Paul Bradley (English actor)

Paul Bradley (born 28 May 1955) is an English television actor. He is best known for playing Nigel Bates in the BBC1 soap opera EastEnders from 1992 to 1998, and also as Elliot Hope in the BBC medical drama series Holby City, a role he played for ten years from 2005 to 2015 and again in 2019.

For other people with the same name, see Paul Bradley.
Not to be confused with Paul Bradley (Canadian actor).

Paul Bradley
Bradley in 2018
Born (1955-05-28) 28 May 1955
Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England
OccupationActor
Years active1986–present

Education

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.

Career

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

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

Selected filmography

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.


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