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Hugh Anthony Quarshie (born 22 December 1954) is a Ghanaian-born British actor. He is known for his long-running role as Ric Griffin on the BBC One medical drama Holby City (2001–20), and for playing Captain Panaka in the Star Wars film Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999).
Hugh Quarshie was born on 22 December 1954 in Accra, Ghana. He is an actor and director, known for Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999), Highlander (1986) and Nightbreed (1990). He is married to Annika Sundström.
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- Accra, Ghana
Hugh Quarshie is a Ghanaian-born British actor of screen and stage. Hugh is known for his long-running role as Ric Griffin on the BBC One medical drama Holby City , for his performance as grieving father Neville Lawrence in The Murder of Stephen Lawrence and Stephen (2023) and for playing Captain Panaka in Star Wars Episode I – The Phantom ...
Hugh Quarshie is a Ghanaian-born actor and director, known for Star Wars, Highlander and Nightbreed. He is married to Annika Sundström and has two children, Freya and Maya.
- December 22, 1954
Dec 22, 2022 · For Hugh Quarshie, that’s the central question in the soapy new drama, Riches, in which he plays the CEO of a family-run Black haircare company. For reasons that quickly become clear, Quarshie...
- Nicole Vassell
Apr 8, 2021 · Hugh Quarshie is a renowned British actor who you may recognise from Star Wars, Holby City or the Royal Shakespeare Company to name but a few. We had an in-depth chat about his schooling,...
- 8 min
- 336
- Sydney Davies
The actor talks about his new ITVX series Riches, a love letter to Black London, and his long career in TV and film. He also reflects on his sense of identity as an African-British-European and his almost quitting acting.
