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