
Hugh Quarshie
Known for Acting · 77 credits
- Born
- 1954-12-22 (age 71)
- Place of birth
- 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
TV Shows (42)

Doctor Who
2005
as Solomon

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
2018
as Ekon Ameh

Casualty
1986
as Gordon Hutchens / Ric Griffin

Vera
2011
as Dr. Leon Parmer

Holby City
1999
as Ric Griffin

Silent Witness
1996
as Jomo Mashaba

The Capture
2019
as Commissioner Cameron Yates

Natural World
1983
as Narrator

The Bill
1984

Absentia
2017
as Semo Oduwale

Red Dwarf
1988
as Computer (voice)

Rumpole of the Bailey
1975
as Jonathan Mazenze

Who Do You Think You Are?
2004
as Self

Remembers…
2022
as Self

BeastMaster
1999

The Chief
1990
as Vincent Pierce

ScreenPlay
1986
as Wallace / Mike

McDonald & Dodds
2020
as Clarence Adderly

The Marlow Murder Club
2024
as Professor Gifford

Press Gang
1989
as Inspector Hibbert

Breeders
2020
as Alex

Arabian Nights
2000
as Mustappa

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
1992
as Cassius (voice)

Jason and the Argonauts
2000
as Chiron

The Afternoon Play
2003
as Adam Clay

Virtual Murder
1992
as Doctor Mellor

White Heat
2012
as Victor (present day)

Surgical Spirit
1989
as Fergus Debonaire

Riches
2022
as Stephen Richards

Melissa
1997
as George Bond
Buccaneer
1980
as Major Ndobi

Small Island
2009
as Narrator

Medics
1990

Behaving Badly
1989

She's Out
1995
as DCI Ron Craigh

Maryland
2023
as Pete

Stephen
2021
as Neville Lawrence

Wolcott
1981
as Dennis St George

A Respectable Trade
1998
as Caesar Peters
A Gentleman's Club
1988

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

Ape-Man
2000
as Narrator
Movies (35)

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

Highlander
1986
as Sunda Kastagir

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
2018
as Mustafa Kama

Red Sparrow
2018
as Simon Benford

The Return
2024
as Imphinomous

The Son
2022
as Doctor Harris

Wing Commander
1999
as Lt. Obutu

Book Club: The Next Chapter
2023
as Ousmane

Nightbreed
1990
as Detective Joyce

The Church
1989
as Father Gus

The Railway Children Return
2022
as General Harrison

Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend
1985
as Kenge Obe

Conspiracy of Silence
2003
as Fr. Joseph Ennis

To Walk with Lions
1999
as Maxwell

Solomon & Sheba
1995
as Nikaule's Father

Ghosted
2011

The Murder of Stephen Lawrence
1999
as Neville Lawrence

It Was an Accident
2000
as George Hurlock

Titus Andronicus
1985
as Aaron

The Knowledge
1979
as Campion

Retribution
2017
as DI Reed

Sharma and Beyond
1984
as Man on Stairs

A Midsummer Night's Dream
1981
as Philostrate

Rapture
2023

The PhanDom Menace
2002
as Self

Gregory: Diary of a Nutcase
1993
as Lieutenant Delaney

The Mandy Who Knew Too Much
as General Moore
A Turtle's Guide to the Pacific
2007
as Narrator

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

Drums Along Balmoral Drive
1986
as Wallace

Julius Caesar
1994
as Cassius

Loving Hazel
1989
as Mike

RSC Live: Othello
2015
as Othello

Wide Games
1983
as Corporal Chalkie

Skeletons of the Mary Rose
2019
as Narrator
About Hugh Quarshie
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). With 77 credits spanning from 1975 to 2024, Hugh Quarshie has appeared in 35 films and 42 TV shows.
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- Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) — as Captain Panaka
- Highlander (1986) — as Sunda Kastagir
- Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018) — as Mustafa Kama
- Red Sparrow (2018) — as Simon Benford
- The Return (2024) — as Imphinomous
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