Pearce Quigley

Actor

Salford, Greater Manchester, England, UK

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, perfo…

Filmography

7.5

Midsomer Murders

Colin Yule

The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his young sergeant to calmly and diligently eliminate the innocent and ruthlessly pursue the guilty.

7.5

Death in Paradise

Ivan McQuillan

A brilliant but idiosyncratic British detective and his resourceful local team solve baffling murder mysteries on the fictional Caribbean island of Saint Marie.

7.2

Heartbeat

Red Broadbent

Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines.

7.6

The Wheel of Time

Master Hightower

The lives of five young villagers change forever when a strange and powerful woman arrives, claiming one of them is the child of an ancient prophecy with the power to tip the balance between Light and Dark forever. They must choose whether to trust this stranger – and each other – with the fate of the world before the Dark One breaks out of His prison, and the Last Battle begins.

7.9

Inspector Morse

Mick McGovern

Inspector Morse is a detective drama based on Colin Dexter's series of Chief Inspector Morse novels. The series starred John Thaw as Chief Inspector Morse and Kevin Whately as Sergeant Lewis, as well as a large cast of notable actors and actresses.

7.8

The Gentlemen

Gospel John

When aristocratic Eddie inherits the family estate, he discovers that it's home to an enormous weed empire — and its proprietors aren't going anywhere.

7.8

Prime Suspect

Red

Highly skilled Detective Inspector Jane Tennison battles to prove herself in a male dominated world.

7.1

Being Human

Catholic Priest

Deciding to turn over a new leaf, a group of friends who also happen to be vampires and werewolves move into a house together, only to find that it is haunted by ghosts of people who have been killed under mysterious circumstances. As they deal with the challenges of being supernatural creatures, their desire to be human bonds them.

8.3

Pie in the Sky

Alistair, Lord Pilbury

Pie in the Sky is a British offbeat police comedy drama programme starring Richard Griffiths and Maggie Steed, created by Andrew Payne and first broadcast in five series on BBC1 between 13 March 1994 and 17 August 1997 as well as being syndicated on other channels in other countries, including the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The series departs slightly from other police dramas in that the protagonist, Henry Crabbe, while still being an on-duty policeman, is also the head chef of the title restaurant set in the fictional town of Middleton and county of Westershire.

8.1

The Thick of It

Doug Hayes

Set in the corridors of power and spin, the Minister for Social Affairs is continually harassed by Number 10's policy enforcer and dependent on his not-so-reliable team of civil servants.

7.6

McDonald & Dodds

Hector Ingham

Two detectives, DCI McDonald and DS Dodds, who seemingly have nothing in common, are thrown together and forge a rumbustious friendship and entertaining partnership.

8.4

Small Prophets

Michael Sleep

The magical and mundane unfold in a suburban shed as a lonely man stumbles on the supernatural.

7.2

Lovesick

Simon

After finding out he has an STI, Dylan must get back in touch with every girl he has ever had sex with to let them know the bad news.

8.1

Detectorists

Russell

The lives of two eccentric metal detectorists, who spend their days plodding along ploughed tracks and open fields, hoping to disturb the tedium by unearthing the fortune of a lifetime.

7.6

Our Friends in the North

Detective

An epic tale of a changing Britain over four decades, seen through the eyes of four friends.

7.0

Cutting It

Eugene Eubank

Allie Henshall and Gavin Ferraday are partners in love and business. They own Henshall Ferraday hair salon, where Allie's sisters Darcey and Sydney work alongside them. As Allie and Gavin consider taking over a vacant property across the road, they are rocked by the news that a rival hairdresser has bought it. To make matters worse, Allie discovers that the new salon, Blade Runner, is run by her ex, Finn, and his wife, Mia Bevan. Finn fathered the child Allie claimed to have aborted. He left her when he found out she was pregnant, but he's back in town to try and woo Allie.

7.0

The Way Back

The Professor

A small band of multicultural convicts stages a daring escape from a WWII-era Siberian gulag, and embarks on a treacherous journey across five countries in a desperate race for freedom and survival.

6.9

Showtrial

Philip Holmes KC

An anthology series of hotly contested criminal trials that divides the nation and take place in the full glare of the media spotlight.

7.8

Queer as Folk

Graham Beck

Stuart Jones has got it all. He's rich, drop-dead gorgeous and always the centre of attention. He can be forgiven the arrogance because he's pretty close to perfection. His best mate Vince Tyler is funny, adorable and definitely a babe but, unlike his friend, has zero confidence in himself. Since time began, Vince has carried a torch for Stuart but his love remains firmly unrequited. They're both 29, hitting Canal Street every night, stalwarts of the scene but just starting to wonder where else their lives may be going. Then along comes Nathan Maloney. Young, wild and coming out with a vengeance, he crowbars his way into their world and once he arrives, nothing is ever the same again.

7.0

Art Detectives

Charlie Filton

In the Metropolitan Police's smallest department, the Heritage Crime Unit, an art-loving detective tackles cases connected to the world of art, antiques, collectibles and cultural heritage.