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.
Born: 19 November 1965
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One of Us
The Revenge Club
Steve
The Darkness
Petur
Murder Is Easy
Major Horton
Who Is Erin Carter?
Daniel Long
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Self
Wednesday
Susan Hill's Ghost Story
Adam Snow
Power to the People
Narrator
Orphans Reunited
Secret Agent Selection: WW2
Narrator
Mountain: Life at the Extreme
Narrator
In Plain Sight
William Muncie
Iona
Daniel
Black Work
DCS Hepburn
Scotland In A Day
Outlander
Taran MacQuarrie
The Salvation
Sheriff Mallick
Shetland
DI Jimmy Perez
Doors Open
Mike Mackenzie
The Secret of Crickley Hall
Augustus Cribben
The Snipist
Harker
The Kidnap Diaries
Sean Langan
Playhouse Presents
Harker
How I Was Stolen by the Germans
Werner Kraus
South Riding
Joe Astell
The Eagle
Cradoc
The Silence
Jim
Collision
D.I. John Tolin
Dorian Gray
Alan Campbell
French Film
Marcus
Primeval: Through the Anomaly
Self
The Making of Primeval
Self
Lezioni di volo
Aarto
Lewis
Alex Gansa
Primeval
Nick Cutter
Ripley Under Ground
Derwatt
The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Frances Tuesday
Lucas Pilgrim
Sea of Souls
Robert Dunbar
Loving You
Dan
It's All About Love
Michael
Silent Cry
Daniel Stone
Lawless Heart
Tim
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
Davis Dawson (Crossing the Line) (archive footage)
Gentlemen's Relish
Cromwell Marsh
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change
T.E. Lawrence
Anna Karenina
Levin
Kid in the Corner
Alex Letts
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert
T.E. Lawrence
Psychos
Dr Daniel Nash
This Year's Love
Danny
The Man with Rain in His Shoes
Victor Bukowski
Fast Food
Benny
Orphans
Michael
Sharpe: The Legend
Wickham
Kull the Conqueror
Ducalon
Sharpe's Justice
Captain George Wickham
Crossing the Floor
Clive Colville
Angels and Insects
Edgar Alabaster
Three Miles Up
Billy
Ghosts
Billy
Common As Muck
Brian Forget
Rose Red
Down Among the Big Boys
Louie Gibbons
Lipstick on Your Collar
Corporal Berry
GMTV
Self
The Big Man
Davie Dawson
Dancing in the Dark
Silent Scream
News Reporter
The Bill
Van der Valk
Joep Huizinga
With Friends Like These
Phil
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