Douglas Henshall
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.
Known For
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- 2024 · The Darkness as Petur
- 2023 · Murder Is Easy as Major Horton
- 2023 · Who Is Erin Carter? as Daniel Long
- 2022 · Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg as Self
- 2020 · Wednesday as
- 2019 · Susan Hill's Ghost Story as Adam Snow
- 2019 · Power to the People as Narrator
- 2019 · Orphans Reunited as
- 2018 · Secret Agent Selection: WW2 as Narrator
- 2017 · Mountain: Life at the Extreme as Narrator
- 2016 · In Plain Sight as William Muncie
- 2015 · Iona as Daniel
- 2015 · Black Work as DCS Hepburn
- 2014 · Scotland In A Day as
- 2014 · Outlander as Taran MacQuarrie
- 2014 · The Salvation as Sheriff Mallick
- 2013 · Shetland as DI Jimmy Perez
- 2012 · Doors Open as Mike Mackenzie
- 2012 · The Secret of Crickley Hall as Augustus Cribben
- 2012 · The Snipist as Harker
- 2011 · How I Was Stolen by the Germans as Werner Kraus
- 2011 · South Riding as Joe Astell
- 2011 · The Eagle as Cradoc
- 2010 · The Silence as Jim
- 2009 · Collision as D.I. John Tolin
- 2009 · Dorian Gray as Alan Campbell
- 2008 · French Film as Marcus
- 2007 · Lezioni di volo as Aarto
- 2007 · Primeval as Nick Cutter
- 2006 · Free Jimmy as Eddie (voice)
- 2005 · Ripley Under Ground as Derwatt
- 2005 · The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- 2004 · Frances Tuesday as Lucas Pilgrim
- 2004 · Sea of Souls as Robert Dunbar
- 2003 · Loving You as Dan
- 2003 · It's All About Love as Michael
- 2002 · Silent Cry as
- 2002 · Lawless Heart as Tim
- 2002 · Ultimate Fights from the Movies as Davis Dawson (Crossing the Line) (archive footage)
- 2002 · The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones as T.E. Lawrence
- 2001 · Gentlemen's Relish as Cromwell Marsh
- 2000 · The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change as T.E. Lawrence
- 2000 · Anna Karenina as Levin
- 1999 · Kid in the Corner as Alex Letts
- 1999 · The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert as T.E. Lawrence
- 1999 · Psychos as
- 1999 · This Year's Love as Danny
- 1998 · The Man with Rain in His Shoes as Victor Bukowski
- 1998 · Fast Food as Benny
- 1998 · Orphans as Michael
- 1997 · Kull the Conqueror as Ducalon
- 1997 · Sharpe's Justice as Captain George Wickham
- 1995 · Angels and Insects as Edgar Alabaster
- 1994 · Common As Muck as Brian Forget
- 1993 · Down Among the Big Boys as Louie Gibbons
- 1993 · Lipstick on Your Collar as Corporal Berry
- 1993 · GMTV as Self
- 1990 · The Big Man as Davie Dawson
- 1984 · The Bill as
- Future · With Friends Like These as Phil
- 1997 · Sharpe: The Legend as Wickham
- 1996 · Crossing the Floor as Clive Colville
- 1994 · Rose Red as
- 1990 · Silent Scream as News Reporter
- Future · One Of Us as
- 1990 · Dancing in the Dark as
- 1972 · Van der Valk as Joep Huizinga