Hugh Quarshie
Biography
Hugh Quarshie is a British actor who was born in Accra, Ghana, and moved to the United Kingdom as a child. He joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1981, became an associate in 2005, and has played many stage roles, including Aaron the Moor in the BBC Television Shakespeare production of Titus Andronicus. On television he is known for Ric Griffin on the medical drama Holby City from 2001 to 2020 and for Solomon in a 2007 two-part Doctor Who story. His films include Highlander (1986), Nightbreed (1990), Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999) as Captain Panaka, Wing Commander (1999) as Lieutenant Obutu, and The Church (1989), which he led as Father Gus. He has also narrated documentaries. His honors include an Olivier Award nomination in 1987, a BAFTA Television nomination in 2022 for Stephen, a Critics' Circle award and an Emmy.
71years old
Turns 72 on December 22in 86 days
- Born Accra
- Star sign: CapricornFirst day of the sign, on the Sagittarius cusp
- Also credited as Hugh Anthony Quarshie and Ric Griffin
Movie Career
- Films
- 11
- Career span
- 39 years1985 to 2024
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Beyond film
Quarshie has belonged to the Royal Shakespeare Company since 1981 and has been an associate of the company since 2005, appearing in many stage productions with it.
Hugh Quarshie movies on Netflix
The Returnas Imphinomous
Book Club: The Next Chapteras Ousmane
The Railway Children Returnas General Harrison
Red Sparrowas Simon Benford
Conspiracy of Silenceas Fr. Joseph Ennis
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menaceas Captain Panaka
Wing Commanderas Lt. Obutu
Nightbreedas Detective Joyce
The Churchas Father Gus
Highlanderas Sunda Kastagir
Baby: Secret of the Lost Legendas Kenge Obe
Best known for
The films on Netflix with the most votes on IMDb, with the part played in each.
- Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace1999 Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fias Captain Panaka
IMDb rating 6.5939K votes
Worked with
Hugh Quarshie made one film with each of them. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.










Films together
Liam Neeson1 film together, 1999
Liam Neeson's page Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace1999IMDb rating 6.5Quarshie as Captain PanakaNeeson as Qui-Gon Jinn
Clancy Brown1 film together, 1986
Clancy Brown's page Highlander1986IMDb rating 7.0Quarshie as Sunda KastagirBrown as Victor Kruger / The Kurgan
Mark Hamill1 film together, 1999
Mark Hamill's page Wing Commander1999IMDb rating 4.4Quarshie as Lt. ObutuHamill as Merlinvoice
David Warner1 film together, 1999
David Warner's page Wing Commander1999IMDb rating 4.4Quarshie as Lt. ObutuWarner as Admiral Geoffrey Tolwyn
Ewan McGregor1 film together, 1999
Ewan McGregor's page Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace1999IMDb rating 6.5Quarshie as Captain PanakaMcGregor as Obi-Wan Kenobi
Matthew Lillard1 film together, 1999
Matthew Lillard's page Wing Commander1999IMDb rating 4.4Quarshie as Lt. ObutuLillard as Lt. Todd 'Maniac' Marshall
George LucasDirector, 1 film, 1999
All films by George Lucas Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace1999IMDb rating 6.5Quarshie as Captain Panaka
Francis LawrenceDirector, 1 film, 2018
All films by Francis Lawrence Red Sparrow2018IMDb rating 6.6Quarshie as Simon Benford
Russell MulcahyDirector, 1 film, 1986
All films by Russell Mulcahy Highlander1986IMDb rating 7.0Quarshie as Sunda Kastagir
Box office
What Hugh Quarshie's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$1.3 billion
8 of the 11 films have a worldwide figure, in dollars of the day.
Of the 11 films: 8 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 1 figure not found.
- 8Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 1Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$1.0B82.9% of the total
- 2$152M12.0% of the total
- 3$28M2.2% of the total
- 4$13M1.0% of the total
- 5$12M0.9% of the total
- 6$8.9M0.7% of the total
- 7$3.3M0.3% of the total
- 8$457K0.0% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.









