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. 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 · 79
Midsomer Murders
1997 · Steve Ramsey
Death in Paradise
2011 · Louis Nelson
Ted Lasso
2020 · John Wingsnight
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989 · Rowley Cloade
Silent Witness
1996 · Peter Ellis
Casualty
1986 · Gary Rix
Vera
2011 · Ross Varsey
Heartbeat
1992 · Ray Thompson
Waterloo Road
2006 · Julian Noble
A Touch of Frost
1992 · Edward D'arblay
Line of Duty
2012 · Jimmy Lakewell
Lewis
2007 · Robert Fraser
New Tricks
2004
Hustle
2004 · DI Sid Fisk
Sister Boniface Mysteries
2022 · Lesley Canon
Ripper Street
2012 · Sidney Ressler
Dalziel and Pascoe
1996 · Anthony Wilkes
Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators
2018 · Alfred D'Angelo
The War Between the Land and the Sea
2025 · Sir Keith Spears
My Family
2000
Marcella
2016 · Stephen Holmes
Rush
2013 · John Hogan
Law & Order: UK
2009 · Richard McGrath
Soldier Soldier
1991 · Orderly Sergeant
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
2004 · Steward
Berlin Station
2016 · Dominic Kingsbury
No Offence
2015 · Lionel Dirkin
The Office
2001 · Neil Godwin
Breeders
2020 · Darren
The Hack
2025 · John Whitingdale
The Afternoon Play
2003 · Peter Hamilton
Stella
2012 · Michael Jackson
DI Ray
2022 · DI Patrick Holden
Little Disasters
2025 · Andrew
Boarders
2024 · Alfie Watlington-Geese
Bodies
2004 · Roger Hurley
Mistresses
2008 · Richard Dunlop
The International
2009 · Martin White
Vexed
2010 · Mark Armstrong
The Way
2024 · Hector
Garrow's Law
2009 · General Picton
Semi-Detached
2020 · Ted
Douglas Is Cancelled
2024 · Tilson
Messiah
2001 · Jonathan
Eve
2013 · Editor
Ivanhoe
1997 · Joseph
Jo
2013
StreetDance 3D
2010 · Mr Harding
Sensitive Skin
2005 · Michael Dorkins
Party Animals
2007 · James Northcote
It's Kevin
2013 · Various
Sharman
1995 · George
The Old Guys
2009 · Reverend Phil
Last Chance Harvey
2008 · Simon
Perfect World
2000 · Jeremy
Privates
2013 · Captain Gulliver
Now Is Good
2012 · Richard
No Heroics
2008 · Excelsor
P.O.W.
2003
The Poison Tree
2012 · Francis
High Heels and Low Lifes
2001 · Car Driver
An Enemy Within
2025 · Robert Foresight
Spinning
2022 · Ian
Big Top
2009
The Windmill Massacre
2016 · Douglas
Diana: Last Days of a Princess
2007 · Dodi Al Fayed
Alpha Male
2006 · Clive Lamis
Consuming Passion
2008 · Dr Grant / Dr Steele
Lady Audley's Secret
2000 · Sir Harry Towers
The Merchant of Venice
2001 · Italian Video Suiter
Honeymoon for One
2011 · Greg
Last Flight of the Space Shuttle
2011 · Narrator
Demons Never Die
2011 · Hudson
Chasing Robert Barker
2015 · Olly Clifford
Beyond the Pole
2010 · Robert
World of Wrestling
2007 · Rollerball
A Kind of Kidnapping
2023 · Richard Hardy
Jubilee
2009 · Nick Bright
The Growing Pains of a Teenage Genius
2011 · Narrator