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Hugh Quarshie

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Hugh Quarshie

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

Dec 22, 1954 (71 years old)

Place of Birth

Accra - 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

Acting
2024The ReturnImphinomous
2024The Marlow Murder ClubProfessor Gifford
2023Book Club: The Next ChapterOusmane
2023Rapture
2023MarylandPete
2022The Railway Children ReturnGeneral Harrison
2022The SonDoctor Harris
2022RichesStephen Richards
2022Remembers…Self
2021StephenNeville Lawrence
2020BreedersAlex
2020McDonald & DoddsClarence Adderly
2019Skeletons of the Mary RoseNarrator
2019The CaptureCommissioner Cameron Yates
2018Red SparrowSimon Benford
2018Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of GrindelwaldMustafa Kama
2018Tom Clancy's Jack RyanEkon Ameh
2017RetributionDI Reed
2017AbsentiaSemo Oduwale
2015RSC Live: OthelloOthello
2013Catherine Tate's Nan vs Holby CityRic Griffin
2012White HeatVictor (present day)
2011Ghosted
2011VeraDr. Leon Parmer
2010The Great Rift: Africa's Wild HeartNarrator
2009Small IslandNarrator
2007A Turtle's Guide to the PacificNarrator
2005Doctor WhoSolomon
2004Who Do You Think You Are?Self
2003Conspiracy of SilenceFr. Joseph Ennis
2003The Afternoon PlayAdam Clay
2002The PhanDom MenaceSelf
2000It Was an AccidentGeorge Hurlock
2000Jason and the ArgonautsChiron
2000Ape-ManNarrator
2000Arabian NightsMustappa
1999Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom MenaceCaptain Panaka
1999To Walk with LionsMaxwell
1999The Murder of Stephen LawrenceNeville Lawrence
1999Wing CommanderLt. Obutu
1999Holby CityRic Griffin
1999BeastMaster
1998A Respectable TradeCaesar Peters
1997MelissaGeorge Bond
1996Silent WitnessJomo Mashaba
1995Solomon & ShebaNikaule's Father
1995She's OutDCI Ron Craigh
1994Julius CaesarCassius
1993Gregory: Diary of a NutcaseLieutenant Delaney
1992Virtual Murder
1992Shakespeare: The Animated TalesCassius (voice)
1990NightbreedDetective Joyce
1990Medics
1990The ChiefVincent Pierce
1989The ChurchFather Gus
1989Loving HazelMike
1989Behaving Badly
1989Press GangInspector Hibbert
1989Surgical SpiritFergus Debonaire
1988Red DwarfComputer (voice)
1988A Gentleman's Club
1986HighlanderSunda Kastagir
1986Drums Along Balmoral DriveWallace
1986CasualtyRic Griffin
1986CasualtyGordon Hutchens
1985Baby: Secret of the Lost LegendKenge Obe
1985Titus AndronicusAaron
1984Sharma and BeyondMan on Stairs
1984The Bill
1983Wide GamesCorporal Chalkie
1983Natural WorldNarrator
1981A Midsummer Night's DreamPhilostrate
1981WolcottDennis St George
1980BuccaneerMajor Ndobi
1979The KnowledgeCampion
1975Rumpole of the BaileyJonathan Mazenze
-The Mandy Who Knew Too MuchGeneral Moore
Crew
1989Under African Skies: EthiopiaPresenter