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.

Фільмографія

• 2026Angh — White Priest
• Forever Home
• 2026One of Us
• The Revenge Club — Steve Williams
• The Darkness — Petur
• Murder Is Easy — Major Horton
• Хто така Ерін Картер? — Daniel Long
• 2020Wednesday
• 2019Orphans Reunited
• Power to the People — Narrator
• 2019Susan Hill's Ghost Story — Adam Snow
• Secret Agent Selection: WW2 — Narrator
• Mountain: Life at the Extreme — Narrator, Video Assist Operator
• In Plain Sight — William Muncie
• Black Work — DCS Hepburn
• 2015Iona — Daniel
• 2014Scotland In A Day
• 2014Спасіння — Sheriff Mallick
• Чужоземка — Taran MacQuarrie
• Шетланд — DI Jimmy Perez
• 2012Doors Open — Mike Mackenzie
• 2012The Kidnap Diaries — Sean Langan
• The Secret of Crickley Hall — Augustus Cribben
• 2012The Snipist — Harker
• Плейхауз — Harker
• 2011How I Was Stolen by the Germans — Werner Kraus
• South Riding — Joe Astell
• 2011Орел Дев'ятого легіону — Cradoc
• The Silence — Jim
• Collision — D.I. John Tolin
• 2009Доріан Ґрей — Alan Campbell
• 2008French Film — Marcus
• Lewis — Alex Gansa
• 2007Lezioni di volo — Aarto
• 2007Ripley Under Ground — Philip Derwatt
• Портал юрського періоду — Nick Cutter
• 2005The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle — Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
• Frances Tuesday — Lucas Pilgrim
• Sea of Souls — Robert Dunbar
• 2003It's All About Love — Michael
• 2003Loving You — Dan
• 2002Lawless Heart — Tim
• 2002Silent Cry — Daniel Stone
• 2002Ultimate Fights from the Movies — Davis Dawson (Crossing the Line) (archive footage)
• 2001Gentlemen's Relish — Cromwell Marsh
• Anna Karenina — Levin
• 2000The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change — T.E. Lawrence
• Kid in the Corner — Alex Letts
• Psychos — Dr Daniel Nash
• 1999The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert — T.E. Lawrence
• 1999This Year's Love — Danny
• 1998Fast Food — Benny
• 1998Orphans — Michael
• 1998The Man with Rain in His Shoes — Victor Bukowski
• 1997Kull the Conqueror — Ducalon
• 1997Sharpe's Justice — Captain George Wickham
• 1997Sharpe: The Legend — Wickham
• 1996Crossing the Floor — Clive Colville
• Далзієл і Паско — Tony Watson
• 1995Angels and Insects — Edgar Alabaster
• Ghosts — Billy
• 1995Three Miles Up — Billy
• Common As Muck — Brian Forget
• 1994Rose Red
• 1993Down Among the Big Boys — Louie Gibbons
• Lipstick on Your Collar — Corporal Berry
• Jute City — Sammy Kerr
• 1990Dancing in the Dark
• She-Play — Lol
• 1990Silent Scream — News Reporter
• 1990The Big Man — Davie Dawson
• The Bill
• American Playhouse — Edgar Alabaster
• Van der Valk — Joep Huizinga

Ток-шоу, премії та інші появи (5)

• Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg — Self
• 2008Primeval: Through the Anomaly — Self
• 2007The Making of Primeval — Self
• 2000Missing, Presumed Murdered — Self (Narrator)
• GMTV — Self