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Douglas Henshall

Douglas Henshall

Birthday: 1965-11-19 | Place of Birth: 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2019
Susan Hill's Ghost Story

as    Adam Snow

2018
Secret Agent Selection: WW2

as    Narrator

2016
In Plain Sight

as    William Muncie

2015
Black Work

as    DCS Hepburn

2015
The Salvation

as    Sheriff Mallick

2012
The Secret of Crickley Hall

as    Augustus Cribben

2012
The Secret of Crickley Hall

as    Augustus Cribben

2012
Doors Open

as    Mike Mackenzie

2011
The Eagle

as    Cradoc

2011
South Riding

as    Joe Astell

2009
Dorian Gray

as    Alan Campbell

2009
Collision

as    D.I. John Tolin

2008
French Film

as    Marcus

2006
Free Jimmy

as    Eddie (voice)

2005
Ripley Under Ground

as    Derwatt

2005
2003
It's All About Love

as    Michael

2002
Lawless Heart

as    Tim

2001
Gentlemen's Relish

as    Cromwell Marsh

2000
Anna Karenina

as    Levin

2000
Anna Karenina

as    Levin

1999
This Year's Love

as    Danny

1999
Twice Upon a Yesterday

as    Victor Bukowski

1998
Orphans

as    Michael

1997
Kull the Conqueror

as    Ducalon

1995
Angels and Insects

as    Edgar Alabaster