Pearce Quigley

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

Theatre credits
The Seagull (Royal Court); Paul (National Theatre); Journey's End (Comedy Theatre); My Night with Reg and Dealer's Choice (Birmingham Rep); Feelgood (Hampstead and Garrick); 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); Rat in the Skull (Royal Court and Duke of York's);  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);  A Jovial Crew (RSC); The Winter's Tale (RSC); The Merry Wives of Windsor (RSC); The Changeling (RSC); Abingdon Square (Shared Experience); Doctor Faustus (Globe), A Midsummer Night's Dream (Globe), and The Taming of the Shrew (Globe).

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

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