Actor profile

Hugh Quarshie

22nd December 1954 Accra, Gold Coast, Ghana Acting

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).

33 Movies 43 TV Shows 80 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

The Return poster

The Return 28th November 2024 as Imphinomous

Book Club: The Next Chapter poster

Book Club: The Next Chapter 11th May 2023 as Ousmane

Rapture poster

Rapture 16th March 2023

The Son poster

The Son 10th November 2022 as Doctor Harris

The Railway Children Return poster

The Railway Children Return 15th July 2022 as General Harrison

Skeletons of the Mary Rose poster

Skeletons of the Mary Rose 17th March 2019 as Narrator

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald poster

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald 14th November 2018 as Mustafa Kama

Red Sparrow poster

Red Sparrow 28th February 2018 as Simon Benford

Retribution poster

Retribution 27th July 2017 as DI Reed

RSC Live: Othello poster

RSC Live: Othello 21st August 2015 as Othello

Catherine Tate's Nan vs Holby City poster

Catherine Tate's Nan vs Holby City 15th November 2013 as Ric Griffin

Ghosted poster

Ghosted 24th June 2011

Conspiracy of Silence poster

Conspiracy of Silence 15th May 2003 as Fr. Joseph Ennis

The PhanDom Menace poster

The PhanDom Menace 1st January 2002 as Self

It Was an Accident poster

It Was an Accident 27th October 2000 as George Hurlock

To Walk with Lions poster

To Walk with Lions 4th June 1999 as Maxwell

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace poster

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 19th May 1999 as Captain Panaka

Wing Commander poster

Wing Commander 11th March 1999 as Lt. Obutu

The Murder of Stephen Lawrence poster

The Murder of Stephen Lawrence 18th February 1999 as Neville Lawrence

Solomon & Sheba poster

Solomon & Sheba 26th February 1995 as Nikaule's Father

Julius Caesar poster

Julius Caesar 30th November 1994 as Cassius

Gregory: Diary of a Nutcase poster

Gregory: Diary of a Nutcase 13th May 1993 as Lieutenant Delaney

Nightbreed poster

Nightbreed 16th February 1990 as Detective Joyce

Loving Hazel poster

Loving Hazel 19th July 1989 as Mike

The Church poster

The Church 10th March 1989 as Father Gus

Drums Along Balmoral Drive poster

Drums Along Balmoral Drive 6th August 1986 as Wallace

Highlander poster

Highlander 7th March 1986 as Sunda Kastagir

Titus Andronicus poster

Titus Andronicus 25th April 1985 as Aaron

Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend poster

Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend 29th March 1985 as Kenge Obe

Sharma and Beyond poster

Sharma and Beyond 24th May 1984 as Man on Stairs

Wide Games poster

Wide Games 8th March 1983 as Corporal Chalkie

A Midsummer Night's Dream poster

A Midsummer Night's Dream 13th December 1981 as Philostrate

The Knowledge poster

The Knowledge 1st January 1979 as Campion

The Marlow Murder Club poster

The Marlow Murder Club 6th March 2024 as Professor Gifford

Maryland poster

Maryland 22nd May 2023 as Pete

Riches poster

Riches 22nd December 2022 as Stephen Richards

Remembers… poster

Remembers… 29th June 2022 as Self

Stephen poster

Stephen 30th August 2021 as Neville Lawrence

Breeders poster

Breeders 2nd March 2020 as Alex

McDonald & Dodds poster

McDonald & Dodds 1st March 2020 as Clarence Adderly

The Capture poster

The Capture 3rd September 2019 as Commissioner Cameron Yates

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan poster

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan 30th August 2018 as Ekon Ameh

Absentia poster

Absentia 25th September 2017 as Semo Oduwale

White Heat poster

White Heat 8th March 2012 as Victor (present day)

Vera poster

Vera 1st May 2011 as Dr. Leon Parmer

The Great Rift: Africa's Wild Heart poster

The Great Rift: Africa's Wild Heart 24th January 2010 as Narrator

Small Island poster

Small Island 6th December 2009 as Narrator

Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who 26th March 2005 as Solomon

Who Do You Think You Are? poster

Who Do You Think You Are? 12th October 2004 as Self

Celebrity Mastermind poster

Celebrity Mastermind 26th December 2003

The Afternoon Play poster

The Afternoon Play 27th January 2003 as Adam Clay

Jason and the Argonauts poster

Jason and the Argonauts 7th May 2000 as Chiron

Arabian Nights poster

Arabian Nights 30th April 2000 as Mustappa

Ape-Man: Adventures in Human Evolution poster

Ape-Man: Adventures in Human Evolution 22nd February 2000 as Narrator

BeastMaster poster

BeastMaster 9th October 1999

Holby City poster

Holby City 12th January 1999 as Ric Griffin

A Respectable Trade poster

A Respectable Trade 19th April 1998 as Caesar Peters

Melissa poster

Melissa 12th May 1997 as George Bond

Silent Witness poster

Silent Witness 21st February 1996 as Jomo Mashaba

She's Out poster

She's Out 6th March 1995 as DCI Ron Craigh

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales poster

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales 9th November 1992 as Cassius (voice)

Virtual Murder poster

Virtual Murder 24th July 1992 as Doctor Mellor

Medics poster

Medics 14th November 1990

The Chief poster

The Chief 20th April 1990 as Vincent Pierce

Surgical Spirit poster

Surgical Spirit 14th April 1989 as Fergus Debonaire

Behaving Badly poster

Behaving Badly 20th February 1989

Press Gang poster

Press Gang 16th January 1989 as Inspector Hibbert

Red Dwarf poster

Red Dwarf 15th February 1988 as Computer (voice)

Casualty poster

Casualty 6th September 1986 as Ric Griffin

Casualty poster

Casualty 6th September 1986 as Gordon Hutchens

ScreenPlay poster

ScreenPlay 9th July 1986 as Wallace

ScreenPlay poster

ScreenPlay 9th July 1986 as Mike

The Bill poster

The Bill 16th October 1984

Natural World poster

Natural World 30th October 1983 as Narrator

Wolcott poster

Wolcott 13th January 1981 as Dennis St George

Rumpole of the Bailey poster

Rumpole of the Bailey 17th December 1975 as Jonathan Mazenze