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person_profile-Douglas Henshall

Douglas Henshall Age: 59

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Douglas Henshall

Date of Birth:

Nov 19, 1965

Country of birth:

UK

Biography of

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.

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Filmography of

Douglas Henshall

Found 32 Movies in total

Susan Hill's Ghost Story

Adam Snow ( Actor )

... 2019

Iona

Daniel ( Actor )

... 2015

The Salvation

Sheriff Mallick ( Actor )

... 2014

Doors Open

Mike Mackenzie ( Actor )

... 2012

How I Was Stolen by the Germans

Werner Kraus ( Actor )

... 2011

The Eagle

Cradoc ( Actor )

... 2011

Dorian Gray

Alan Campbell ( Actor )

... 2009

French Film

Marcus ( Actor )

... 2008

Lezioni di volo

Aarto ( Actor )

... 2007

Free Jimmy

Eddie (voice) ( Actor )

... 2006

Ripley Under Ground

Derwatt ( Actor )

... 2005

... 2005

It's All About Love

Michael ( Actor )

... 2003

... 2002

Lawless Heart

Tim ( Actor )

... 2002

Ultimate Fights from the Movies

Davis Dawson (Crossing the Line) (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2002

Gentlemen's Relish

Cromwell Marsh ( Actor )

... 2001

... 2000

... 1999

This Year's Love

Danny ( Actor )

... 1999

The Man with Rain in His Shoes

Victor Bukowski ( Actor )

... 1998

Fast Food

Benny ( Actor )

... 1998

Orphans

Michael ( Actor )

... 1998

Sharpe: The Legend

Wickham ( Actor )

... 1997

Kull the Conqueror

Ducalon ( Actor )

... 1997

Sharpe's Justice

Captain George Wickham ( Actor )

... 1997

Crossing the Floor

Clive Colville ( Actor )

... 1996

Angels and Insects

Edgar Alabaster ( Actor )

... 1995

Three Miles Up

Billy ( Actor )

... 1995

Down Among the Big Boys

Louie Gibbons ( Actor )

... 1993

The Big Man

Davie Dawson ( Actor )

... 1990

Silent Scream

News Reporter ( Actor )

... 1990