Paul Bazely

Paul Bazely
Born
Paul Reginald Bazely

(1968-05-06) 6 May 1968 (age 56)
London, England, United Kingdom
OccupationActor
Years active1991–present
Notable workBenidorm
Spouse
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(m. 1998)​
Children2

Paul Reginald Bazely (born 6 May 1968)[1][2] is an English actor. He is known for portraying Troy in the ITV sitcom Benidorm. His other TV credits include Making Out, Emmerdale, Heartbeat, Doctors, Holby City, Vanity Fair, The IT Crowd and Cruella.

Career

Bazely made his television debut in five episodes of the BBC series Making Out in 1991.[3] Then in 2006, he landed his first starring role as Troy in the ITV comedy series Benidorm, making his final appearance in 2017.[4] In 2016, he appeared in "Shut Up and Dance", an episode of the anthology series Black Mirror.[5] Then in 2020, he starred in an episode of The Good Karma Hospital,[3] and portrayed the recurring role of Grahame McKenna in the BBC soap opera Doctors.[6]

Since 2009 Bazely has narrated a number of audiobooks by the Indian-born spiritual teacher and author Eknath Easwaran, including The Bhagavad Gita,[7] The Bhagavad Gita for Daily Living,[8] Essence of the Upanishads,[9] The Dhammapada,[10] Passage Meditation[11] and Gandhi the Man.[12]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2003 Three Blind Mice 2nd Exec Uncredited role
2004 Vanity Fair Biju
2011 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Salaman
2013 Jadoo Kirit
2013 Tula: The Revolt Louis
2017 Star Wars: The Last Jedi Hux's First Order Officer #2
2019 Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans Egyptian Legate
2019 Waiting for the Barbarians The Herbalist
2020 Four Kids and It Sgt. Gascoigne
2021 Cruella Police Commissioner
2023 Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves Porb Piradost

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1991 Making Out Tyrone 5 episodes
1993 Emmerdale Murray 2 episodes
1993 Casualty Max Brennan 1 episode
1998 Heartbeat Dr. Deepak Rall 1 episode
2002 Waking the Dead Doctor 2 episodes
2003 Doctors Simon Desai Episode: "Baby Blues"
2004 Holby City Joe Sharpe 1 episode
2005 Planet Sketch Various 13 episodes
2006 Green Wing Anaesthetist 1 episode
2006 Casualty Gary Watson 1 episode
2007–2009, 2011, 2016–2017 Benidorm Troy Ramsbottom Regular role, 34 episodes (series 1–4, 8–9)
2008 The IT Crowd Michael 1 episode
2011 Doctor Who Ven-Garr Episode: "The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe"
2015 Critical Giles Dhillon 9 episodes
2016 Black Mirror The Man in the Woods Episode: "Shut Up and Dance"
2019 The Mallorca Files Hades Jaffar 1 episode
2019 Thanks for the Memories Frank 2 episodes
2020 The Good Karma Hospital Sitesh Pillai Episode 3
2020 Moving On Peter 1 episode
2020 Quiz Lionel from Legal 2 episodes
2020 Doctors Grahame McKenna Recurring role
2020 The Sister Graham Fox 4 episodes
2021 Feel Good Clocky Powers
2021 Midsomer Murders Paul Matheson 1 episode
2023 Waterloo Road Ramesh Chowdhury Recurring role
2023 Citadel Rahi 1 Episode
2023 All Creatures Great and Small Joe Coney Season 4 Episode 2
2023 Miss Scarlet and the Duke Clarence Recurring role, Series 4
2023 Such Brave Girls Dev 6 episodes[13]

References

  1. ^ "Paul Reginald Bazely". FreeBMD. Archived from the original on 12 May 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Pico Iyer - The Man within My Head with Paul Bazely". BBC. Archived from the original on 12 May 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  3. ^ a b "PAUL BAZELY IN THE GOOD KARMA HOSPITAL: BENIDORM VETERAN STARS AT THE CENTRE OF EPISODE 3". HITC. Archived from the original on 4 June 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Benidorm series 10 confirmed - with 3 regulars leaving but 4 big names joining show". Daily Mirror. Archived from the original on 4 June 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  5. ^ "'Black Mirror' "Shut Up And Dance" Cast: Who's Who In The Episode". Decider. Archived from the original on 4 June 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  6. ^ Timblick, Simon. "Doctors spoilers: Has Zara Carmichael gone too far?". What's on TV. Archived from the original on 4 June 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  7. ^ "The Bhagavad Gita". Archived from the original on 22 November 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  8. ^ "The Bhagavad Gita for Daily Living". Archived from the original on 22 November 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  9. ^ "Essence of the Upanishads". Archived from the original on 22 November 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  10. ^ "The Dhammapada". Archived from the original on 22 November 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  11. ^ "Passage Meditation". Archived from the original on 22 November 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  12. ^ "Gandhi the Man". Archived from the original on 22 November 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  13. ^ Dowell, Ben. "Such Brave Girls: my big BBC comedy about anxiety and dysfunction". The Times. Archived from the original on 20 November 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2023.