Douglas Henshall

Works
Actor (18),
Birthday
1965-11-19

Douglas Henshall - known for his work in such projects: «Kull the Conqueror» (1997), «Dorian Gray» (2009), «The Eagle» (2011), «Ultimate Fights from the Movies» (2002), «The Salvation» (2014),

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.

The most significant works of Douglas Henshall

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Angh 2026
The Revenge Club poster
The Revenge Club 2025 Leading
Steve Williams
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Who Is Erin Carter? poster
Who Is Erin Carter? 2023 Leading
Daniel Long
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Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg poster
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Iona poster
Iona 2015 Leading
Daniel
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Outlander poster
Outlander 2014
Taran MacQuarrie
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The Salvation poster
Sheriff Mallick
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Shetland poster
Shetland 2013 Leading
DI Jimmy Perez
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Playhouse Presents poster
Harker
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