One of Us
2026 · Movie
Douglas Henshall
1965-11-19
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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. 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.
Filmography
The Revenge Club
2025 · TV Show
as Steve
The Darkness
2024 · TV Show
as Petur
Who Is Erin Carter?
2023 · TV Show
as Daniel Long
Murder Is Easy
2023 · TV Show
as Major Horton
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022 · TV Show
as Self
Wednesday
2020 · Movie
Susan Hill's Ghost Story
2019 · Movie
as Adam Snow
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Orphans Reunited
2019 · Movie
Power to the People
2019 · TV Show
as Narrator
Secret Agent Selection: WW2
2018 · TV Show
as Narrator
Mountain: Life at the Extreme
2017 · TV Show
as Narrator
In Plain Sight
2016 · TV Show
as William Muncie
Iona
2015 · Movie
as Daniel
Black Work
2015 · TV Show
as DCS Hepburn
The Salvation
2014 · Movie
as Sheriff Mallick
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Scotland In A Day
2014 · Movie
Outlander
2014 · TV Show
as Taran MacQuarrie
Shetland
2013 · TV Show
as DI Jimmy Perez
Doors Open
2012 · Movie
as Mike Mackenzie
The Snipist
2012 · Movie
as Harker
The Kidnap Diaries
2012 · Movie
as Sean Langan
The Secret of Crickley Hall
2012 · TV Show
as Augustus Cribben
Playhouse Presents
2012 · TV Show
as Harker
How I Was Stolen by the Germans
2011 · Movie
as Werner Kraus
The Eagle
2011 · Movie
as Cradoc
South Riding
2011 · TV Show
as Joe Astell
The Silence
2010 · TV Show
as Jim
Dorian Gray
2009 · Movie
as Alan Campbell
Collision
2009 · TV Show
as D.I. John Tolin
French Film
2008 · Movie
as Marcus
Primeval: Through the Anomaly
2008 · Movie
as Self
Lezioni di volo
2007 · Movie
as Aarto
Ripley Under Ground
2007 · Movie
as Philip Derwatt
The Making of Primeval
2007 · Movie
as Self
Primeval
2007 · TV Show
as Nick Cutter
Lewis
2007 · TV Show
as Alex Gansa
The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle
2005 · Movie
as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Sea of Souls
2004 · TV Show
as Robert Dunbar
Frances Tuesday
2004 · TV Show
as Lucas Pilgrim
It's All About Love
2003 · Movie
as Michael
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Loving You
2003 · Movie
as Dan
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
2002 · Movie
as Davis Dawson (Crossing the Line) (archive footage)
Lawless Heart
2002 · Movie
as Tim
Silent Cry
2002 · Movie
as Daniel Stone
Gentlemen's Relish
2001 · Movie
as Cromwell Marsh
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change
2000 · Movie
as T.E. Lawrence
Anna Karenina
2000 · TV Show
as Levin
This Year's Love
1999 · Movie
as Danny
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert
1999 · Movie
as T.E. Lawrence
Psychos
1999 · TV Show
as Dr Daniel Nash
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Kid in the Corner
1999 · TV Show
as Alex Letts
Fast Food
1998 · Movie
as Benny
The Man with Rain in His Shoes
1998 · Movie
as Victor Bukowski
Orphans
1998 · Movie
as Michael
Kull the Conqueror
1997 · Movie
as Ducalon
Sharpe's Justice
1997 · Movie
as Captain George Wickham
Sharpe: The Legend
1997 · Movie
as Wickham
Crossing the Floor
1996 · Movie
as Clive Colville
Angels and Insects
1995 · Movie
as Edgar Alabaster
Three Miles Up
1995 · Movie
as Billy
Ghosts
1995 · TV Show
as Billy
Rose Red
1994 · Movie
Common As Muck
1994 · TV Show
as Brian Forget
Down Among the Big Boys
1993 · Movie
as Louie Gibbons
GMTV
1993 · TV Show
as Self
Lipstick on Your Collar
1993 · TV Show
as Corporal Berry
Jute City
1991 · TV Show
as Sammy Kerr
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Dancing in the Dark
1990 · Movie
The Big Man
1990 · Movie
as Davie Dawson
Silent Scream
1990 · Movie
as News Reporter
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She-Play
1990 · TV Show
as Lol
The Bill
1984 · TV Show
American Playhouse
1982 · TV Show
as Edgar Alabaster
Van der Valk
1972 · TV Show
as Joep Huizinga
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With Friends Like These
· Movie
as Phil
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Angh
· Movie
