John Henshaw

Known for ActingBorn 1950-08-01 (age 75)Manchester, England, UK

John Henshaw is a British actor famed for his roles as Ken the landlord in Early Doors, Wilf Bradshaw in Born and Bred and PC Roy Bramwell in The Cops. Henshaw was born one of 12 children. He grew up in Ancoats, Manchester's "Little Italy" community. He was a refuse collector for ten years before deciding to become an actor at the age of 40. His first big break in acting was as a minder to Robert Lindsay's character Michael Murray in the acclaimed Channel 4 series, G.B.H. Other TV credits include The Royle Family, The Visit, Life on Mars, whilst film credits include the Steve Coogan comedy The Parole Officer, the Bert Trautmann biopic The Keeper, and the Ken Loach films Looking For Eric and The Angels' Share. Henshaw is chairman of the 24:7 Theatre Festival, an annual festival of new writing for theatre based in Manchester.Read more

Movies & web series

The Rochdale Pioneers

The Fishmonger

Born and Bred

Olly's Prison

The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa

A Street Cat Named Bob

Cradle to Grave

Early Doors

Life on Mars

Father Brown

The Long Shadow

The Royle Family

The Keeper

The Visit

The Full Monty

Midsomer Murders

Cilla

Boat Story

Going Postal

Documentary Now!

Silky Hotel

Stan & Ollie

Heartbeat

Candy Cabs

The Angels' Share

The Afternoon Play

Cutting It

The Man Who Invented Christmas

South Riding

The Second Coming

Dancin' Thru the Dark

Talamasca: The Secret Order

Red Riding

This Is Not a Love Song

There's Only One Jimmy Grimble

Johnny and the Bomb

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974

By Any Means

Closer to the Moon

Looking for Eric

The Bill

Cheeky

Pin Cushion

Grow Your Own

Cracker

Swallows and Amazons

See No Evil: The Moors Murders

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