
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

Holby City
1999
as Ric Griffin

Vera
2011
as Dr. Leon Parmer

Casualty
1986
as Gordon Hutchens / Ric Griffin

Silent Witness
1996
as Jomo Mashaba

Natural World
1983
as Narrator

The Bill
1984

Red Dwarf
1988
as Computer (voice)

Rumpole of the Bailey
1975
as Jonathan Mazenze

Absentia
2017
as Semo Oduwale

The Capture
2019
as Commissioner Cameron Yates

Who Do You Think You Are?
2004
as Self

ScreenPlay
1986
as Wallace / Mike

Remembers…
2022
as Self

The Chief
1990
as Vincent Pierce

BeastMaster
1999

McDonald & Dodds
2020
as Clarence Adderly

Breeders
2020
as Alex

The Marlow Murder Club
2024
as Professor Gifford

Press Gang
1989
as Inspector Hibbert

Arabian Nights
2000
as Mustappa

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
1992
as Cassius (voice)

The Afternoon Play
2003
as Adam Clay

Jason and the Argonauts
2000
as Chiron

Riches
2022
as Stephen Richards

Small Island
2009
as Narrator

Melissa
1997
as George Bond

White Heat
2012
as Victor (present day)

Surgical Spirit
1989
as Fergus Debonaire
Buccaneer
1980
as Major Ndobi

Virtual Murder
1992
as Doctor Mellor

Medics
1990

Behaving Badly
1989

Maryland
2023
as Pete

Wolcott
1981
as Dennis St George

A Respectable Trade
1998
as Caesar Peters

Stephen
2021
as Neville Lawrence

She's Out
1995
as DCI Ron Craigh
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

Red Sparrow
2018
as Simon Benford

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
2018
as Mustafa Kama

The Return
2024
as Imphinomous

The Son
2022
as Doctor Harris

Wing Commander
1999
as Lt. Obutu

Nightbreed
1990
as Detective Joyce

Book Club: The Next Chapter
2023
as Ousmane

Solomon & Sheba
1995
as Nikaule's Father

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

Ghosted
2011

To Walk with Lions
1999
as Maxwell

It Was an Accident
2000
as George Hurlock

The Murder of Stephen Lawrence
1999
as Neville Lawrence

A Midsummer Night's Dream
1981
as Philostrate

The Knowledge
1979
as Campion

Gregory: Diary of a Nutcase
1993
as Lieutenant Delaney

Titus Andronicus
1985
as Aaron

Sharma and Beyond
1984
as Man on Stairs

The PhanDom Menace
2002
as Self

Julius Caesar
1994
as Cassius

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

Rapture
2023

Loving Hazel
1989
as Mike

Retribution
2017
as DI Reed

RSC Live: Othello
2015
as Othello

Drums Along Balmoral Drive
1986
as Wallace

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

Skeletons of the Mary Rose
2019
as Narrator

Wide Games
1983
as Corporal Chalkie
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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Most Popular Hugh Quarshie Movies
- Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) — as Captain Panaka
- Highlander (1986) — as Sunda Kastagir
- Red Sparrow (2018) — as Simon Benford
- Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018) — as Mustafa Kama
- The Return (2024) — as Imphinomous
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