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Douglas Henshall

Douglas Henshall

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1965-11-19

Birth Place

Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Movies and TV shows :

Angels and Insects

Angels and Insects

1995

6.4

Movie
poster

Anna Karenina

2000

7.0

TV
poster

Black Work

2015

6.5

TV
poster

Collision

2009

7.0

TV
poster

Common As Muck

1994

7.5

TV
Crossing the Floor

Crossing the Floor

1996

6.7

Movie
Dancing in the Dark

Dancing in the Dark

1990

0.0

Movie
Doors Open

Doors Open

2012

5.2

Movie
Dorian Gray

Dorian Gray

2009

6.0

Movie
Down Among the Big Boys

Down Among the Big Boys

1993

7.0

Movie
Fast Food

Fast Food

1998

2.0

Movie
poster

Frances Tuesday

2004

0.0

TV
Free Jimmy

Free Jimmy

2006

5.4

Movie
French Film

French Film

2008

6.2

Movie
Gentlemen's Relish

Gentlemen's Relish

2001

5.0

Movie
poster

GMTV

1993

5.8

TV
How I Was Stolen by the Germans

How I Was Stolen by the Germans

2011

3.6

Movie
poster

In Plain Sight

2016

6.9

TV
Iona

Iona

2015

6.5

Movie
It's All About Love

It's All About Love

2003

5.5

Movie
poster

Kid in the Corner

1999

0.0

TV
Kull the Conqueror

Kull the Conqueror

1997

5.2

Movie
Lawless Heart

Lawless Heart

2002

5.3

Movie
Lezioni di volo

Lezioni di volo

2007

6.2

Movie
poster

Lipstick on Your Collar

1993

7.1

TV
Loving You

Loving You

2003

0.0

Movie
poster

Mountain: Life at the Extreme

2017

6.0

TV
poster

Murder Is Easy

2023

6.2

TV
One Of Us

One Of Us

0.0

Movie
Orphans

Orphans

1998

6.7

Movie
Orphans Reunited

Orphans Reunited

2019

0.0

Movie
poster

Outlander

2014

8.2

TV
poster

Power to the People

2019

0.0

TV
poster

Primeval

2007

7.5

TV
poster

Psychos

1999

6.3

TV
Ripley Under Ground

Ripley Under Ground

2005

5.7

Movie
Rose Red

Rose Red

1994

6.0

Movie
Scotland In A Day

Scotland In A Day

2014

0.0

Movie
poster

Sea of Souls

2004

7.6

TV
poster

Secret Agent Selection: WW2

2018

6.4

TV
Sharpe: The Legend

Sharpe: The Legend

1997

6.0

Movie
Sharpe's Justice

Sharpe's Justice

1997

7.0

Movie
poster

Shetland

2013

7.5

TV
Silent Cry

Silent Cry

2002

3.0

Movie
Silent Scream

Silent Scream

1990

5.4

Movie
poster

South Riding

2011

7.0

TV
poster

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

2022

2.7

TV
Susan Hill's Ghost Story

Susan Hill's Ghost Story

2019

4.2

Movie
poster

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones

2002

7.0

TV
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert

1999

5.1

Movie
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change

2000

5.7

Movie
The Big Man

The Big Man

1990

5.1

Movie
poster

The Bill

1984

6.6

TV
poster

The Darkness

2024

5.6

TV
The Eagle

The Eagle

2011

6.2

Movie
The Man with Rain in His Shoes

The Man with Rain in His Shoes

1998

5.0

Movie
The Salvation

The Salvation

2014

6.5

Movie
poster

The Secret of Crickley Hall

2012

7.4

TV
poster

The Silence

2010

6.2

TV
The Snipist

The Snipist

2012

9.0

Movie
The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle

The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle

2005

6.1

Movie
This Year's Love

This Year's Love

1999

5.2

Movie
Ultimate Fights from the Movies

Ultimate Fights from the Movies

2002

4.9

Movie
poster

Van der Valk

1972

5.8

TV
Wednesday

Wednesday

2020

0.0

Movie
poster

Who Is Erin Carter?

2023

7.1

TV
With Friends Like These

With Friends Like These

0.0

Movie