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2000 | Lady Audley's Secret | Sir Harry Towers | TV film |
| 2001 | High Heels and Low Lifes | Car Driver | |
| 2004 | Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason | Steward | |
| 2004 | Low Street | Young Man | Short film |
| 2006 | Alpha Male | Clive Lamis | |
| 2006 | The Only Boy for Me | Mack | TV film |
| 2007 | Diana: Last Days of a Princess | Dodi Al Fayed | TV film |
| 2007 | World of Wrestling | Rollerball | Short film |
| 2008 | Consuming Passion: 100 Years of Mills & Boon | Dr Grant/Dr Steele | TV film |
| 2008 | Last Chance Harvey | Simon | |
| 2009 | The International | Martin White | |
| 2009 | Beyond the Pole | Robert | |
| 2009 | Jubilee | Nick Bright | Short film |
| 2009 | Octavia | Jeremy West | TV film |
| 2010 | StreetDance 3D | Mr. Harding | |
| 2011 | Honeymoon for One | Greg Young | TV film |
| 2011 | Demons Never Die | Gary Hudson | |
| 2012 | N.F.A. (No Fixed Abode) | Adam | |
| 2012 | Now Is Good | Richard | |
| 2013 | Eve | Editor | Short film |
| 2013 | Rush | John Hogan | |
| 2015 | Chasing Robert Barker | Olly Clifford | |
| 2016 | The Windmill Massacre | Douglas West | |
| 2017 | The Kidnapping of Richard Franco | Richard Franco | Short film |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1995 | Soldier Soldier | Orderly Sergeant | Episode: "Leaving" |
| 1996 | Dalziel and Pascoe | Anthony Wilkes | Episode: "A Clubbable Woman" |
| 1996 | Sharman | George | Episode: "Series 1, Episode 1" |
| 1997 | Ivanhoe | Joseph | Episode: "Part Three" |
| 1998 | Grafters | Will | Recurring role, 2 episodes |
| 2001 | Perfect World | Jeremy | Episode: "Best Man" |
| 2001 | Midsomer Murders | Steve Ramsey | Episode: "The Electric Vendetta" |
| 2001 | Masterpiece Theatre | Italian Video Suiter | Episode: "The Merchant of Venice" |
| 2001 | Casualty | Gary Fox | Episode: "Lost and Found" |
| 2002 | Heartbeat | Ray Thompson | Episode: "From Ancient Grudge" |
| 2002-2003 | The Office | Neil Godwin | Series regular, 8 episodes |
| 2003 | Messiah 2: Vengeance Is Mine | Jonathan | Miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 2003 | EastEnders | Dom | Episode: "25 March 2003" |
| 2003 | Real Crime | Dimitri Horne | Episode: "Lady Jane" |
| 2003 | P.O.W. | Captain Attercombe | Series regular, 6 episodes |
| 2004 | The Afternoon Play | Peter Hamilton | Episode: "Venus and Mar" |
| 2004 | A Touch of Frost | Edward D'arblay | Episode: "Dancing in the Dark" |
| 2004 | New Tricks | Greg Johnson | Recurring role, 3 episodes |
| 2004-2006 | Bodies | Dr. Roger Hurley | Series regular, 17 episodes |
| 2005 | Sensitive Skin | Michael Dorkins | Episode: "Series 1, Episode 5" |
| 2006 | My Family | Tony | Episode: "Dentally Unstable" |
| 2006 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Rowley Cloade | Episode: "Taken at the Flood" |
| 2006 | Heartbeat | Guy Maitland | Episode: "Intelligence Matters" |
| 2007 | Party Animals | James Northcote | Series regular, 8 episodes |
| 2008 | No Heroics | Excelsor | Series regular, 6 episodes |
| 2008 | Silent Witness | Peter Ellis | Episode: "Finding Rachel" |
| 2008-2010 | Mistresses | Richard Dunlop | Series regular, 15 episodes |
| 2009 | The Old Guys | Reverend Phil | Episode: "Courtesan" |
| 2009 | Hotel Babylon | Ed Martyn | Recurring role, 2 episodes |
| 2009 | Big Top | Andy James | Episode: "Boyfriend" |
| 2010 | Identity | AC Hugh Wainwright | Recurring role, 4 episodes |
| 2010 | Agatha Christie's Marple | Jonathan Frayn | Episode: "The Blue Geranium" |
