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