Hugh Quarshie

Hugh Quarshie

Known for
Acting
Born
December 22, 1954 (age 71)
Birthplace
Accra, Gold Coast, Ghana

Biography

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).

Known For

Filmography

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The Mandy Who Knew Too Much poster

The Mandy Who Knew Too Much

Movie · as General Moore

2025
The Rainmaker poster

The Rainmaker

TV · as Wilfred R. Keeley · 10 eps

2025
Wild Cherry poster

Wild Cherry

TV · as Jeremy Trevy · 2 eps

2024
The Return poster

The Return

Movie · as Imphinomous

2024
The Marlow Murder Club poster

The Marlow Murder Club

TV · as Professor Gifford, Darius Gifford · 2 eps

2023
Book Club: The Next Chapter poster

Book Club: The Next Chapter

Movie · as Ousmane

2023
Rapture poster

Rapture

Movie

2023
Maryland poster

Maryland

TV · as Pete · 3 eps

2022
The Railway Children Return poster

The Railway Children Return

Movie · as General Harrison

2022
The Son poster

The Son

Movie · as Doctor Harris

2022
Riches poster

Riches

TV · as Stephen Richards · 6 eps

2022
Remembers… poster

Remembers…

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2021
Bismarck: 24 Hours to Doom poster

Bismarck: 24 Hours to Doom

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2021
Stephen poster

Stephen

TV · as Neville Lawrence · 3 eps

2020
Breeders poster

Breeders

TV · as Alex · 8 eps

2020
McDonald & Dodds poster

McDonald & Dodds

TV · as Clarence Adderly · 1 ep

2019
Skeletons of the Mary Rose poster

Skeletons of the Mary Rose

Movie · as Narrator

2019
The Capture poster

The Capture

TV · as Commissioner Cameron Yates · 6 eps

2018
Red Sparrow poster

Red Sparrow

Movie · as Simon Benford

2018
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald poster

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

Movie · as Mustafa Kama

2018
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan poster

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan

TV · as Ekon Ameh · 1 ep

2017
Retribution poster

Retribution

Movie · as DI Reed

2017
Absentia poster

Absentia

TV · as Semo Oduwale · 10 eps

2017
Still Star-Crossed poster

Still Star-Crossed

TV · as Prince Cosimo · 3 eps

2015
RSC Live: Othello poster

RSC Live: Othello

Movie · as Othello

2013
Catherine Tate's Nan vs Holby City poster

Catherine Tate's Nan vs Holby City

Movie · as Ric Griffin

2012
White Heat poster

White Heat

TV · as Victor (present day) · 6 eps

2011
Ghosted poster

Ghosted

Movie · as Ade

2011
Vera poster

Vera

TV · as Dr. Leon Parmer · 1 ep

2010
The Great Rift: Africa's Wild Heart poster

The Great Rift: Africa's Wild Heart

TV · as Narrator · 3 eps

2009
Small Island poster

Small Island

TV · as Narrator · 2 eps

2007
A Turtle's Guide to the Pacific

A Turtle's Guide to the Pacific

Movie · as Narrator

2005
Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who

TV · as Solomon · 2 eps

2005
Casualty @Holby City

Casualty @Holby City

TV · as Ric Griffin · 2 eps

2004
Who Do You Think You Are? poster

Who Do You Think You Are?

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2003
Conspiracy of Silence poster

