Douglas Henshall
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Outlander
Taran MacQuarrie
2014
Series
Shetland
DI Jimmy Perez
2013
Series
Lewis
Alex Gansa
2007
Series
GMTV
Self
1993
Series
Van der Valk
Joep Huizinga
1972
Series
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Self
2022
Series
American Playhouse
Edgar Alabaster
1982
Series
The Bill
1984
Series
Primeval
Nick Cutter
2007
Series
Playhouse Presents
Harker
2012
Film
The Eagle
Cradoc
2011
Film
Dorian Gray
Alan Campbell
2009
Series
Who Is Erin Carter?
Daniel Long
2023
Film
The Salvation
Sheriff Mallick
2014
Series
The Darkness
Petur
2024
Series
Sea of Souls
Robert Dunbar
2004
Series
Common As Muck
Brian Forget
1994
Series
Murder Is Easy
Major Horton
2023
Film
Kull the Conqueror
Ducalon
1997
Series
Collision
D.I. John Tolin
2009
Film
Sharpe: The Legend
Wickham
1997
Series
The Revenge Club
Steve
2025
Series
The Secret of Crickley Hall
Augustus Cribben
2012
Series
Ghosts
Billy
1995
Series
Psychos
Dr Daniel Nash
1999
Series
Black Work
DCS Hepburn
2015
Film
The Big Man
Davie Dawson
1990
Series
The Silence
Jim
2010
Series
Anna Karenina
Levin
2000
Film
Angels and Insects
Edgar Alabaster
1995
Series
South Riding
Joe Astell
2011
Series
Lipstick on Your Collar
Corporal Berry
1993
Series
In Plain Sight
William Muncie
2016
Film
It's All About Love
Michael
2003
Film
The Man with Rain in His Shoes
Victor Bukowski
1998
Film
Rose Red
1994
Film
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
Davis Dawson (Crossing the Line) (archive footage)
2002
Film
Gentlemen's Relish
Cromwell Marsh
2001
Film
Iona
Daniel
2015
She-Play
Lol
1990
Angh
Series
Secret Agent Selection: WW2
Narrator
2018
Film
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert
T.E. Lawrence
1999
Film
Ripley Under Ground
Derwatt
2005
Film
Crossing the Floor
Clive Colville
1996
Film
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change
T.E. Lawrence
2000
Series
Frances Tuesday
Lucas Pilgrim
2004
Film
French Film
Marcus
2008
Series
Jute City
Sammy Kerr
1991
Kid in the Corner
Alex Letts
1999
Film
Wednesday
2020
Film
The Snipist
Harker
2012
With Friends Like These
Phil
Series
Mountain: Life at the Extreme
Narrator
2017
Film
This Year's Love
Danny
1999
Film
Sharpe's Justice
Captain George Wickham
1997
Film
Orphans
Michael
1998
Film
One of Us
2026
Film
Silent Cry
Daniel Stone
2002
Film
Doors Open
Mike Mackenzie
2012
Film
Down Among the Big Boys
Louie Gibbons
1993
Film
Lawless Heart
Tim
2002
Film
Silent Scream
News Reporter
1990
Film
Fast Food
Benny
1998
Film
The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
2005
Film
Lezioni di volo
Aarto
2007
Film
Three Miles Up
Billy
1995
Film
Primeval: Through the Anomaly
Self
2008
Film
Susan Hill's Ghost Story
Adam Snow
2019
Film
How I Was Stolen by the Germans
Werner Kraus
2011
Scotland In A Day
2014
Film
The Making of Primeval
Self
2007
Series
Power to the People
Narrator
2019
Loving You
Dan
2003
Film
The Kidnap Diaries
Sean Langan
2012
Orphans Reunited
2019
Dancing in the Dark
1990