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