
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