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Paul Bazely

Actor

Paul Bazely

Born May 6, 1968 in Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK17 films

Paul Reginald Bazely (born May 6, 1968) 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.

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

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

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Filmography

17 films as actor
  1. 2024National Theatre Live: The Father and the AssassinMohandas Gandhi
  2. 2023Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among ThievesPorb Piradost
  3. 2021CruellaPolice Commissioner
  4. 2020Hampstead Theatre At Home: Drawing The LineJINNAH
  5. 2020Four Kids and ItSgt. Gascoigne
  6. 2019Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten RomansEgyptian Legate
  7. 2017Star Wars: The Last JediHux's First Order Officer
  8. 2013JadooKirit
  9. 2013Tula: The RevoltLouis
  10. 2011Doctor Who: The Doctor, the Widow and the WardrobeVen-Garr
  11. 2011Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger TidesSalaman
  12. 2005ChopratownDr. Mamoulian
  13. 2004Vanity FairBiju
  14. 2003Three Blind Mice2nd Exec (uncredited)
  15. 2000ShadowscanAmir
  16. 1993Resnick: Rough TreatmentDC Dipak Patel
  17. 1992Resnick: Lonely HeartsDC Dipak Patel