Acting · Accra, Gold Coast, Ghana · Born December 22, 1954
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).
MovieThe Return
2024
as Imphinomous
TVThe Marlow Murder Club
2024
as Professor Gifford
TVMaryland
2023
as Pete
MovieBook Club: The Next Chapter
2023
as Ousmane
MovieRapture
2023
TVRiches
2022
as Stephen Richards
MovieThe Son
2022
as Doctor Harris
MovieThe Railway Children Return
2022
as General Harrison
TVRemembers…
2022
as Self
TVStephen
2021
as Neville Lawrence
TVBreeders
2020
as Alex
TVMcDonald & Dodds
2020
as Clarence Adderly
TVThe Capture
2019
as Commissioner Cameron Yates
MovieSkeletons of the Mary Rose
2019
as Narrator
MovieFantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
2018
as Mustafa Kama
TVTom Clancy's Jack Ryan
2018
as Ekon Ameh
MovieRed Sparrow
2018
as Simon Benford
TVAbsentia
2017
as Semo Oduwale
MovieRetribution
2017
as DI Reed
MovieRSC Live: Othello
2015
as Othello
MovieCatherine Tate's Nan vs Holby City
2013
as Ric Griffin
TVWhite Heat
2012
as Victor (present day)
MovieGhosted
2011
TVVera
2011
as Dr. Leon Parmer
TVThe Great Rift: Africa's Wild Heart
2010
as Narrator
TVSmall Island
2009
as Narrator
A Turtle's Guide to the Pacific
2007
as Narrator
TVDoctor Who
2005
as Solomon
TVWho Do You Think You Are?
2004
as Self
TVCelebrity Mastermind
2003
MovieConspiracy of Silence
2003
as Fr. Joseph Ennis
TVThe Afternoon Play
2003
as Adam Clay
MovieThe PhanDom Menace
2002
as Self
MovieIt Was an Accident
2000
as George Hurlock
TVJason and the Argonauts
2000
as Chiron
TVArabian Nights
2000
as Mustappa
TVApe-Man: Adventures in Human Evolution
2000
as Narrator
TVBeastMaster
1999
MovieTo Walk with Lions
1999
as Maxwell
MovieStar Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999
as Captain Panaka
MovieWing Commander
1999
as Lt. Obutu
MovieThe Murder of Stephen Lawrence
1999
as Neville Lawrence
TVHolby City
1999
as Ric Griffin
TVA Respectable Trade
1998
as Caesar Peters
TVMelissa
1997
as George Bond
TVSilent Witness
1996
as Jomo Mashaba
TVShe's Out
1995
as DCI Ron Craigh
MovieSolomon & Sheba
1995
as Nikaule's Father
MovieJulius Caesar
1994
as Cassius
MovieGregory: Diary of a Nutcase
1993
as Lieutenant Delaney
TVShakespeare: The Animated Tales
1992
as Cassius (voice)
TVVirtual Murder
1992
as Doctor Mellor
TVMedics
1990
TVThe Chief
1990
as Vincent Pierce
MovieNightbreed
1990
as Detective Joyce
MovieLoving Hazel
1989
as Mike
TVSurgical Spirit
1989
as Fergus Debonaire
MovieThe Church
1989
as Father Gus
TVBehaving Badly
1989
TVPress Gang
1989
as Inspector Hibbert
A Gentleman's Club
1988
TVRed Dwarf
1988
as Computer (voice)
TVCasualty
1986
as Ric Griffin
MovieDrums Along Balmoral Drive
1986
as Wallace
TVScreenPlay
1986
as Wallace
MovieHighlander
1986
as Sunda Kastagir
MovieTitus Andronicus
1985
as Aaron
MovieBaby: Secret of the Lost Legend
1985
as Kenge Obe
TVThe Bill
1984
MovieSharma and Beyond
1984
as Man on Stairs
TVNatural World
1983
as Narrator
MovieWide Games
1983
as Corporal Chalkie
MovieA Midsummer Night's Dream
1981
as Philostrate
TVWolcott
1981
as Dennis St George
Buccaneer
1980
as Major Ndobi
MovieThe Knowledge
1979
as Campion
TVRumpole of the Bailey
1975
as Jonathan Mazenze
MovieThe Mandy Who Knew Too Much
as General Moore
