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Hugh Quarshie Biography (1954-)

Born 1954, in Accra, Ghana; married Annika Sundstroem; children: Maya, Fredya. Addresses: Contact: c/o The Official Star Wars Fan Club, P.O. Box 707, Renton, WA 98057-0707.

Nationality

Ghanaian

Gender

Male

Occupation

Actor, director, producer, playwright

Birth Details

1954

Accra, Ghana

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Appearances
• Zangaron officer, The Dogs of War, United Artists, 1980
• Kenge Obe, Baby ... Secret of the Lost Legend (also known as Dinosaur ... Secret of the Lost Legend), Buena Vista, 1985
• Sunda Kastagir, Highlander, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1986
• Father Gus, La chiesa (also known as Cathedral of Demons, The Church, Demon Cathedral, Demons 3, and In the Landof the Demons), 1988
• Detective Joyce, Nightbreed (also known as Clive Barker's Nightbreed), Media Home Entertainment, 1990
• Obutu, Wing Commander, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1999
• Captain Panaka, Star Wars: Episode I--The Phantom Menace (also known as The Phantom Menace and Star Wars I: The Phantom Menace),Twentieth Century-Fox, 1999
• Maxwell, To Walk with Lions, Spartan Home Entertainment, 1999
• George Hurlock, It Was an Accident, Pathe, 2000
• Father Joseph Ennis, Conspiracy of Silence, 2003
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Dr. Tom Carey, research consultant, Medics, 1992-1994
• Mr. Ric Griffin, general surgeon, Holby City, BBC, 1999-
• Miniseries
• George, Melissa, 1997
• Caesar Peters, A Respectable Trade, PBS, 1998
• The centaur, Jason and the Argonauts, NBC, 2000
• Movies
• Daniel, Behaving Badly, 1988
• Inspector Rhodes, MacGyver: Lost Treasures of Atlantis, ABC, 1994
• Julian Gray, Bermuda Grace, NBC, 1994
• Nikaule's father, Solomon and Sheba, Showtime, 1995
• Neville Lawrence, The Murder of Stephen Lawrence, PBS, 1999
• Mustappa, Arabian Nights, BBC1, 2000
• Francois Le Fanu, rebel leader, Hornblower: Retribution (also known as Horatio Hornblower: Retribution), Arts and Entertainment, 2001
• Specials
• Philostrate, A Midsummer Night's Dream (also known as BBC Television Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Complete DramaticWorks of William Shakespeare: A Midsummer's Night Dream), BBC, 1981
• Aaron, Titus Andronicus (also known as BBC Television Shakespeare: Titus Andronicus and The Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Titus Andronicus), BBC, 1985
• Julius Caesar, HBO, 1996
• Pilots
• Delatour, Three of a Kind, ABC, 1989
• Episodic
• Jonathan Mazenze, "Rumpole and the Golden Thread," Rumpole of the Bailey, 1983
• Alias Smith & Jones, 1985
• Inspector Hibbert, "The Last Word: Parts 1 & 2," Press Gang, Central TV, 1991
• Dr. Mellor, "A Dream of Dracula," Virtual Murder, 1992
• Professor Galt, "The Beginning: Parts 1 & 2," The Tomorrow People, 1992
• Computer voice "Emohawk; Polymorph II," Red Dwarf, BBC, 1993
• Governor Wilkins, "Gregory: Diary of a Nutcase," The Comic Strip Presents, Channel 4, 1993
• John, "Give Me Your Money," Glam Metal Detectives, BBC, 1995
• Himself, The Big Breakfast, Seven Network, 1999
• Roger Kibanga, "Beyond Conviction," The Bill, 2000
• Gordon Hutchens, "The Long Road Home," Casualty, BBC, 2001
• Also appeared in Give Us a Break; She's Out; Surgical Spirit.
• Television Work
• Series
• Producer of the arts program Signal, Channel 4 [England].
• Stage Appearances
• Appeared with Royal Shakespeare Company in Faust, The Great White Hope, Henry IV, Parts 1-2, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, The Relapse, Romeo and Juliet, and The Winter's Tale;appeared with Oxford and Cambridge Shakespeare Company in Much Ado about Nothing and The Taming of the Shrew; appeared in Guys and Dolls and Romeo and Juliet, both at Deutsches Schauspielhaus, Hamburg, Germany; also appeared in The Great White Hope, Tricycle Theatre; MaRainey's Black Bottom, Royal National Theatre; Othello, Oxford Playhouse, Oxford, England; and Whose Life Is It Anyway, Savoy Theatre,London.
• Stage Work
• Codirected a production of Othello, Greenwich Theatre.
• WRITINGS
• Plays
• Author of the play The Prisoner of Hendon.