简介： PatrickBaladiwasborntoanEnglishmotherandaSyrianfather,adoctorwhowasoncethegynaecologisttothewifeofColonelGadaffi.HewaseducatedinLibyaandataJesuitboardingschoolinLancashirewherehisfirsttasteoftreadingtheboardswaswhenheplayedNancyina(boysonly)versionof'Oliver!'AfterdramaschoolhejoinedtheNationalTheatrewhereheactedalongsideMartinFreeman,whowouldlaterbeaco-starinthetelevisioncomedyseries'TheOffice'.Followinghissuccessin'TheOffice'hejoinedtheusualsuspectsincopdramaslike'ATouchofFrost'andtheinevitable'MidsomerMurders',wherehegotelectrocutedinhiscar.Moreromanticrolescamein'Mistresses'and'ConsumingPassions',appearingnudeinthelatterasOliviaColmanseducedhimintheshower.HeisalsoamemberofarockbandcalledGrowUpwithactorKeithAllen.Marriedtoactress/dancerGemmaWalker(b.1982)hehasadaughterAva,borninMarch2007.WhenAvawasbornheimpressedthemidwifebyassistingatthebirth,thankstohisrecollectionofdeliveringadummybabyinthedramaseries'Bodies'.
EducatedatStonyhurstCollege,wherehewasthefirststudenttowintheCharlesLaughtonprizeforacting.
IsamemberofthebandGrowUp,alongwithKeithAllen.
TrainedattheCentralSchoolofSpeechandDrama.
FatherisagynecologistandobstetricianfromLibya,andhismotherwasamidwife.
DaughterAva,bornon3March2007.
Hasonesister,Rhia.
HisandwifeGemma'sdaughter,Ava,born3March2007.