| 2010 | Casualty | Sam Fulton | Episode: "A Day in a Life" |
| 2011 | Kidnap and Ransom | Philip Shaffer | Recurring role, 3 episodes |
| 2011 | Garrow's Law | General Picton | Episode: "Series 3, Episode 3" |
| 2012 | Hustle | DI Sid Fisk | Episode: "Curiosity Caught the Kat" |
| 2012 | Cardinal Burns | Various roles | Episode: "Series 1, Episode 5" |
| 2012 | Lewis | Robert Fraser | Episode: "The Indelible Stain" |
| 2012 | The Midnight Beast | Jay Chithole | Episode: "Boyband" |
| 2012 | Vexed | Mark Armstrong | Episode: "Series 2, Episode 6" |
| 2012 | DCI Banks | Martin Fleming | Episode: "Dry Bones That Dream" |
| 2012 | The Poison Tree | Francis | Miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 2013 | Privates | Captain Gulliver | Recurring role, 5 episodes |
| 2013 | Ripper Street | Sidney Ressler | Episode: "The King Came Calling" |
| 2013 | Death in Paradise | Daryl Dexter | Episode: "An Unholy Death" |
| 2013 | Jo | Serge Montaigne | Episode: "Pigalle" |
| 2013 | It's Kevin | Various roles | Episode: "Series 1, Episode 3" |
| 2013 | Waterloo Road | Julian Noble | Episode: "Dirty Laundry" |
| 2013 | Law & Order: UK | Richard McGrath | Episode: "Fatherly Love" |
| 2014 | Rev. | Rob | Episode: "Series 3, Episode 2" |
| 2014-2017 | Stella | Michael Jackson | Series regular, 36 episodes |
| 2016 | Marcella | Stephen Holmes | Recurring role, 7 episodes |
| 2017, 2021 | Line of Duty | Jimmy Lakewell | Recurring role, 2 series, 7 episodes |
| 2018 | No Offence | Lionel Dirkin | Recurring role, 3 episodes |
| 2018-2019 | Berlin Station | Dominic Kingsbury | Recurring role, 2 episodes |
| 2019 | Grantchester | Archer Davis | Episode: "Series 4, Episode 2" |
| 2019 | Vera | Ross Varsey | Episode: "Cold River" |
| 2019 | Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators | Alfred D'Angelo | Episode: "In My Memory Lock'd" |
| 2019 | Timewasters | Jonty | Episode: "By Any Means Necessary" |
| 2019 | Warrior | Senator Crestwood | Recurring role, 3 episodes |
| 2019-2020 | Semi-Detached | Ted | Series regular, 6 episodes |
| 2020 | Casualty | Liam Barnett | Episode: "Series 34, Episode 21" |
| 2020-2022 | Breeders | Darren | Recurring role, 14 episodes |
| 2021 | Ted Lasso | John | Episode: "Goodbye Earl" |
| 2021 | Silent Witness | Ron Radford | Episode: "Bad Love" |
| 2022 | Sister Boniface Mysteries | Lesley Canon | Episode: "Crimes and Miss Demeanours" |
| 2022 | The Playlist | Jim Anderson | Episode: "The Artist" |

### Theatre

| Year | Title | Role | Venue | Notes |
| 1995 | Mother Courage and Her Children | First Soldier | Olivier Theatre, London | |
| 1998 | Camino Real | Officer | Young Vic, London | with Royal Shakespeare Company |
| 1998 | Much Ado About Nothing | Borachio | Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon | with Royal Shakespeare Company |
| 1999 | Battle Royal | Galdini | Lyttelton Theatre, London | |
| 1999 | The Backroom | Dallas | Bush Theatre, London | |
| 2000 | Albert Speer | Theodor Ganzenmuller | Lyttelton Theatre, London | |
| 2000 | A Taste of Honey | Peter | Watford Palace Theatre, Watford | |
| 2001 | Finding the Sun | Benjamin | Cottesloe Theatre, London | |
| 2002 | Dealer's Choice | Frankie | Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham | |
| 2002 | My Night with Reg | John | Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham | |
| 2008 | Purgatorio | Man | Arcola Theatre, London | |
| 2011 | Loyalty | Tony Blair | Hampstead Theatre, London | |