
Pearce Quigley
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances

Killing Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother)
as Luggage Attendant
1989

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
as Poker Friend
2010

Grow Your Own
as Eddie
2007

Two Minutes
as Brian
1997

Big Dippers
as Perry
2005

A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
as Bottom
2014

We Wish You a Mandy Christmas
as Ghost Of Christmas Present
2021

Within the Whirlwind
as Yelvov
2009

Bank of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger
as David Henshaw
2025

The House of Mirth
as Percy Gryce
2000

Breaking the Bank
as Oscar
2016

Millions
as Community Policeman
2005

Peterloo
as Joshua
2018

The Way Back
as The Professor
2010

Taming of the Shrew
as Grumio
2013

Hamlet - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
as Rosencrantz
2018

The Merry Wives of Windsor - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
as Sir John Falstaff
2019

National Theatre Live: The Beaux' Stratagem
as Scrub
2015

Doctor Faustus - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
as Robin/Alexander
2012

Talk Radio
as Barry
2021
TV Appearances

Down from London
as Alan
2019

Cutting It
as Eugene Eubank
2002

McDonald & Dodds
as Hector Ingham
2020

Inspector Morse
as Mick McGovern
1987

Detectorists
as Russell
2014

Together
as Mark Tetherford
2015

Rovers
as Willy
2016

Home from Home
as Ben Thistlethwaite
2018

Pie in the Sky
as Alistair, Lord Pilbury
1994

Heartbeat
as Red Broadbent
1992

Our Friends in the North
as Detective
1996

The Thick of It
as Doug Hayes
2005