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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ActingBirthday
November 19, 1965Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
39Place of birth
Glasgow, Scotland, UKAlso known as
더글라스 헨셀Cast credits
Dorian Gray
Alan CampbellIt's All About Love
MichaelGentlemen's Relish
Cromwell MarshFrench Film
MarcusKull the Conqueror
DucalonUltimate Fights from the Movies
Davis Dawson (Crossing the Line) (archive footage)Angels and Insects
Edgar AlabasterTwice Upon a Yesterday
Victor BukowskiOrphans
MichaelHow I Was Stolen by the Germans
Werner KrausDoors Open
Mike MackenzieThe Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Conan DoyleDown Among the Big Boys
Louie GibbonsThe Eagle
CradocLawless Heart
TimThe Salvation
Sheriff MallickThis Year's Love
DannyIona
DanielThe Big Man
Davie Dawson