Paul Bazely

1968-05-06 · Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK

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.