Hugh Quarshie
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).
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Acting History
2025
The Mandy Who Knew Too Much as General Moore
2024The Return as Imphinomous
2024The Marlow Murder Club as Professor Gifford
2023Maryland as Pete
2023Book Club: The Next Chapter as Ousmane
2023Rapture
2022Riches as Stephen Richards
2022The Son as Doctor Harris
2022The Railway Children Return as General Harrison
2021Stephen as Neville Lawrence
2020Breeders as Alex
2020McDonald & Dodds as Clarence Adderly
2019Skeletons of the Mary Rose as Narrator
2018Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald as Mustafa Kama
2018Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan as Ekon Ameh
2018Red Sparrow as Simon Benford
2017Absentia as Semo Oduwale
2017Retribution as DI Reed
2015RSC Live: Othello as Othello
2013Catherine Tate's Nan vs Holby City as Ric Griffin
2012White Heat as Victor (present day)
2011Ghosted
2011Vera as Dr. Leon Parmer
2010The Great Rift: Africa's Wild Heart as Narrator
2009Small Island as Narrator
2007A Turtle's Guide to the Pacific as Narrator
2005Doctor Who as Solomon
2004Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
2003Conspiracy of Silence as Fr. Joseph Ennis
2003The Afternoon Play as Adam Clay
2002The PhanDom Menace as Self
2000It Was an Accident as George Hurlock
2000Jason and the Argonauts as Chiron
2000Arabian Nights as Mustappa
2000Ape-Man as Narrator
1999BeastMaster
1999To Walk with Lions as Maxwell
1999Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace as Captain Panaka
1999Wing Commander as Lt. Obutu
1999The Murder of Stephen Lawrence as Neville Lawrence
1999Holby City as Ric Griffin
1998A Respectable Trade as Caesar Peters
1997Melissa as George Bond
1996Silent Witness as Jomo Mashaba
1995She's Out as DCI Ron Craigh
1995Solomon & Sheba as Nikaule's Father
1994Julius Caesar as Cassius
1993Gregory: Diary of a Nutcase as Lieutenant Delaney
1992Shakespeare: The Animated Tales as Cassius (voice)
1992Virtual Murder
1990Medics
1990The Chief as Vincent Pierce
1990Nightbreed as Detective Joyce
1989Loving Hazel as Mike
1989Surgical Spirit as Fergus Debonaire
1989The Church as Father Gus
1989Behaving Badly
1989Press Gang as Inspector Hibbert
1988A Gentleman's Club
1988Red Dwarf as Computer (voice)
1986Casualty as Ric Griffin
1986Casualty as Gordon Hutchens
1986Drums Along Balmoral Drive as Wallace
1986Highlander as Sunda Kastagir
1985Titus Andronicus as Aaron
1985Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend as Kenge Obe
1984The Bill
1984Sharma and Beyond as Man on Stairs
1983Natural World as Narrator
1983Wide Games as Corporal Chalkie
1981A Midsummer Night's Dream as Philostrate
1981Wolcott as Dennis St George
1980Buccaneer as Major Ndobi
1979The Knowledge as Campion
1975Rumpole of the Bailey as Jonathan Mazenze