Douglas Henshall

Known for ActingBorn 1965-11-19 (age 60)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.Read more

Movies & web series

Loving You

Three Miles Up

The Snipist

Rose Red

Outlander

Sea of Souls

Kid in the Corner

Down Among the Big Boys

Shetland

Primeval

The Secret of Crickley Hall

Psychos

Who Is Erin Carter?

The Revenge Club

Collision

Sharpe's Justice

In Plain Sight

Frances Tuesday

South Riding

Common As Muck

Lipstick on Your Collar

Anna Karenina

Crossing the Floor

The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle

Iona

The Salvation

The Bill

Secret Agent Selection: WW2

Orphans

The Silence

The Eagle

Lezioni di volo

Mountain: Life at the Extreme

Angels and Insects

Dorian Gray

Playhouse Presents

Black Work

French Film

Ghosts

Van der Valk

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change

GMTV

Sharpe: The Legend

Ripley Under Ground

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert

Silent Scream

It's All About Love

Murder Is Easy