Patrick Baladi

Born: 1971-12-25 in Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, England, UK

Known For: Acting

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.

Filmography

2025

The War Between the Land and the Sea as Sir Keith Spears
An Enemy Within as Robert Foresight
The Hack as John Whitingdale
Little Disasters as Andrew

2024

Boarders as Alfie Watlington-Geese
Douglas Is Cancelled as Tilson
The Way as Hector

2023

A Kind of Kidnapping as Richard Hardy

2022

Sister Boniface Mysteries as Lesley Canon
DI Ray as DI Patrick Holden
Spinning as Ian

2020

Ted Lasso as John Wingsnight
Breeders as Darren
Semi-Detached as Ted

2018

Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators as Alfred D'Angelo

2016

Berlin Station as Dominic Kingsbury
Marcella as Stephen Holmes
The Windmill Massacre as Douglas

2015

No Offence as Lionel Dirkin
Chasing Robert Barker as Olly Clifford

2013

Rush as John Hogan
Jo
It's Kevin as Various
Privates as Captain Gulliver
Eve as Editor
N.F.A. (No Fixed Abode) as Adam

2012

Line of Duty as Jimmy Lakewell
Ripper Street as Sidney Ressler
Stella as Michael Jackson
Now Is Good as Richard
The Poison Tree as Francis

2011

Death in Paradise as Louis Nelson
Vera as Ross Varsey
Honeymoon for One as Greg
Demons Never Die as Hudson
Last Flight of the Space Shuttle as Narrator
The Growing Pains of a Teenage Genius as Narrator

2010

Vexed as Mark Armstrong
StreetDance 3D as Mr Harding
Beyond the Pole as Robert

2009

Law & Order: UK as Richard McGrath
Garrow's Law as General Picton
The International as Martin White
The Old Guys as Reverend Phil
Big Top
Octavia as Jeremy West
Jubilee as Nick Bright

2008

Mistresses as Richard Dunlop
Last Chance Harvey as Simon
No Heroics as Excelsor
Consuming Passion as Dr Grant / Dr Steele

2007

Lewis as Robert Fraser
Party Animals as James Northcote
Diana: Last Days of a Princess as Dodi Al Fayed
World of Wrestling as Rollerball

2001

The Office as Neil Godwin
Messiah as Jonathan
High Heels and Low Lifes as Car Driver
The Merchant of Venice as Italian Video Suiter

2000

My Family
Perfect World as Jeremy
Lady Audley's Secret as Sir Harry Towers

1997

Midsomer Murders as Steve Ramsey
Ivanhoe as Joseph

1996

Silent Witness as Peter Ellis
Dalziel and Pascoe as Anthony Wilkes

1995

Sharman as George

1992

Heartbeat as Ray Thompson
A Touch of Frost as Edward D'arblay

1991

Soldier Soldier as Orderly Sergeant

1989

Agatha Christie's Poirot as Rowley Cloade

1986

Casualty as Gary Rix