Douglas Henshall
Known for Acting · 72 credits
- Born
- 1965-11-19 (age 60)
- Place of birth
- Glasgow, Scotland, UK
- Also known as
- 더글라스 헨셀
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.
Known For
TV Shows (29)
Outlander
2014
as Taran MacQuarrie
Shetland
2013
as DI Jimmy Perez
The Bill
1984
GMTV
1993
as Self
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022
as Self
Primeval
2007
as Nick Cutter
Playhouse Presents
2012
as Harker
Van der Valk
1972
as Joep Huizinga
Who Is Erin Carter?
2023
as Daniel Long
Sea of Souls
2004
as Robert Dunbar
Collision
2009
as D.I. John Tolin
Psychos
1999
as Dr Daniel Nash
Murder Is Easy
2023
as Major Horton
The Revenge Club
2025
as Steve
Ghosts
1995
as Billy
The Secret of Crickley Hall
2012
as Augustus Cribben
Common As Muck
1994
as Brian Forget
Lipstick on Your Collar
1993
as Corporal Berry
The Darkness
2024
as Petur
In Plain Sight
2016
as William Muncie
The Silence
2010
as Jim
Anna Karenina
2000
as Levin
Black Work
2015
as DCS Hepburn
Secret Agent Selection: WW2
2018
as Narrator
South Riding
2011
as Joe Astell
Mountain: Life at the Extreme
2017
as Narrator
Kid in the Corner
1999
as Alex Letts
Frances Tuesday
2004
as Lucas Pilgrim
Power to the People
2019
as Narrator
Movies (43)
Dorian Gray
2009
as Alan Campbell
The Eagle
2011
as Cradoc
The Salvation
2014
as Sheriff Mallick
Angels and Insects
1995
as Edgar Alabaster
Gentlemen's Relish
2001
as Cromwell Marsh
It's All About Love
2003
as Michael
Kull the Conqueror
1997
as Ducalon
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert
1999
as T.E. Lawrence
Sharpe: The Legend
1997
as Wickham
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
2002
as Davis Dawson (Crossing the Line) (archive footage)
The Big Man
1990
as Davie Dawson
Orphans
1998
as Michael
Ripley Under Ground
2005
as Derwatt
The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle
2005
as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change
2000
as T.E. Lawrence
Lezioni di volo
2007
as Aarto
Sharpe's Justice
1997
as Captain George Wickham
This Year's Love
1999
as Danny
The Man with Rain in His Shoes
1998
as Victor Bukowski
Doors Open
2012
as Mike Mackenzie
Crossing the Floor
1996
as Clive Colville
Fast Food
1998
as Benny
French Film
2008
as Marcus
With Friends Like These
as Phil
Loving You
2003
as Dan
Primeval: Through the Anomaly
2008
as Self
Lawless Heart
2002
as Tim
Down Among the Big Boys
1993
as Louie Gibbons
Susan Hill's Ghost Story
2019
as Adam Snow
Scotland In A Day
2014
Iona
2015
as Daniel
Silent Scream
1990
as News Reporter
One of Us
2026
Three Miles Up
1995
as Billy
Rose Red
1994
Silent Cry
2002
as Daniel Stone
Wednesday
2020
Orphans Reunited
2019
The Snipist
2012
as Harker
How I Was Stolen by the Germans
2011
as Werner Kraus
The Making of Primeval
2007
as Self
Angh
Dancing in the Dark
1990
About 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 cri… With 72 credits spanning from 1972 to 2026, Douglas Henshall has appeared in 43 films and 29 TV shows.
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Most Popular Douglas Henshall Movies
- Dorian Gray (2009) — as Alan Campbell
- The Eagle (2011) — as Cradoc
- The Salvation (2014) — as Sheriff Mallick
- Angels and Insects (1995) — as Edgar Alabaster
- Gentlemen's Relish (2001) — as Cromwell Marsh
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