Paul Bradley (British actor)

Paul Bradley (born 28 May 1955 in Nuneaton, Warwickshire) is an English actor.^[1] He is best known for playing Nigel Bates in the BBC1 soap opera EastEnders from 1992 to 1998 and also Elliot Hope in the BBC medical drama series Holby City a role he played for 10 years from 2005 to 2015.

Education

Bradley was educated at St Benedict's School and the University of Manchester before joining the Royal Exchange Manchester repertory theatre company in the early 1980s.

Career

Bradley has appeared in many television series including the roles above and The Young Ones, The Bill, Red Dwarf, Bottom, My Family and Alas Smith and Jones.

Bradley had a minor role in the multi award-winning 2002 film The Pianist.

As a guitarist and vocalist he co-leads the group The hKippers (the 'h' is silent)^[2] with Stephen Warbeck, Academy Award winning composer of Shakespeare in Love. ^[3]

He has also worked as a guitarist for John Otway.

Like many of his comedy peers from the 1980s, Paul has done, and continues to do, extensive charity work with Comic Relief in Africa.

Selected filmography

• Holby City (2005–15), Elliot Hope
• Twisted Tales (2005), Mr. Pandemic
• My Family (2002, 2004), Mr. Griffin
• Doctors (2004), Patient with OCD
• The Pianist (2002), Yehuda
• C.U. Burn (1997), The Doctor (one episode, Hata sa Leaba)
• EastEnders (1992–98), Nigel Bates
• Alas Smith & Jones (1992)
• Bottom (1992), Burglar
• Murder Most Horrid (1991), Sergeant
• Boon (1990), Clerk
• Bradley (1989), Bradley^[4]
• Red Dwarf (1988–1999), Chen
• The Bill (1988), Henshaw
• The Comic Strip Presents (1986), Jerry
• The Young Ones (1982–1984), Airline pilot/Warlock

References