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Hugh Quarshie

Acting

Born December 22, 1954 · 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).

Filmography39 titles

Red Dwarf

1988as Computer (voice)

The Great Rift: Africa's Wild Heart

as Narrator

The Capture

2019as Commissioner Cameron Yates

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan

2018as Ekon Ameh

McDonald & Dodds

2020as Clarence Adderly

Doctor Who

2005as Solomon

Silent Witness

1996as Jomo Mashaba

Vera

2011as Dr. Leon Parmer

Natural World

1983as Narrator

Absentia

2017as Semo Oduwale

Rumpole of the Bailey

1975as Jonathan Mazenze

Breeders

2020as Alex

Highlander

1986as Sunda Kastagir

Who Do You Think You Are?

as Self

Stephen

2021as Neville Lawrence

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

2018as Mustafa Kama

Arabian Nights

2000as Mustappa

The Bill

1984

The Son

2022as Doctor Harris

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

1999as Captain Panaka

The Return

2024as Imphinomous

The Railway Children Return

2022as General Harrison

Red Sparrow

2018as Simon Benford

BeastMaster

1999

Maryland

2023as Pete

Nightbreed

1990as Detective Joyce

The Marlow Murder Club

2024as Professor Gifford

Book Club: The Next Chapter

2023as Ousmane

Casualty

1986as Ric Griffin

Retribution

2017as DI Reed

The Church

1989as Father Gus

Wolcott

as Dennis St George

Riches

2022as Stephen Richards

To Walk with Lions

1999as Maxwell

White Heat

as Victor (present day)

A Midsummer Night's Dream

1981as Philostrate

Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend

1985as Kenge Obe

Wing Commander

1999as Lt. Obutu

Behaving Badly