
Douglas Henshall
Born November 19, 1965 · 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.
Notable Appearances
Movies

The Eagle

Dorian Gray

The Salvation

Ultimate Fights from the Movies

Kull the Conqueror

Angh

It's All About Love

Ripley Under Ground

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change

The Man with Rain in His Shoes

This Year's Love

The Big Man

The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle

Sharpe: The Legend

Down Among the Big Boys

Angels and Insects

Primeval: Through the Anomaly

Sharpe's Justice

The Making of Primeval

Doors Open

Susan Hill's Ghost Story

French Film

Gentlemen's Relish

Rose Red

Crossing the Floor

Lawless Heart

The Snipist

Missing, Presumed Murdered
TV Shows

Shetland

Lewis

Dalziel and Pascoe

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

Playhouse Presents

Van der Valk

Primeval

Sea of Souls

Who Is Erin Carter?

Common As Muck

The Secret of Crickley Hall

Murder Is Easy

The Silence

Collision

South Riding

Anna Karenina

Lipstick on Your Collar

Black Work

Psychos

Ghosts

The Darkness

Forever Home

The Revenge Club

In Plain Sight

Frances Tuesday

Jute City

Secret Agent Selection: WW2

Mountain: Life at the Extreme















