Hugh Quarshie

Known for: Acting

Born: 1954-12-22 (age 71)

From: Accra, Gold Coast, Ghana

Hugh Anthony Quarshie (born 22 December 1954) is a Ghanaian-born British actor of stage, television, and film. Some of his best-known roles include his appearances in the films Highlander (1986) and Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999), and his long-running role as Ric Griffin in the BBC medical drama Holby City (2001–present).

Filmography (78)

MOVIE★ 6.5
The Return
2024
as Imphinomous
TV★ 5.9
The Marlow Murder Club
2024
as Professor Gifford
TV★ 6.4
Maryland
2023
as Pete
MOVIE★ 6.3
Book Club: The Next Chapter
2023
as Ousmane
MOVIE
Rapture
2023
TV★ 5.8
Riches
2022
as Stephen Richards
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Son
2022
as Doctor Harris
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Railway Children Return
2022
as General Harrison
TV★ 7.0
Remembers…
2022
as Self
TV★ 6.8
Stephen
2021
as Neville Lawrence
TV★ 6.8
Breeders
2020
as Alex
TV★ 7.6
McDonald & Dodds
2020
as Clarence Adderly
TV★ 7.7
The Capture
2019
as Commissioner Cameron Yates
MOVIE
Skeletons of the Mary Rose
2019
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 6.8
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
2018
as Mustafa Kama
TV★ 7.7
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
2018
as Ekon Ameh
MOVIE★ 6.5
Red Sparrow
2018
as Simon Benford
TV★ 7.3
Absentia
2017
as Semo Oduwale
MOVIE★ 6.1
Retribution
2017
as DI Reed
MOVIE★ 10.0
RSC Live: Othello
2015
as Othello
MOVIE★ 7.0
Catherine Tate's Nan vs Holby City
2013
as Ric Griffin
TV★ 5.7
White Heat
2012
as Victor (present day)
MOVIE★ 5.2
Ghosted
2011
TV★ 7.4
Vera
2011
as Dr. Leon Parmer
TV★ 8.0
The Great Rift: Africa's Wild Heart
2010
as Narrator
TV★ 6.1
Small Island
2009
as Narrator
MOVIE
A Turtle's Guide to the Pacific
2007
as Narrator
TV★ 7.6
Doctor Who
2005
as Solomon
TV★ 7.0
Who Do You Think You Are?
2004
as Self
TV★ 6.0
Celebrity Mastermind
2003
MOVIE★ 4.8
Conspiracy of Silence
2003
as Fr. Joseph Ennis
TV★ 6.5
The Afternoon Play
2003
as Adam Clay
MOVIE★ 8.0
The PhanDom Menace
2002
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.7
It Was an Accident
2000
as George Hurlock
TV★ 6.4
Jason and the Argonauts
2000
as Chiron
TV★ 6.8
Arabian Nights
2000
as Mustappa
TV★ 10.0
Ape-Man: Adventures in Human Evolution
2000
as Narrator
TV★ 6.5
BeastMaster
1999
MOVIE★ 5.8
To Walk with Lions
1999
as Maxwell
MOVIE★ 6.6
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999
as Captain Panaka
MOVIE★ 4.8
Wing Commander
1999
as Lt. Obutu
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Murder of Stephen Lawrence
1999
as Neville Lawrence
TV★ 5.8
Holby City
1999
as Ric Griffin
TV★ 7.0
A Respectable Trade
1998
as Caesar Peters
TV★ 6.8
Melissa
1997
as George Bond
TV★ 7.6
Silent Witness
1996
as Jomo Mashaba
TV★ 10.0
She's Out
1995
as DCI Ron Craigh
MOVIE★ 7.0
Solomon & Sheba
1995
as Nikaule's Father
MOVIE
Julius Caesar
1994
as Cassius
MOVIE
Gregory: Diary of a Nutcase
1993
as Lieutenant Delaney
TV★ 6.4
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
1992
as Cassius (voice)
TV★ 7.0
Virtual Murder
1992
as Doctor Mellor
TV★ 6.0
Medics
1990
TV★ 7.0
The Chief
1990
as Vincent Pierce
MOVIE★ 6.4
Nightbreed
1990
as Detective Joyce
MOVIE★ 9.0
Loving Hazel
1989
as Mike
TV★ 7.8
Surgical Spirit
1989
as Fergus Debonaire
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Church
1989
as Father Gus
TV★ 4.3
Behaving Badly
1989
TV★ 7.5
Press Gang
1989
as Inspector Hibbert
TV★ 5.0
A Gentleman's Club
1988
TV★ 8.1
Red Dwarf
1988
as Computer (voice)
TV★ 6.2
Casualty
1986
as Gordon Hutchens
MOVIE
Drums Along Balmoral Drive
1986
as Wallace
TV★ 6.0
ScreenPlay
1986
as Wallace
MOVIE★ 6.9
Highlander
1986
as Sunda Kastagir
MOVIE★ 7.4
Titus Andronicus
1985
as Aaron
MOVIE★ 5.2
Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend
1985
as Kenge Obe
TV★ 6.8
The Bill
1984
MOVIE★ 7.0
Sharma and Beyond
1984
as Man on Stairs
TV★ 7.4
Natural World
1983
as Narrator
MOVIE
Wide Games
1983
as Corporal Chalkie
MOVIE★ 5.5
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1981
as Philostrate
TV★ 6.0
Wolcott
1981
as Dennis St George
TV★ 6.0
Buccaneer
1980
as Major Ndobi
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Knowledge
1979
as Campion
TV★ 7.1
Rumpole of the Bailey
1975
as Jonathan Mazenze
MOVIE
The Mandy Who Knew Too Much
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as General Moore