Paul Bazely
Actor
Biography
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.
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.
Filmography
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
as Salaman 2011
Cruella
as Police Commissioner 2021
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
as Porb Piradost 2023
Vanity Fair
as Biju 2004
Doctor Who: The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe
as Ven-Garr 2011
Four Kids and It
as Sgt. Gascoigne 2020
Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans
as Egyptian Legate 2019
Three Blind Mice
as 2nd Exec (uncredited) 2003
Jadoo
as Kirit 2013
Tula: The Revolt
as Louis 2013
Shadowscan
as Amir 2000
National Theatre Live: The Father and the Assassin
as Mohandas Gandhi 2024
Resnick: Rough Treatment
as DC Dipak Patel 1993
Resnick: Lonely Hearts
as DC Dipak Patel 1992
Chopratown
as Dr. Mamoulian 2005