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Hugh Quarshie

Acting Born Dec 22, 1954 Accra, Gold Coast, Ghana 24 credits

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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Known for

Doctor Who

as Solomon

Casualty

as Gordon Hutchens

Casualty

as Ric Griffin

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan

as Ekon Ameh

Silent Witness

as Jomo Mashaba

Holby City

as Ric Griffin

The Capture

as Commissioner Cameron Yates

Absentia

as Semo Oduwale
Film

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

as Mustafa Kama
Film

Red Sparrow

as Simon Benford

Full filmography

  • Doctor Who (2005) as Solomon
  • Vera (2011) as Dr. Leon Parmer
  • Casualty (1986) as Gordon Hutchens
  • Casualty (1986) as Ric Griffin
  • Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (2018) as Ekon Ameh
  • Silent Witness (1996) as Jomo Mashaba
  • Holby City (1999) as Ric Griffin
  • Natural World (1983) as Narrator
  • The Capture (2019) as Commissioner Cameron Yates
  • Red Dwarf (1988) as Computer (voice)
  • Rumpole of the Bailey (1975) as Jonathan Mazenze
  • The Bill (1984)
  • Absentia (2017) as Semo Oduwale
  • Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) as Captain Panaka
  • Who Do You Think You Are? (2004) as Self
  • Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018) as Mustafa Kama
  • Remembers… (2022) as Self
  • Celebrity Mastermind (2003)
  • BeastMaster (1999)
  • McDonald & Dodds (2020) as Clarence Adderly
  • Highlander (1986) as Sunda Kastagir
  • Red Sparrow (2018) as Simon Benford
  • The Chief (1990) as Vincent Pierce
  • The Marlow Murder Club (2024) as Professor Gifford