Hugh Quarshie

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).

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Filmography

2025

The Mandy Who Knew Too Much
The Mandy Who Knew Too Much
as General Moore
Movie - Released: 12/22/2025

2024

The Return
The Return
as Imphinomous
Movie - Released: 11/28/2024
The Marlow Murder Club
The Marlow Murder Club
as Professor Gifford
TV - Released: 3/6/2024

2023

Book Club: The Next Chapter
Book Club: The Next Chapter
as Ousmane
Movie - Released: 5/11/2023
Rapture
Rapture
Movie - Released: 3/16/2023
Maryland
Maryland
as Pete
TV - Released: 5/22/2023

2022

The Railway Children Return
The Railway Children Return
as General Harrison
Movie - Released: 7/15/2022
The Son
The Son
as Doctor Harris
Movie - Released: 11/10/2022
Riches
Riches
as Stephen Richards
TV - Released: 12/22/2022

2021

Stephen
Stephen
as Neville Lawrence
TV - Released: 8/30/2021

2020

Breeders
Breeders
as Alex
TV - Released: 3/2/2020
McDonald & Dodds
McDonald & Dodds
as Clarence Adderly
TV - Released: 3/1/2020

2019

Skeletons of the Mary Rose
Skeletons of the Mary Rose
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 3/17/2019

2018

Red Sparrow
Red Sparrow
as Simon Benford
Movie - Released: 2/15/2018
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
as Mustafa Kama
Movie - Released: 11/14/2018
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
as Ekon Ameh
TV - Released: 8/30/2018

2017

Retribution
Retribution
as DI Reed
Movie - Released: 7/27/2017
Absentia
Absentia
as Semo Oduwale
TV - Released: 9/25/2017

2015

RSC Live: Othello
RSC Live: Othello
as Othello
Movie - Released: 8/21/2015

2013

Catherine Tate's Nan vs Holby City
Catherine Tate's Nan vs Holby City
as Ric Griffin
Movie - Released: 11/15/2013

2012

White Heat
White Heat
as Victor (present day)
TV - Released: 3/8/2012

2011

Ghosted
Ghosted
Movie - Released: 6/24/2011
Vera
Vera
as Dr. Leon Parmer
TV - Released: 5/1/2011

2010

The Great Rift: Africa's Wild Heart
The Great Rift: Africa's Wild Heart
as Narrator
TV - Released: 1/24/2010

2009

Small Island
Small Island
as Narrator
TV - Released: 12/6/2009

2007

Movie
A Turtle's Guide to the Pacific
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 8/7/2007

2005

Doctor Who
Doctor Who
as Solomon
TV - Released: 3/26/2005

2004

Who Do You Think You Are?
Who Do You Think You Are?
as Self
TV - Released: 10/12/2004

2003

Conspiracy of Silence
Conspiracy of Silence
as Fr. Joseph Ennis
Movie - Released: 5/15/2003
The Afternoon Play
The Afternoon Play
as Adam Clay
TV - Released: 1/27/2003

2002

The PhanDom Menace
The PhanDom Menace
as Self
Movie - Released: 1/1/2002

2000

It Was an Accident
It Was an Accident
as George Hurlock
Movie - Released: 10/27/2000
Jason and the Argonauts
Jason and the Argonauts
as Chiron
TV - Released: 5/7/2000
Ape-Man
Ape-Man
as Narrator
TV - Released: 2/22/2000
Arabian Nights
Arabian Nights
as Mustappa
TV - Released: 4/30/2000

1999

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
as Captain Panaka
Movie - Released: 5/19/1999
To Walk with Lions
To Walk with Lions
as Maxwell
Movie - Released: 6/4/1999
The Murder of Stephen Lawrence
The Murder of Stephen Lawrence
as Neville Lawrence
Movie - Released: 2/18/1999
Wing Commander
Wing Commander
as Lt. Obutu
Movie - Released: 3/11/1999
Holby City
Holby City
as Ric Griffin
TV - Released: 1/12/1999
BeastMaster
BeastMaster
TV - Released: 10/9/1999

1998

A Respectable Trade
A Respectable Trade
as Caesar Peters
TV - Released: 4/19/1998

1997

Melissa
Melissa
as George Bond
TV - Released: 5/12/1997

1996

Silent Witness
Silent Witness
as Jomo Mashaba
TV - Released: 2/21/1996

1995

Solomon & Sheba
Solomon & Sheba
as Nikaule's Father
Movie - Released: 2/26/1995
She's Out
She's Out
as DCI Ron Craigh
TV - Released: 3/6/1995

1994

Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar
as Cassius
Movie - Released: 11/30/1994

1993

Gregory: Diary of a Nutcase
Gregory: Diary of a Nutcase
as Lieutenant Delaney
Movie - Released: 5/13/1993

1992

Virtual Murder
Virtual Murder
TV - Released: 7/24/1992
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
as Cassius (voice)
TV - Released: 11/9/1992

1990

Nightbreed
Nightbreed
as Detective Joyce
Movie - Released: 2/16/1990
Medics
Medics
TV - Released: 11/14/1990
The Chief
The Chief
as Vincent Pierce
TV - Released: 4/20/1990

1989

The Church
The Church
as Father Gus
Movie - Released: 3/10/1989
Loving Hazel
Loving Hazel
as Mike
Movie - Released: 7/19/1989
Behaving Badly
Behaving Badly
TV - Released: 2/20/1989
Press Gang
Press Gang
as Inspector Hibbert
TV - Released: 1/16/1989
Surgical Spirit
Surgical Spirit
as Fergus Debonaire
TV - Released: 4/14/1989

1988

Red Dwarf
Red Dwarf
as Computer (voice)
TV - Released: 2/15/1988
TV
A Gentleman's Club
TV - Released: 9/23/1988

1986

Highlander
Highlander
as Sunda Kastagir
Movie - Released: 3/7/1986
Drums Along Balmoral Drive
Drums Along Balmoral Drive
as Wallace
Movie - Released: 8/6/1986
Casualty
Casualty
as Gordon Hutchens
TV - Released: 9/6/1986
Casualty
Casualty
as Ric Griffin
TV - Released: 9/6/1986

1985

Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend
Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend
as Kenge Obe
Movie - Released: 3/29/1985
Titus Andronicus
Titus Andronicus
as Aaron
Movie - Released: 4/25/1985

1984

Sharma and Beyond
Sharma and Beyond
as Man on Stairs
Movie - Released: 5/24/1984
The Bill
The Bill
TV - Released: 10/16/1984

1983

Wide Games
Wide Games
as Corporal Chalkie
Movie - Released: 3/8/1983
Natural World
Natural World
as Narrator
TV - Released: 10/30/1983

1981

A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Philostrate
Movie - Released: 12/13/1981
Wolcott
Wolcott
as Dennis St George
TV - Released: 1/13/1981

1980

TV
Buccaneer
as Major Ndobi
TV - Released: 4/27/1980

1979

The Knowledge
The Knowledge
as Campion
Movie - Released: 1/1/1979

1975

Rumpole of the Bailey
Rumpole of the Bailey
as Jonathan Mazenze
TV - Released: 12/17/1975