Hugh Quarshie
Known for acting · Born 22 December 1954 · 71 · Accra, Gold Coast, Ghana
80 credits
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
Holby City
1999
The Church
1989
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999
Nightbreed
1990
Absentia
2017
Medics
1990
Highlander
1986
The Capture
2019
Doctor Who
2005
Breeders
2020
Wing Commander
1999
The Railway Children Return
2022
Acting (79)
2024The ReturnImphinomousFilm
2024The Marlow Murder ClubProfessor Gifford · 2 episodesSeries
2023Book Club: The Next ChapterOusmaneFilm
2023MarylandPete · 3 episodesSeries
2023RaptureFilm
2022The SonDoctor HarrisFilm
2022The Railway Children ReturnGeneral HarrisonFilm
2022RichesStephen Richards · 6 episodesSeries
2022Remembers…SelfSeries
2021StephenNeville Lawrence · 3 episodesSeries
2020BreedersAlex · 8 episodesSeries
2020McDonald & DoddsClarence AdderlySeries
2019The CaptureCommissioner Cameron Yates · 6 episodesSeries
2019Skeletons of the Mary RoseNarratorFilm
2018Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of GrindelwaldMustafa KamaFilm
2018Red SparrowSimon BenfordFilm
2018Tom Clancy's Jack RyanEkon AmehSeries
2017AbsentiaSemo Oduwale · 10 episodesSeries
2017RetributionDI ReedFilm
2015RSC Live: OthelloOthelloFilm
2013Catherine Tate's Nan vs Holby CityRic GriffinFilm
2012White HeatVictor (present day) · 6 episodesSeries
2011VeraDr. Leon ParmerSeries
2011GhostedFilm
2010The Great Rift: Africa's Wild HeartNarrator · 3 episodesSeries
2009Small IslandNarrator · 2 episodesSeries
2007A Turtle's Guide to the PacificNarratorFilm
2005Doctor WhoSolomon · 2 episodesSeries
2004Who Do You Think You Are?SelfSeries
2003Conspiracy of SilenceFr. Joseph EnnisFilm
2003The Afternoon PlayAdam ClaySeries
2003Celebrity MastermindSeries
2002The PhanDom MenaceSelfFilm
2000Jason and the ArgonautsChironSeries
2000Arabian NightsMustappa · 2 episodesSeries
2000It Was an AccidentGeorge HurlockFilm
2000Ape-Man: Adventures in Human EvolutionNarrator · 6 episodesSeries
1999Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom MenaceCaptain PanakaFilm
1999Wing CommanderLt. ObutuFilm
1999BeastMasterSeries
1999Holby CityRic Griffin · 953 episodesSeries
1999To Walk with LionsMaxwellFilm
1999The Murder of Stephen LawrenceNeville LawrenceFilm
1998A Respectable TradeCaesar Peters · 4 episodesSeries
1997MelissaGeorge Bond · 3 episodesSeries
1996Silent WitnessJomo Mashaba · 2 episodesSeries
1995Solomon & ShebaNikaule's FatherFilm
1995She's OutDCI Ron Craigh · 6 episodesSeries
1994Julius CaesarCassiusFilm
1993Gregory: Diary of a NutcaseLieutenant DelaneyFilm
1992Shakespeare: The Animated TalesCassius (voice)Series
1992Virtual MurderDoctor MellorSeries
1990NightbreedDetective JoyceFilm
1990Medics · 40 episodesSeries
1990The ChiefVincent PierceSeries
1989The ChurchFather GusFilm
1989Press GangInspector Hibbert · 2 episodesSeries
1989Surgical SpiritFergus DebonaireSeries
1989Behaving Badly · 4 episodesSeries
1989Loving HazelMikeFilm
1988Red DwarfComputer (voice)Series
1988A Gentleman's ClubSeries
1986HighlanderSunda KastagirFilm
1986CasualtyGordon Hutchens, Ric GriffinSeries
1986ScreenPlayWallace, MikeSeries
1986Drums Along Balmoral DriveWallaceFilm
1985Baby: Secret of the Lost LegendKenge ObeFilm
1985Titus AndronicusAaronFilm
1984The BillSeries
1984Sharma and BeyondMan on StairsFilm
1983Natural WorldNarrator · 2 episodesSeries
1983Wide GamesCorporal ChalkieFilm
1981A Midsummer Night's DreamPhilostrateFilm
1981WolcottDennis St George · 4 episodesSeries
1980The Dogs of WarZangaron OfficerFilm
1980BuccaneerMajor Ndobi · 2 episodesSeries
1979The KnowledgeCampionFilm
1975Rumpole of the BaileyJonathan MazenzeSeries
—The Mandy Who Knew Too MuchGeneral MooreFilm
Crew (1)
1989Under African Skies: EthiopiaPresenterFilm