Douglas Henshall

Career 1990s In 1993, Henshall appeared in Dennis Potter's television adaptation of Lipstick on Your Collar. He also portrayed T. E. Lawrence in a recurring role in George Lucas's American television series Young Indiana Jones (1992–1996). In 1993 he appeared in series 10 of The Bill. One of his first successful film roles was as Edgar in Angels and Insects (1995) before going on to star in Sharpe's Justice (1997), Orphans (1998), The Man with Rain in His Shoes (1998). He has also starred in many television series and is known for his roles in Psychos (1999) This Year's Love (1999) and Kid in the Corner (1999) (for which he won a gold nymph as best actor in a mini-series at the Monte Carlo TV festival in 2000).

2000s

Henshall appeared in the films Lawless Heart (2001) Gentlemen’s Relish (2001) and Silent Cry (2002). Roles on television include Konstantin Levin in Anna Karenina (2000), and Dan in Loving You (2003). He has also performed in plays for BBC Radio, including the role of Romeo in Romeo and Juliet (1999) and David in The Long Farewell (2002). In the summer of 2002, Henshall 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. and starred in Dorian Gray (2009) as the doctor Alan Campbell.

2010s He went on to appear in another ITV1 show, Collision, in which he played the investigating officer of a multi-vehicle car crash. In 2010, Douglas starred in a BBC1 drama called The Silence. He appeared in series 5 of Lewis in the episode "The Mind Has Mountains" and as Cradoc in The Eagle (2011).

In summer 2011, Henshall starred in Harold Pinter's Betrayal at the Comedy Theatre in London's West End playing the lover of Emma, played by Kristin Scott Thomas. Her husband was played by Ben Miles and the revival was brought to life by director Ian Rickson. In autumn 2012, he appeared as Oliver Cromwell in the premiere of the new play 55 Days.

In 2012, he starred as Augustus Cribben in The Secret of Crickley Hall, and in the ITV television film of Ian Rankin's novel Doors Open.

In 2013, Henshall starred as Detective Inspector Jimmy Pérez in the BBC drama Shetland filmed in Lerwick and Glasgow. The story was based on Ann Cleeves' Shetland crime novel Red Bones. A second series of six episodes consisted of three two-part stories based on Cleeve's Raven Black, Dead Water and Blue Lightning. It screened in the UK in March and April 2014. A further series was filmed in 2015, screening on BBC1 in the UK during January and February 2016. Henshall won the Bafta Scotland best television actor award in 2016 for his work in the series and the show won the best television drama.

In 2015, Henshall starred as Taran MacQuarrie in the TV series Outlander.

In 2016, he starred in the Scottish three-part television drama series In Plain Sight as detective William Muncie, who pursued serial murderer Peter Manuel to his conviction and ultimate execution by hanging.

Henshall starred in the film Iona, written and directed by Scott Graham, which opened in March 2016. It is the story of a mother who burns her car and takes her teenage son on a ferry to the island she was named after. In 2019 he appeared as antiquarian book dealer Adam Snow in Susan Hill's ghost story The Small Hand (Channel 5 TV).

2020s Henshall left the series Shetland in June 2022 and acted in the series Who Is Erin Carter? shown on Netflix, in the series Murder is Easy on BBC, and in the series The Darkness.

Filmography

Year Film Role Notes 1989 The Bill Manager TV series (1 episode: "Grace of God") 1990 Taggart Motor Cyclist TV series (1 episode: "Love Knot") The Big Man Davie Dawson Silent Scream News Reporter – 1963, Brixton, Soho 1991 4 Play Eric Shaw TV series (1 episode: "Ball on the Slates") Jute City Sammy Kerr TV series (2 episodes) Boon Johnny TV series (1 episode: "The Night Before Christmas") 1992 Van der Valk Joep Huizinga TV series (1 episode: "The Ties that Bind") Underbelly Haig TV series (1 episode: "Episode #1.4") Firm Friends Stephen TV series (1 episode: "Episode #1.1") 1993 Lipstick on Your Collar Corporal Berry TV series (6 episodes) The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles T. E. Lawrence TV series (2 episodes) Screen One Louie Gibbons TV series (1 episode: "Down Among the Big Boys") 1994 The Bill Stewart French TV series (1 episode: "Darkness Before Dawn") Common as Muck Brian Forget TV series (3 episodes) Rab C. Nesbitt Donny TV series (1 episode: "More") Rose Red Man Short 1995 Ghosts Billy TV series (1 episode: "Three Miles Up") Angels & Insects Edgar Alabaster 1996 Screen Two Clive Colville TV series (1 episode: "Crossing the Floor") Thief Takers Paul Valera TV series (1 episode: "Nasty Boys") 1997 Sharpe's Justice George Wickham TV movie Kull the Conqueror Ducalon 1998 The Man With the Rain in His Shoes Victor Bukowski AKA Twice Upon a Yesterday Orphans Michael 1999 This Year's Love Danny Fast Food Benny Jack of Hearts Stan Denby TV series (6 episodes) Psychos Dr. Daniel Nash TV series (6 episodes) Kid in the Corner Alex Letts TV series 2000 Anna Karenina Levin TV series (4 episodes) 2001 Gentlemen's Relish Cromwell Marsh TV movie Lawless Heart Tim 2002 Silent Cry Daniel Stone 2003 It's All About Love Michael Loving You Dan TV movie Unscrew Sam Short 2004 Frances Tuesday Lucas Pilgrim TV movie 2005 Dalziel and Pascoe Tony Watson (including a cameo as Fagin singing in Oliver!) TV series (2 episodes) "Dust Thou Art" The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes and Arthur Conan Doyle Sir Arthur Conan Doyle TV movie Ripley Under Ground Derwatt 2006 Free Jimmy Eddie Voice Dead Long Enough Styx 2007 Flying Lessons Aarto Sea of Souls Robert Dunbar TV series (2 episodes) 2007–2009 Primeval Nick Cutter (16 episodes: 2007–2009) 2008 French Film Marcus 2009 Primeval Evolved Nick Cutter Video Game Dorian Gray Alan Campbell Collision DI John Tolin TV series (5 episodes) 2010 The Silence DCI Jim Edwards TV mini-series (4 episodes) 2011 The Eagle Cradoc South Riding Joe Astell TV mini-series (3 episodes) Lewis Alex Gansa TV series (1 episode: "The Mind Has Mountains") How I Was Stolen by the Germans Werner Kraus 2012 The Kidnap Diaries Sean Langan TV movie Playhouse Presents Harker TV series (1 episode: "The Sniper") The Secret of Crickley Hall Augustus Cribben TV series (3 episodes) Doors Open Mike Mackenzie TV movie 2013–2022 Shetland DI Jimmy Pérez TV series, lead role (38 episodes) 2014 The Salvation Sheriff Mallick 2015 Outlander Taran MacQuarrie TV series (4 episodes) Iona Daniel Black Work DCS Hepburn TV series (3 episodes) 2016 In Plain Sight Sergeant William Muncie TV mini-series, lead role 2023 Murder is Easy Major Horton Two-part drama Who Is Erin Carter? Daniel Lang TV series 2025 The Revenge Club Steve Williams Main cast 2026 Angh Missionary