
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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