Cast & creator
Douglas Henshall
Best known for Outlander, American Playhouse, Lewis
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.
Also known as: 더글라스 헨셀
44
film credits
36
television credits
79
1972–2026 · acting roles
6.3
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (80)
Showing 80 of 80 credits
Outlander
Taran MacQuarrie
2014
American Playhouse
Edgar Alabaster
1982
Lewis
Alex Gansa
2007
Shetland
DI Jimmy Perez
2013
The Bill
1984
GMTV
Self
1993
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Self
2022
Dalziel and Pascoe
Tony Watson
1996
Playhouse Presents
Harker
2012
Primeval
Nick Cutter
2007
Van der Valk
Joep Huizinga
1972
Sea of Souls
Robert Dunbar
2004
The Eagle
Cradoc
2011
Who Is Erin Carter?
Daniel Long
2023
Dorian Gray
Alan Campbell
2009
The Salvation
Sheriff Mallick
2014
Murder Is Easy
Major Horton
2023
Collision
D.I. John Tolin
2009
Common As Muck
Brian Forget
1994
South Riding
Joe Astell
2011
Black Work
DCS Hepburn
2015
Anna Karenina
Levin
2000
The Revenge Club
Steve Williams
2025
The Darkness
Petur
2024
The Secret of Crickley Hall
Augustus Cribben
2012
Psychos
Dr Daniel Nash
1999She-Play
Lol
1990
Lipstick on Your Collar
Corporal Berry
1993
The Silence
Jim
2010
Ghosts
Billy
1995
Kull the Conqueror
Ducalon
1997
Ripley Under Ground
Philip Derwatt
2007
In Plain Sight
William Muncie
2016
The Man with Rain in His Shoes
Victor Bukowski
1998
Angh
White Priest
2026
It's All About Love
Michael
2003Kid in the Corner
Alex Letts
1999
This Year's Love
Danny
1999
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
Davis Dawson (Crossing the Line) (archive footage)
2002
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert
T.E. Lawrence
1999
Forever Home
2026
Angels and Insects
Edgar Alabaster
1995
The Big Man
Davie Dawson
1990
Down Among the Big Boys
Louie Gibbons
1993
Frances Tuesday
Lucas Pilgrim
2004
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change
T.E. Lawrence
2000
Sharpe: The Legend
Wickham
1997
Jute City
Sammy Kerr
1991
Rose Red
1994
Primeval: Through the Anomaly
Self
2008
Gentlemen's Relish
Cromwell Marsh
2001
Crossing the Floor
Clive Colville
1996
The Snipist
Harker
2012
The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
2005
Sharpe's Justice
Captain George Wickham
1997
One of Us
2026
Iona
Daniel
2015
Susan Hill's Ghost Story
Adam Snow
2019
Secret Agent Selection: WW2
Narrator
2018
The Making of Primeval
Self
2007Scotland In A Day
2014
Doors Open
Mike Mackenzie
2012
How I Was Stolen by the Germans
Werner Kraus
2011
Wednesday
2020
French Film
Marcus
2008
Lawless Heart
Tim
2002
Mountain: Life at the Extreme
Narrator
2017Mountain: Life at the Extreme
Video Assist Operator
2017
Silent Scream
News Reporter
1990
Silent Cry
Daniel Stone
2002
Power to the People
Narrator
2019
Fast Food
Benny
1998Loving You
Dan
2003
Lezioni di volo
Aarto
2007
Orphans
Michael
1998Dancing in the Dark
1990
Three Miles Up
Billy
1995
Missing, Presumed Murdered
Self (Narrator)
2000
The Kidnap Diaries
Sean Langan
2012