Pearce Quigley


Pearce Quigley is an English actor of the stage and screen. His theatre credits include The Seagull ; Paul ; Journey's End ; My Night with Reg and Dealer's Choice ; Feelgood ; Blue Heart ; Shopping and Fucking ; The Queen and I - The Royals Down Under ; Rat in the Skull ; The Queen and I ; Road ; Der Neue Menoza ; Rope ; A Jovial Crew ; The Winter's Tale ; The Merry Wives of Windsor ; The Changeling ; Abingdon Square ; Doctor Faustus, A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Taming of the Shrew.
On television, Quigley has appeared in Queer As Folk, Prime Suspect, New Tricks, The Virgin Queen, Inspector Morse, Cutting It, Happiness , Lead Balloon as well as other roles. He has also worked in film. On 12 October 2008, he appeared as the dog trainer in Peter Kay's Britain's Got The Pop Factor... And Possibly A New Celebrity Jesus Christ Soapstar Superstar Strictly On Ice, a spoof on the talent show genre of programmes. He also played Uncle Fred in Frankenstein's Wedding on 19 March 2011.
In 2013, Quigley played Dave in the BBC comedy-drama Being Eileen.
In 2014, 2015 and 2017, Quigley played the part of Russell in the television sitcom Detectorists.