Douglas Henshall
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 19, 1965 (age 60)
- Birthplace
- Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Biography
Douglas Henshall was born in Glasgow, Scotland in November 1965. His mother was a nurse and his father a salesman. He is the youngest of three children and has two older sisters. He grew up in Barrhead and attended Barrhead High School. Whilst at school a friend asked him to join The Scottish Youth Theatre based in Glasgow. After leaving school, he moved to London to train at Mountview Theatre School. He returned to Glasgow after training where he joined the 7:84 theater company. Eventually, he went back to live in London where he received critical acclaim for his theater work, notably "Life of Stuff" at the Donmar Warehouse (1993) and "American Buffalo" at the Young Vic (1997). One of his first successful film roles was as Edgar in Angels and Insects (1995) before going on to star in Orphans (1998), The Man with Rain in His Shoes (1998), Lawless Heart (2001) and It's All About Love (2003) . He has also starred in many television series and is known for his roles in Psychos(1999), Kid in the Corner (1999), Loving You (2003) and Frances Tuesday (2004). Douglas has also performed in plays for BBC radio, including the role of Romeo in "Romeo and Juliet (1999), David in "The Long Farewell" (2002), Jack Parlabane in "Bampot Central" (2004) and Richard in "Richard III" (2004). In the summer of 2002, Douglas returned to the London stage where he performed the role of Michael Bakunin in Tom Stoppard's new trilogy of plays, 'The Coast of Utopia', at The National Theatre. During 2004 he continued stage work starring as John Proctor in 'Arthur Miller' 's 'The Crucible' at The Crucible in Sheffield and Thomas Huxley in 'Darwin in Malibu' by Crispin Whittell, at the Hampstead Theatre. In 2005 Douglas made his West End debut at The Lyric, Shaftesbury Avenue playing Biff Loman in the critically acclaimed production of Arthur Miller' 's play 'Death of a Salesman', alongside Brian Dennehy.
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Filmography
One of Us
Movie
Angh
Movie · as White Priest
Forever Home
TV · 6 eps
The Revenge Club
TV · as Steve Williams · 6 eps
The Darkness
TV · as Petur · 6 eps
Who Is Erin Carter?
TV · as Daniel Long · 7 eps
Murder Is Easy
TV · as Major Horton · 2 eps
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Wednesday
Movie
Susan Hill's Ghost Story
Movie · as Adam Snow
Orphans Reunited
Movie
Power to the People
TV · as Narrator · 6 eps
Secret Agent Selection: WW2
TV · as Narrator · 5 eps
Mountain: Life at the Extreme
TV · as Narrator · 3 eps
In Plain Sight
TV · as William Muncie · 3 eps
Iona
Movie · as Daniel
Black Work
TV · as DCS Hepburn · 3 eps
The Salvation
Movie · as Sheriff Mallick
Scotland In A Day
Movie
Outlander
TV · as Taran MacQuarrie · 4 eps
Shetland
TV · as DI Jimmy Perez · 38 eps
Doors Open
Movie · as Mike Mackenzie
The Snipist
Movie · as Harker
The Kidnap Diaries
Movie · as Sean Langan
The Secret of Crickley Hall
TV · as Augustus Cribben · 3 eps
Playhouse Presents
TV · as Harker · 1 ep
How I Was Stolen by the Germans
Movie · as Werner Kraus
The Eagle
Movie · as Cradoc
South Riding
TV · as Joe Astell · 3 eps
The Silence
TV · as Jim · 4 eps
Dorian Gray
Movie · as Alan Campbell
Collision
TV · as D.I. John Tolin · 5 eps
French Film
Movie · as Marcus
Primeval: Through the Anomaly
Movie · as Self
Lezioni di volo
Movie · as Aarto
Ripley Under Ground
Movie · as Philip Derwatt
The Making of Primeval
Movie · as Self
Primeval
TV · as Nick Cutter · 23 eps
Lewis
TV · as Alex Gansa · 1 ep
Dead Long Enough
Movie · as Styx
The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle
Movie · as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Sea of Souls
TV · as Robert Dunbar · 2 eps
Frances Tuesday
TV · as Lucas Pilgrim · 2 eps
It's All About Love
Movie · as Michael
Loving You
Movie · as Dan
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
Movie · as Davis Dawson (Crossing the Line) (archive footage)
Lawless Heart
Movie · as Tim
Silent Cry
Movie · as Daniel Stone
Gentlemen's Relish
Movie · as Cromwell Marsh
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change
Movie · as T.E. Lawrence
Missing, Presumed Murdered
Movie · as Self (Narrator)
Anna Karenina
TV · as Levin · 4 eps
This Year's Love
Movie · as Danny
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert
Movie · as T.E. Lawrence
Psychos
TV · as Dr Daniel Nash · 6 eps
Kid in the Corner
TV · as Alex Letts · 3 eps
Fast Food
Movie · as Benny
The Man with Rain in His Shoes
Movie · as Victor Bukowski
Orphans
Movie · as Michael
Kull the Conqueror
Movie · as Ducalon
Sharpe's Justice
Movie · as Captain George Wickham
Sharpe: The Legend
Movie · as Wickham
Crossing the Floor
Movie · as Clive Colville
Dalziel and Pascoe
TV · as Tony Watson · 2 eps
Angels and Insects
Movie · as Edgar Alabaster
Three Miles Up
Movie · as Billy
Ghosts
TV · as Billy · 1 ep
Rose Red
Movie
Common As Muck
TV · as Brian Forget · 3 eps
Down Among the Big Boys
Movie · as Louie Gibbons
GMTV
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Lipstick on Your Collar
TV · as Corporal Berry · 6 eps
Jute City
TV · as Sammy Kerr · 3 eps
Dancing in the Dark
Movie
The Big Man
Movie · as Davie Dawson
Silent Scream
Movie · as News Reporter
She-Play
TV · as Lol · 1 ep
The Bill
TV · 2 eps
American Playhouse
TV · as Edgar Alabaster · 1 ep
Van der Valk
TV · as Joep Huizinga · 1 ep