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Pearce Quigley

Acting

Also known as Pierce J Quigley

Biography

Pearce Quigley is a Salford born actor known for his work on films such as Woody Allen's You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger, Danny Boyle's Millions, The House of Mirth and The Way Back. He is also a familiar face on TV, specifically in comedy having appeared in That Peter Kay Thing, Peter Kay's Car Share, Happiness, Rovers, and the detectorists, as well as dramas such as Three Girls, In The Dark, Cutting It, Prime Suspect 3 and Our Friends in the North. He is also a celebrated stage actor, performing at the National Theatre and the Globe.

Filmography30 titles

Pie in the Sky

1994as Alistair, Lord Pilbury

Detectorists

2014as Russell

The Thick of It

2005as Doug Hayes

Inspector Morse

1987as Mick McGovern

The Gentlemen

2024as Gospel John

Queer as Folk

1999as Graham Beck

Prime Suspect

1991as Red

The Wheel of Time

2021as Master Hightower

McDonald & Dodds

2020as Hector Ingham

Mandy

2019as Lee

Death in Paradise

2011as Ivan McQuillan

Midsomer Murders

1997as Colin Yule

Three Girls

2017as Peter Boyd

Lovesick

2014as Simon

Heartbeat

1992as Red Broadbent

Bank of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger

2025as David Henshaw

Being Human

2008as Catholic Priest

Art Detectives

2025as Charlie Filton

The Way Back

2010as The Professor

Showtrial

2021as Philip Holmes KC

Peterloo

2018as Joshua

Grow Your Own

2007as Eddie

Millions

2004as Community Policeman

The House of Mirth

2000as Percy Gryce

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

2010as Poker Friend

The Critic

2023as Mr. Morrisey

Within the Whirlwind

2009as Yelvov

Together

as Mark Tetherford

Killing Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother)

1989as Luggage Attendant

Breaking the Bank

2016as Oscar