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Douglas Henshall
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.…
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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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2026
Angh
Movie
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2026
Forever Home
TV show
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2026
One of Us
Movie
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2025
The Revenge Club
TV show Steve Williams
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2024
The Darkness
TV show Petur
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2023
Murder Is Easy
TV show Major Horton
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2023
Who Is Erin Carter?
TV show Daniel Long
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2022
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
TV show Self
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2020
Wednesday
Movie
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2019
Susan Hill's Ghost Story
Movie Adam Snow
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2019
Power to the People
TV show Narrator
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2019
Orphans Reunited
Movie
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2018
Secret Agent Selection: WW2
TV show Narrator
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2017
Mountain: Life at the Extreme
TV show Narrator
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2016
In Plain Sight
TV show William Muncie
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2015
Iona
Movie Daniel
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2015
Black Work
TV show DCS Hepburn
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2014
Scotland In A Day
Movie
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2014
Outlander
TV show Taran MacQuarrie
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2014
The Salvation
Movie Sheriff Mallick
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2013
Shetland
TV show DI Jimmy Perez
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2012
Doors Open
Movie Mike Mackenzie
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2012
The Secret of Crickley Hall
TV show Augustus Cribben
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2012
The Snipist
Movie Harker
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2012
The Kidnap Diaries
Movie Sean Langan
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2012
Playhouse Presents
TV show Harker
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2011
How I Was Stolen by the Germans
Movie Werner Kraus
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2011
South Riding
TV show Joe Astell
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2011
The Eagle
Movie Cradoc
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2010
The Silence
TV show Jim
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2009
Collision
TV show D.I. John Tolin
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2009
Dorian Gray
Movie Alan Campbell
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2008
French Film
Movie Marcus
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2008
Primeval: Through the Anomaly
Movie Self
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2007
Ripley Under Ground
Movie Philip Derwatt
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2007
The Making of Primeval
Movie Self
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2007
Lezioni di volo
Movie Aarto
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2007
Lewis
TV show Alex Gansa
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2007
Primeval
TV show Nick Cutter
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2005
The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle
Movie Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
