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.
Fotos
Películas (45)
Angh
2026 · White Priest
One of Us
2026
Wednesday
2020
Susan Hill's Ghost Story
2019 · Adam Snow
Orphans Reunited
2019
Iona
2015 · Daniel
Scotland In A Day
2014
The Salvation
2014 · Sheriff Mallick
Doors Open
2012 · Mike Mackenzie
The Snipist
2012 · Harker
The Kidnap Diaries
2012 · Sean Langan
How I Was Stolen by the Germans
2011 · Werner Kraus
The Eagle
2011 · Cradoc
Dorian Gray
2009 · Alan Campbell
French Film
2008 · Marcus
Primeval: Through the Anomaly
2008 · Self
Ripley Under Ground
2007 · Philip Derwatt
The Making of Primeval
2007 · Self
Lezioni di volo
2007 · Aarto
Dead Long Enough
2006 · Styx
The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle
2005 · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Loving You
2003 · Dan
It's All About Love
2003 · Michael
Silent Cry
2002 · Daniel Stone
Lawless Heart
2002 · Tim
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
2002 · Davis Dawson (Crossing the Line) (archive footage)
Gentlemen's Relish
2001 · Cromwell Marsh
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change
2000 · T.E. Lawrence
Missing, Presumed Murdered
2000 · Self (Narrator)
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert
1999 · T.E. Lawrence
This Year's Love
1999 · Danny
The Man with Rain in His Shoes
1998 · Victor Bukowski
Fast Food
1998 · Benny
Orphans
1998 · Michael
Sharpe: The Legend
1997 · Wickham
Kull the Conqueror
1997 · Ducalon
Sharpe's Justice
1997 · Captain George Wickham
Crossing the Floor
1996 · Clive Colville
Angels and Insects
1995 · Edgar Alabaster
Three Miles Up
1995 · Billy
Rose Red
1994
Down Among the Big Boys
1993 · Louie Gibbons
The Big Man
1990 · Davie Dawson
Dancing in the Dark
1990
Silent Scream
1990 · News Reporter
Series (35)
Forever Home
2026
The Revenge Club
2025 · Steve Williams
The Darkness
2024 · Petur
Murder Is Easy
2023 · Major Horton
Who Is Erin Carter?
2023 · Daniel Long
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022 · Self
Power to the People
2019 · Narrator
Secret Agent Selection: WW2
2018 · Narrator
Mountain: Life at the Extreme
2017 · Narrator, Video Assist Operator
In Plain Sight
2016 · William Muncie
Black Work
2015 · DCS Hepburn
Outlander
2014 · Taran MacQuarrie
Shetland
2013 · DI Jimmy Perez
The Secret of Crickley Hall
2012 · Augustus Cribben
Playhouse Presents
2012 · Harker
South Riding
2011 · Joe Astell
The Silence
2010 · Jim
Collision
2009 · D.I. John Tolin
Lewis
2007 · Alex Gansa
Primeval
2007 · Nick Cutter
Frances Tuesday
2004 · Lucas Pilgrim
Sea of Souls
2004 · Robert Dunbar
Anna Karenina
2000 · Levin
Kid in the Corner
1999 · Alex Letts
Psychos
1999 · Dr Daniel Nash
Dalziel and Pascoe
1996 · Tony Watson
Ghosts
1995 · Billy
Common As Muck
1994 · Brian Forget
Lipstick on Your Collar
1993 · Corporal Berry
GMTV
1993 · Self
Jute City
1991 · Sammy Kerr
She-Play
1990 · Lol
The Bill
1984
American Playhouse
1982 · Edgar Alabaster
Van der Valk
1972 · Joep Huizinga