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).

Known For

Natural World

Narrator

Doctor Who

Solomon

Press Gang

Inspector Hibbert

Who Do You Think You Are?

Self

Holby City

Ric Griffin

The Bill

Vera

Dr. Leon Parmer

Rumpole of the Bailey

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2024	The Return	Imphinomous
2023	Book Club: The Next Chapter	Ousmane
2023	Rapture
2022	The Railway Children Return	General Harrison
2022	The Son	Doctor Harris
2019	Skeletons of the Mary Rose	Narrator
2018	Red Sparrow	Simon Benford
2018	Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald	Mustafa Kama
2017	Retribution	DI Reed
2015	RSC Live: Othello	Othello
2013	Catherine Tate's Nan vs Holby City	Ric Griffin
2011	Ghosted
2007	A Turtle's Guide to the Pacific	Narrator
2003	Conspiracy of Silence	Fr. Joseph Ennis
2002	The PhanDom Menace	Himself
2000	It Was an Accident	George Hurlock
1999	Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace	Captain Panaka
1999	To Walk with Lions	Maxwell
1999	The Murder of Stephen Lawrence	Neville Lawrence
1999	Wing Commander	Lt. Obutu
1995	Solomon & Sheba	Nikaule's Father
1994	Julius Caesar	Cassius
1993	Gregory: Diary of a Nutcase	Lieutenant Delaney
1990	Nightbreed	Detective Joyce
1989	The Church	Father Gus
1989	Loving Hazel	Mike
1986	Highlander	Sunda Kastagir
1986	Drums Along Balmoral Drive	Wallace
1985	Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend	Kenge Obe
1985	Titus Andronicus	Aaron
1983	Wide Games	Corporal Chalkie
1981	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Philostrate
1979	The Knowledge	Campion

Year	TV Show	Role
2024	The Marlow Murder Club	Professor Gifford
2023	Maryland	Pete
2022	Riches	Stephen Richards
2021	Stephen	Neville Lawrence
2020	Breeders	Alex
2020	McDonald & Dodds	Clarence Adderly
2018	Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan	Ekon Ameh
2017	Absentia	Semo Oduwale
2012	White Heat	Victor (present day)
2011	Vera	Dr. Leon Parmer
2010	The Great Rift: Africa's Wild Heart	Narrator
2009	Small Island	Narrator
2005	Doctor Who	Solomon
2004	Who Do You Think You Are?	Self
2000	Jason and the Argonauts	Chiron
2000	Ape-Man	Narrator
2000	Arabian Nights	Mustappa
1999	Holby City	Ric Griffin
1999	BeastMaster
1998	A Respectable Trade	Caesar Peters
1997	Melissa	George Bond
1996	Silent Witness	Jomo Mashaba
1995	She's Out	DCI Ron Craigh
1992	Virtual Murder
1992	Shakespeare: The Animated Tales	Cassius (voice)
1990	Medics
1989	Behaving Badly
1989	Press Gang	Inspector Hibbert
1989	Surgical Spirit	Fergus Debonaire
1988	Red Dwarf	Computer (voice)
1988	A Gentleman's Club
1986	Casualty	Ric Griffin
1986	Casualty	Gordon Hutchens
1984	The Bill
1983	Natural World	Narrator
1982	The Comic Strip Presents...	Lieutenant Delaney
1981	Wolcott	Dennis St George
1978	The BBC Television Shakespeare	Aaron
1978	The BBC Television Shakespeare	Philostrate
1975	Rumpole of the Bailey