Patrick Baladi
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Midsomer Murders
Steve Ramsey
1997
Series
Death in Paradise
Louis Nelson
2011
Series
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Rowley Cloade
1989
Series
Vera
Ross Varsey
2011
Series
Casualty
Gary Rix
1986
Series
Casualty
Sam Fulton
1986
Series
Silent Witness
Peter Ellis
1996
Series
Silent Witness
Ron Radford
1996
Series
Heartbeat
Ray Thompson
1992
Series
Heartbeat
Guy Maitland
1992
Series
Ted Lasso
John Wingsnight
2020
Series
Line of Duty
Jimmy Lakewell
2012
Series
A Touch of Frost
Edward D'arblay
1992
Series
Hustle
DI Sid Fisk
2004
Series
New Tricks
2004
Series
Lewis
Robert Fraser
2007
Series
Ripper Street
Sidney Ressler
2012
Series
Dalziel and Pascoe
Anthony Wilkes
1996
Series
Law & Order: UK
Richard McGrath
2009
Series
The War Between the Land and the Sea
Sir Keith Spears
2025
Series
Soldier Soldier
Orderly Sergeant
1991
Series
Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators
Alfred D'Angelo
2018
Series
Sister Boniface Mysteries
Lesley Canon
2022
Series
My Family
2000
Series
Marcella
Stephen Holmes
2016
Series
Berlin Station
Dominic Kingsbury
2016
Series
The Office
Neil Godwin
2001
Film
Rush
John Hogan
2013
Series
Breeders
Darren
2020
Series
The Hack
John Whitingdale
2025
Series
No Offence
Lionel Dirkin
2015
Series
Mistresses
Richard Dunlop
2008
Series
The Afternoon Play
Peter Hamilton
2003
Series
Messiah
Jonathan
2001
Series
Garrow's Law
General Picton
2009
Series
Stella
Michael Jackson
2012
Series
Boarders
Alfie Watlington-Geese
2024
Film
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Steward
2004
Series
Jo
2013
Series
Bodies
Roger Hurley
2004
Series
DI Ray
DI Patrick Holden
2022
Series
Vexed
Mark Armstrong
2010
Series
Douglas Is Cancelled
Tilson
2024
Film
The International
Martin White
2009
Series
Little Disasters
Andrew
2025
Series
Party Animals
James Northcote
2007
Series
Sharman
George
1995
Series
Perfect World
Jeremy
2000
Series
The Way
Hector
2024
Series
Ivanhoe
Joseph
1997
Series
It's Kevin
Various
2013
Film
An Enemy Within
Robert Foresight
2025
Film
StreetDance 3D
Mr Harding
2010
Series
The Old Guys
Reverend Phil
2009
Film
Now Is Good
Richard
2012
Series
No Heroics
Excelsor
2008
Series
Sensitive Skin
2005
Series
Semi-Detached
Ted
2020
Film
Last Chance Harvey
Simon
2008
Series
Big Top
2009
Series
Privates
Captain Gulliver
2013
Series
P.O.W.
2003
Film
Consuming Passion
Dr Grant / Dr Steele
2008
Series
The Poison Tree
Francis
2012
Film
High Heels and Low Lifes
Car Driver
2001
Number 10
Film
Alpha Male
Clive Lamis
2006
Film
The Windmill Massacre
Douglas
2016
Film
Honeymoon for One
Greg
2011
Film
Beyond the Pole
Robert
2010
Film
Lady Audley's Secret
Sir Harry Towers
2000
Octavia
Jeremy West
2009
Film
A Kind of Kidnapping
Richard Hardy
2023
Film
Spinning
Ian
2022
Film
Diana: Last Days of a Princess
Dodi Al Fayed
2007
The Only Boy for Me
Mack
2006
Film
Demons Never Die
Hudson
2011
Film
The Merchant of Venice
Italian Video Suiter
2001
Film
Last Flight of the Space Shuttle
Narrator
2011
Film
Chasing Robert Barker
Olly Clifford
2015
Film
Jubilee
Nick Bright
2009
Film
World of Wrestling
Rollerball
2007
N.F.A. (No Fixed Abode)
Adam
2013
Film
The Growing Pains of a Teenage Genius
Narrator
2011
Film
Eve
Editor
2013