
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.

Rose Red

The Snipist

アウトランダー

Sea of Souls

Shetland

プライミーバル

The Secret of Crickley Hall

Sharpe's Justice

Down Among the Big Boys

Collision

The Revenge Club

あなたは誰? エリン・カーター

South Riding

In Plain Sight

Lipstick on Your Collar

Common As Muck

Crossing the Floor

The Bill

Orphans

Iona

Anna Karenina

悪党に粛清を

チャーチルの新・秘密エージェント

Psychos

The Silence

第九軍団のワシ

Lezioni di volo

エンジェル&インセクト/背徳の館

The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle

Dorian Gray

Mountain: Life at the Extreme

Ghosts

Playhouse Presents

French Film

Black Work

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change

Van der Valk

GMTV

Ripley Under Ground

It's All About Love

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert

Silent Scream

Doors Open

Murder Is Easy

ザ・コンクエスト

Sharpe: The Legend

This Year's Love

Ultimate Fights from the Movies

The Man with Rain in His Shoes

Lawless Heart

Dimma

Gentlemen's Relish

The Big Man

Susan Hill's Ghost Story

Kako su me ukrali Nemci

Silent Cry

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

Fast Food

Wednesday

Three Miles Up

The Making of Primeval

Primeval: Through the Anomaly

Power to the People

Kid in the Corner

Frances Tuesday