Patrick Baladi
Acting • Born 1971-12-25
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
85 credits
The International
Movie • 2009
Martin White
A Kind of Kidnapping
Movie • 2023
Richard Hardy
StreetDance 3D
Movie • 2010
Mr Harding
Demons Never Die
Movie • 2011
Hudson
Alpha Male
Movie • 2006
Clive Lamis
Last Flight of the Space Shuttle
Movie • 2011
Narrator
N.F.A. (No Fixed Abode)
Movie • 2013
Adam
Lady Audley's Secret
Movie • 2000
Sir Harry Towers
Honeymoon for One
Movie • 2011
Greg
Rush
Movie • 2013
John Hogan
Last Chance Harvey
Movie • 2008
Simon
Spinning
Movie • 2022
Ian
Consuming Passion
Movie • 2008
Dr Grant / Dr Steele
The Growing Pains of a Teenage Genius
Movie • 2011
Narrator
Diana: Last Days of a Princess
Movie • 2007
Dodi Al Fayed
The Windmill Massacre
Movie • 2016
Douglas
The Only Boy for Me
Movie • 2006
Mack
Now Is Good
Movie • 2012
Richard
Beyond the Pole
Movie • 2009
Robert
The Merchant of Venice
Movie • 2001
Italian Video Suiter
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Movie • 2004
Steward
Octavia
Movie • 2009
Jeremy West
Eve
Movie • 2013
Editor
Jubilee
Movie • 2009
Nick Bright
High Heels and Low Lifes
Movie • 2001
Car Driver
Chasing Robert Barker
Movie • 2015
Olly Clifford
World of Wrestling
Movie • 2007
Rollerball
Midsomer Murders
TV • 1997
Steve Ramsey
My Family
TV • 2000
Bodies
TV • 2004
Roger Hurley
A Touch of Frost
TV • 1992
Edward D'arblay
Heartbeat
TV • 1992
Ray Thompson
Dalziel & Pascoe
TV • 1996
Anthony Wilkes
The Office
TV • 2001
Neil Godwin
No Heroics
TV • 2008
Excelsor
Semi-Detached
TV • 2020
Ted
Messiah
TV • 2001
Jonathan
New Tricks
TV • 2004
Mistresses
TV • 2008
Richard Dunlop
P.O.W.
TV • 2003
Agatha Christie's Poirot
TV • 1989
Rowley Cloade
Ted Lasso
TV • 2020
John Wingsnight
Vera
TV • 2011
Ross Varsey
Privates
TV • 2013
Captain Gulliver
Vexed
TV • 2010
Mark Armstrong
Law & Order: UK
TV • 2009
Richard McGrath
Garrow's Law
TV • 2009
General Picton
Grafters
TV • 1998
Will
Hustle
TV • 2004
DI Sid Fisk
Jo
TV • 2013
Marcella
TV • 2016
Stephen Holmes
Big Top
TV • 2009
Sensitive Skin
TV • 2005
Sharman
TV • 1995
George
The Old Guys
TV • 2009
Reverend Phil
Line of Duty
TV • 2012
Jimmy Lakewell
Party Animals
TV • 2007
James Northcote
Stella
TV • 2012
Michael Jackson
Ripper Street
TV • 2012
Sidney Ressler
Casualty
TV • 1986
Gary Rix
Casualty
TV • 1986
Sam Fulton
Ivanhoe
TV • 1997
Joseph
Breeders
TV • 2020
Darren
The Poison Tree
TV • 2012
Francis
Sister Boniface Mysteries
TV • 2022
Lesley Canon
Silent Witness
TV • 1996
Peter Ellis
The Way
TV • 2024
Hector
Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators
TV • 2018
Alfred D'Angelo
Lewis
TV • 2007
Robert Fraser
Heartbeat
TV • 1992
Guy Maitland
Silent Witness
TV • 1996
Ron Radford
Berlin Station
TV • 2016
Dominic Kingsbury
Death in Paradise
TV • 2011
Louis Nelson
Soldier Soldier
TV • 1991
Orderly Sergeant
DI Ray
TV • 2022
DI Patrick Holden
It's Kevin
TV • 2013
Various
Douglas Is Cancelled
TV • 2024
Tilson
The Afternoon Play
TV • 2003
Peter Hamilton
The Hack
TV • 2025
John Whitingdale
The War Between the Land and the Sea
TV • 2025
Sir Keith Spears
Number 10
TV
Little Disasters
TV • 2025
Andrew
No Offence
TV • 2015
Lionel Dirkin
Perfect World
TV • 2000
Jeremy
Boarders
TV • 2024
Alfie Watlington-Geese