Paul Bradley (English actor)

Paul Bradley (born 28 May 1955) is an English actor. He is known for playing Nigel Bates in the BBC soap opera EastEnders from 1992 to 1998 and again since 2024. He has also appeared as Elliot Hope in the BBC medical drama series Holby City, a role he played from 2005 to 2015, then again in 2019 and 2022, the latter for the show's final episodes.

Paul Bradley
Bradley in 2018
Born	(1955-05-28) 28 May 1955 (age 69) Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1986–present
Known for	EastEnders Holby City

Life and career

Bradley was born in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, one of six siblings (five brothers and one sister) born to Irish parents.^[1] 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.

In addition to the television series already mentioned, Bradley has had roles in The Young Ones, The Bill, Red Dwarf, Bottom, My Family and Alas Smith and Jones. He also had a minor role in the 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]

In the summer of 2021, Bradley played Major Metcalfe in the long running West End play The Mousetrap.^[4]

Selected filmography

• The Burning Girls (2024), Reverend Brian Rushton
• Beyond Paradise (2024), Noah Culpepper
• Holby City (2005–2015, 2019, 2022), Elliot Hope
• Twisted Tales (2005), Mr. Pandemic
• My Family (2002, 2004), Mr. Griffin
• Doctors (2004, 2018), Patient with OCD / Billy Bourke
• The Pianist (2002), Yehuda
• C.U. Burn (1997), Doctor (one episode, Hata sa Leaba)
• EastEnders (1992–1998, 2024–present), Nigel Bates
• Alas Smith & Jones (1992)
• Bottom (1992), Burglar
• Murder Most Horrid (1991), Sergeant
• Boon (1990), Clerk
• Red Dwarf (1988, 1999), Chen
• The Bill (1988), Henshaw
• The Comic Strip Presents (1986), Jerry
• The Young Ones (1982), Pilot/Warlock

References

1. "MY BROTHER DIED FROM A HIDDEN BLOOD DISORDER..IT COULD HAVE KILLED ME". Daily Mirror. 8 November 2006. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
2. "How We Met: Paul Bradley & Stephen Warbeck". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022.
3. "hOmE". hKippers.com. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
4. "St Martin's Theatre: The Mousetrap". sevendials.co.uk/whats-on/st-martins-theatre-the-mousetrap/. Retrieved 21 July 2021.

External links

• Paul Bradley at IMDb