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Douglas Henshall

Douglas Henshall

Acting

November 19, 1965 (60 years old)
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Male
43 Movies
30 TV Shows

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.

Shetland
Shetland

Shetland

2013 7.5

as DI Jimmy Perez

Age 47 (now 60)
38 eps
Primeval
Primeval

Primeval

2007 7.4

as Nick Cutter

Age 41 (now 60)
23 eps
The Salvation
The Salvation

The Salvation

2014 6.5

as Sheriff Mallick

Age 48 (now 60)
The Eagle
The Eagle

The Eagle

2011 6.2

as Cradoc

Age 45 (now 60)
Dorian Gray
Dorian Gray

Dorian Gray

2009 6.0

as Alan Campbell

Age 43 (now 60)
Orphans
Orphans

Orphans

1998 6.6

as Michael

Age 32 (now 60)
It's All About Love
It's All About Love

It's All About Love

2003 5.5

as Michael

Age 37 (now 60)
Outlander
Outlander

Outlander

2014 8.2

as Taran MacQuarrie

Age 48 (now 60)
4 eps
The Man with Rain in His Shoes
The Man with Rain in His Shoes

The Man with Rain in His Shoes

1998 4.9

as Victor Bukowski

Age 33 (now 60)
Angels and Insects
Angels and Insects

Angels and Insects

1995 6.2

as Edgar Alabaster

Age 29 (now 60)
Who Is Erin Carter?
Who Is Erin Carter?

Who Is Erin Carter?

2023 7.0

as Daniel Long

Age 57 (now 60)
7 eps
Doors Open
Doors Open

Doors Open

2012 5.2

as Mike Mackenzie

Age 47 (now 60)
Kull the Conqueror
Kull the Conqueror

Kull the Conqueror

1997 5.0

as Ducalon

Age 31 (now 60)
Ripley Under Ground
Ripley Under Ground

Ripley Under Ground

2005 5.6

as Derwatt

Age 39 (now 60)
Sharpe's Justice
Sharpe's Justice

Sharpe's Justice

1997 7.1

as Captain George Wickham

Age 31 (now 60)
Lawless Heart
Lawless Heart

Lawless Heart

2002 5.2

as Tim

Age 36 (now 60)