Pearce Quigley
Acting
Biography
Pearce Quigley is a Salford born actor known for his work on films such as Woody Allen's You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger, Danny Boyle's Millions, The House of Mirth and The Way Back. He is also a familiar face on TV, specifically in comedy having appeared in That Peter Kay Thing, Peter Kay's Car Share, Happiness, Rovers, and the detectorists, as well as dramas such as Three Girls, In The Dark, Cutting It, Prime Suspect 3 and Our Friends in the North. He is also a celebrated stage actor, performing at the National Theatre and the Globe.
Filmography
49 credits
Killing Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother)
Movie • 1989
Luggage Attendant
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Movie • 2010
Poker Friend
Grow Your Own
Movie • 2007
Eddie
Two Minutes
Movie • 1997
Brian
Big Dippers
Movie • 2005
Perry
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Movie • 2014
Bottom
We Wish You a Mandy Christmas
Movie • 2021
Ghost Of Christmas Present
Within the Whirlwind
Movie • 2009
Yelvov
Bank of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger
Movie • 2025
David Henshaw
The House of Mirth
Movie • 2000
Percy Gryce
Breaking the Bank
Movie • 2016
Oscar
Millions
Movie • 2005
Community Policeman
Peterloo
Movie • 2018
Joshua
The Way Back
Movie • 2010
The Professor
Taming of the Shrew
Movie • 2013
Grumio
Hamlet - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Movie • 2018
Rosencrantz
The Merry Wives of Windsor - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Movie • 2019
Sir John Falstaff
National Theatre Live: The Beaux Stratagem
Movie • 2015
Scrub
Doctor Faustus - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Movie • 2012
Robin/Alexander
Talk Radio
Movie • 2021
Barry
The Critic
Movie • 2024
Mr. Morrisey
Born Equal
Movie • 2006
Beggar 1
Fish & Chips
Movie • 2026
Down from London
TV • 2019
Alan
Cutting It
TV • 2002
Eugene Eubank
McDonald & Dodds
TV • 2020
Hector Ingham
Inspector Morse
TV • 1987
Mick McGovern
Detectorists
TV • 2014
Russell
Together
TV • 2015
Mark Tetherford
Rovers
TV • 2016
Willy
Home from Home
TV • 2018
Ben Thistlethwaite
Pie in the Sky
TV • 1994
Alistair, Lord Pilbury
Heartbeat
TV • 1992
Red Broadbent
Our Friends in the North
TV • 1996
Detective
The Thick of It
TV • 2005
Doug Hayes
Death in Paradise
TV • 2011
Ivan McQuillan
The Wheel of Time
TV • 2021
Master Hightower
The Gentlemen
TV • 2024
Gospel John
Midsomer Murders
TV • 1997
Colin Yule
Lovesick
TV • 2014
Simon
Being Human
TV • 2009
Catholic Priest
15 Storeys High
TV • 2002
Jonathan
Three Girls
TV • 2017
Peter Boyd
Mandy
TV • 2020
Lee
Art Detectives
TV • 2025
Charlie Filton
Showtrial
TV • 2021
Philip Holmes KC
In the Dark
TV • 2017
Trevor Hare
Hippies
TV • 1999
Policeman Eric
Small Prophets
TV • 2026
Michael Sleep