Acting

Hugh Quarshie

Born 1954-12-22 · 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).

Credits

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