Pearce Quigley

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Pearce Quigley
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Pearce Quigley is an English actor of the stage and screen. Quigley's credits include Pie in the Sky , Happiness (2001-2003), Cutting It (2002 - 2005), Millions (2004), Born Equal (2006), Within the Whirlwind (2009), The Way Back (2010), Breaking the Bank (2014), Rovers (2016), Peterloo (2018), Detectorists (2022), We Wish You A Mandy Christmas (2022), The Full Monty (2023), and The Reckoning (2023). He plays Will in the BBC Radio 4 Sitcom Alone. He also plays John "The Gospel" Dixon in The Gentlemen. Pearce is the godfather of Johnny ‘Doghead’ Hutch who is the drummer in the band Fat Dog.

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Career

Theatre credits

The Seagull (Royal Court); [1] Paul (National Theatre); [2] Journey's End (Comedy Theatre); [3] My Night with Reg and Dealer's Choice (Birmingham Rep); [2] Feelgood (Hampstead and Garrick); [1] Blue Heart (Royal Court); Shopping and Fucking (Out of Joint at Gielgud, International Tour and Queen's Theatre); The Queen and I - The Royals Down Under (Out of Joint Australian tour); [2] Rat in the Skull (Royal Court and Duke of York's); [1] The Queen and I (Out of Joint at the Royal Court and Vaudeville Theatre); Road (Out of Joint at the Royal Court); Der Neue Menoza (Gate Theatre); Rope (Birmingham Rep); [1] A Jovial Crew (RSC); [3] The Winter's Tale (RSC); [3] The Merry Wives of Windsor (RSC); [3] The Changeling (RSC); Abingdon Square (Shared Experience); Doctor Faustus (Globe), A Midsummer Night's Dream (Globe), [3] and The Taming of the Shrew (Globe). [2] [1]

Television and film

Quigley appeared in Pie in the Sky , [4] was a regular in the comedy series Happiness (2001-2003), [5] and has appeared in Millions (2004), [4] Born Equal (2006), [4] Within the Whirlwind (2009), [4] and The Way Back (2010), [4] alongside Ed Harris, Saoirse Ronan, and Colin Farrell. He was in Breaking the Bank (2014), [4] Rovers (2016), [4] and Peterloo (2018), [4] alongside Rory Kinnear. Between 2014 and 2022, Quigley played the part of Russell in the television sitcom Detectorists . [5]

He is a regular in the BBC Radio 4 Sitcom Alone. [5] In December 2021, Quigley played the Ghost of Christmas Present in the BBC TV special We Wish You A Mandy Christmas. [6] In 2023, he had a small part in The Full Monty and he played Albie in Episode 3 of The Reckoning . [5] Additionally, he played a disgruntled cyclist in one episode of Peter Kays Car Share.

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