Douglas Henshall
Born
November 19, 1965 (59 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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.
Iona
Daniel
2015
Scotland In A Day
2014
The Salvation
Sheriff Mallick
2014
Doors Open
Mike Mackenzie
2012
The Snipist
Harker
2012
How I Was Stolen by the Germans
Werner Kraus
2011
The Eagle
Cradoc
2011
Dorian Gray
Alan Campbell
2009
French Film
Marcus
2008
Lezioni di volo
Aarto
2007
The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
2005
It's All About Love
Michael
2003
Silent Cry
2002
Lawless Heart
Tim
2002
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
Davis Dawson (Crossing the Line) (archive footage)
2002
Gentlemen's Relish
Cromwell Marsh
2001
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change
T.E. Lawrence
2000
Kull the Conqueror
Ducalon
1997
Rose Red
1994
One of Us
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert
T.E. Lawrence
1999
This Year's Love
Danny
1999
The Man with Rain in His Shoes
Victor Bukowski
1998
Fast Food
Benny
1998
Orphans
Michael
1998
Sharpe: The Legend
Wickham
1997
Sharpe's Justice
Captain George Wickham
1997
Crossing the Floor
Clive Colville
1996
Angels and Insects
Edgar Alabaster
1995
Down Among the Big Boys
Louie Gibbons
1993
The Big Man
Davie Dawson
1990
Dancing in the Dark
1990
With Friends Like These
Phil
The Darkness
Petur · (6 episodes)
2024
Murder Is Easy
Major Horton · (2 episodes)
2023
Who Is Erin Carter?
Daniel Long · (7 episodes)
2023
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Self · (1 episode)
2022
Wednesday
2020
Susan Hill's Ghost Story
Adam Snow
2019
Power to the People
Narrator · (6 episodes)
2019
Orphans Reunited
2019
Secret Agent Selection: WW2
Narrator · (5 episodes)
2018
Mountain: Life at the Extreme
Narrator · (3 episodes)
2017
In Plain Sight
William Muncie · (3 episodes)
2016
Black Work
DCS Hepburn · (3 episodes)
2015
Outlander
Taran MacQuarrie · (4 episodes)
2014
Shetland
DI Jimmy Perez · (38 episodes)
2013
The Secret of Crickley Hall
Augustus Cribben · (3 episodes)
2012
South Riding
Joe Astell · (3 episodes)
2011
The Silence
Jim · (4 episodes)
2010
Collision
D.I. John Tolin · (5 episodes)
2009
Primeval
Nick Cutter · (23 episodes)
2007
Ripley Under Ground
Derwatt
2005
Frances Tuesday
Lucas Pilgrim · (2 episodes)
2004
Sea of Souls
Robert Dunbar · (2 episodes)
2004
Loving You
Dan
2003
Three Miles Up
Billy
1995
Angh
Anna Karenina
Levin · (4 episodes)
2000
Kid in the Corner
Alex Letts · (3 episodes)
1999
Psychos
(6 episodes)
1999
Common As Muck
Brian Forget · (3 episodes)
1994
Lipstick on Your Collar
Corporal Berry · (6 episodes)
1993
GMTV
Self · (1 episode)
1993
Silent Scream
News Reporter
1990
The Bill
(2 episodes)
1984
Van der Valk
Joep Huizinga · (1 episode)
1972
The Revenge Club
Steve · (0 episode)