Conspiracy of Silence

Movie · as Fr. Joseph Ennis

2003
The Afternoon Play poster

The Afternoon Play

TV · as Adam Clay · 1 ep

2003
Celebrity Mastermind poster

Celebrity Mastermind

TV · 1 ep

2002
The PhanDom Menace poster

The PhanDom Menace

Movie · as Self

2001
Hornblower: Retribution poster

Hornblower: Retribution

Movie · as Francois Lefanu

2001
In Deep poster

In Deep

TV · as Jim Craddock · 2 eps

2001
Animated Tales of the World poster

Animated Tales of the World

TV · as Traveller (voice) · 1 ep

2000
It Was an Accident poster

It Was an Accident

Movie · as George Hurlock

2000
Jason and the Argonauts poster

Jason and the Argonauts

TV · as Chiron · 1 ep

2000
Ape-Man: Adventures in Human Evolution poster

Ape-Man: Adventures in Human Evolution

TV · as Narrator · 6 eps

2000
Arabian Nights poster

Arabian Nights

TV · as Mustappa · 2 eps

2000
North Square poster

North Square

TV · as Judge Anthony Glove · 1 ep

1999
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace poster

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

Movie · as Captain Panaka

1999
To Walk with Lions poster

To Walk with Lions

Movie · as Maxwell

1999
The Murder of Stephen Lawrence poster

The Murder of Stephen Lawrence

Movie · as Neville Lawrence

1999
Wing Commander poster

Wing Commander

Movie · as Lt. Obutu

1999
Holby City poster

Holby City

TV · as Ric Griffin · 953 eps

1999
BeastMaster poster

BeastMaster

TV · 1 ep

1998
A Respectable Trade poster

A Respectable Trade

TV · as Caesar Peters · 4 eps

1997
Melissa poster

Melissa

TV · as George Bond · 3 eps

1996
Silent Witness poster

Silent Witness

TV · as Jomo Mashaba · 2 eps

1995
Solomon & Sheba poster

Solomon & Sheba

Movie · as Nikaule's Father

1995
She's Out poster

She's Out

TV · as DCI Ron Craigh · 6 eps

1995
The Glam Metal Detectives poster

The Glam Metal Detectives

TV · as John · 1 ep

1994
Julius Caesar poster

Julius Caesar

Movie · as Cassius

1994
MacGyver: Lost Treasure of Atlantis poster

MacGyver: Lost Treasure of Atlantis

Movie · as Inspector Rhodes

1993
Gregory: Diary of a Nutcase poster

Gregory: Diary of a Nutcase

Movie · as Lieutenant Delaney

1992
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales poster

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

TV · as Cassius (voice) · 1 ep

1992
Virtual Murder poster

Virtual Murder

TV · as Doctor Mellor · 1 ep

1992
The True Adventures of Christopher Columbus

The True Adventures of Christopher Columbus

TV · as Moorish Lord · 1 ep

1992
The Tomorrow People poster

The Tomorrow People

TV · as Professor Galt · 5 eps

1990
Nightbreed poster

Nightbreed

Movie · as Detective Joyce

1990
Medics poster

Medics

TV · as Dr Tom Carey · 22 eps

1990
The Chief poster

The Chief

TV · as Vincent Pierce · 1 ep

1990
Chancer poster

Chancer

TV · as Kazeem · 2 eps

1989
The Church poster

The Church

Movie · as Father Gus

1989
Loving Hazel poster

Loving Hazel

Movie · as Mike

1989
Behaving Badly poster

Behaving Badly

TV · as Daniel · 4 eps

1989
Press Gang poster

Press Gang

TV · as Inspector Hibbert · 2 eps

1989
Surgical Spirit poster

Surgical Spirit

TV · as Fergus Debonaire · 1 ep

1988
Red Dwarf poster

Red Dwarf

TV · as Computer (voice) · 1 ep

1988
A Gentleman's Club

A Gentleman's Club

TV · as Baba · 1 ep

1986
Highlander poster

Highlander

Movie · as Sunda Kastagir

1986
Drums Along Balmoral Drive poster

Drums Along Balmoral Drive

Movie · as Wallace

1986
Casualty poster

Casualty

TV · as Ric Griffin, Gordon Hutchens · 5 eps

1986
ScreenPlay poster

ScreenPlay

TV · as Wallace, Mike · 1 ep

1985
Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend poster

Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend

Movie · as Kenge Obe

1985
Titus Andronicus poster

Titus Andronicus

Movie · as Aaron

1984
Sharma and Beyond poster

Sharma and Beyond

Movie · as Man on Stairs

1984
The Bill poster

The Bill

TV · as Roger Kibanga · 1 ep

1983
Wide Games poster

Wide Games

Movie · as Corporal Chalkie

1983
Natural World poster

Natural World

TV · as Narrator · 2 eps

1983
Give us a Break poster

Give us a Break

TV · as Winston · 1 ep

1982
The Comic Strip Presents... poster

The Comic Strip Presents...

TV · as Lt Delaney · 1 ep

1982
Timewatch poster

Timewatch

TV · as Narrator · 1 ep

1981
A Midsummer Night's Dream poster

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Movie · as Philostrate

1981
Wolcott poster

Wolcott

TV · as Dennis St George · 4 eps

1980
The Dogs of War poster

The Dogs of War

Movie · as Zangaron Officer

1980
Buccaneer

Buccaneer

TV · as Major Ndobi · 2 eps

1979
The Knowledge poster

The Knowledge

Movie · as Campion

1975
Rumpole of the Bailey poster

Rumpole of the Bailey

TV · as Jonathan Mazenze · 1 ep

1975
Angels poster

Angels

TV · as Turi Mimi · 2 eps