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Douglas “Dougie” James Henshall (born 19 November 1965) is a Scottish television, film and stage actor. He is best known for his roles as Professor Nick Cutter in the science fiction series ''
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'' (2007–2011) and Detective Inspector Jimmy Pérez in the crime drama '' Shetland'' (2013–2022).


Background

Henshall's mother was a nurse and his father a salesman. He attended Barrhead High School. While studying there, he joined the Scottish Youth Theatre. After graduation, he moved to London and trained at
Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, formerly Mountview Theatre School, is a drama school in Peckham, south London, England, founded in 1945. The Academy provides specialist vocational training in acting and musical theatre, as well as production ...
. Later, Henshall joined the 7:84 theatre company in Glasgow. He later returned to London where he received critical acclaim for his theatre work, notably ''Life of Stuff'' at the Donmar Warehouse (1993) and ''American Buffalo'' at the Young Vic (1997). He married his partner, Croatian writer
Tena Štivičić Tena Štivičić (; born 1977) is a Croatian playwright and screenwriter. She won the 2014-2015 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize. Life She was born in Zagreb where she studied at the Academy of Dramatic Art. She completed an MA in Writing for Performa ...
, in Las Vegas in February 2010.


Career


1990s

In 1993, Henshall appeared in
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's television adaptation of '' Lipstick on Your Collar''. He also portrayed
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in a recurring role in the American television series ''
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'' (1992–1996). In 1993 he appeared in series 10 of ''
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''. One of his first successful film roles was as Edgar in '' Angels and Insects'' (1995) before going on to star in ''
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'' (1997), ''
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'' (1998), ''
The Man with Rain in His Shoes ''The Man with Rain in His Shoes'' is a 1998 Spanish-British romantic comedy film, written by Spanish singer-songwriter Rafa Russo, directed by Spanish filmmaker María Ripoll (in her directing debut) and starring Lena Headey, Douglas Henshal ...
'' (1998). He has also starred in many television series and is known for his roles in '' Psychos'' (1999) ''
This Year's Love ''This Year's Love'' is a 1999 film written and directed by David Kane and set in and around Camden Town in London. Cast *Dougray Scott as Cameron * Jennifer Ehle as Sophie * Ian Hart as Liam *Sophie Okonedo as Denise *Douglas Henshall as Dan ...
'' (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 ''Lawless Heart'' is a 2001 British film directed by Tom Hunsinger and Neil Hunter. It had its world premiere at the Locarno Film Festival, where it won the Prix CICAE / Arte. It also won Best Screenplay at the British Independent Film Awards ...
'' (2001) ''Gentlemen’s Relish'' (2001) and ''Silent Cry'' (2002). Roles on television include Konstantin Levin in ''
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'' (2000), and Dan in ''Loving You'' (2003). He has also performed in plays for
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, including the role of
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in '' Romeo and Juliet'' (1999) and David in ''The Long Farewell'' (2002). In the summer of 2002, Douglas returned to the London stage where he performed the role of Michael Bakunin in
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's new trilogy of plays, ''
The Coast of Utopia ''The Coast of Utopia'' is a 2002 trilogy of plays: ''Voyage'', ''Shipwreck'', and ''Salvage'', written by Tom Stoppard with focus on the philosophical debates in pre-revolution Russia between 1833 and 1866. It was the recipient of the 2007 Ton ...
'', at the National Theatre. Henshall played Marcus in the post-production British comedy film ''
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'', alongside
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and Anne-Marie Duff. He took the starring role as scientist Professor Nick Cutter in the first three series of the science fiction series ''
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'' from 2007 to 2009 and starred in ''
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'' (2009) as the doctor Alan Campbell. *


2010s

He went on to appear in another
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show, ''Collision'', in which he played the investigating officer of a multiple car crash. In 2010, Douglas starred in a
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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 ''
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'' at the
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in
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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 Ian David Rickson (born 1963) is a British theatre director. He was the artistic director at the Royal Court Theatre in London from 1998 to 2006.
. In autumn 2012, he appeared as
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in the premiere of the new play ''
55 Days ''55 Days'' is an English history play by Howard Brenton, centred on the 1649 trial and execution of Charles I of England following the English Civil War. It premiered at the Hampstead Theatre from 18 October to 24 November 2012, in a production d ...
''. In 2012, he starred as Augustus Cribben in ''
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'', and in the ITV television film of
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's novel ''
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''. In 2013, Henshall starred as Detective Inspector Jimmy Pérez in the BBC drama '' Shetland'' filmed in Lerwick and Glasgow. The story was based on
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' 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 ''
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'' as the detective William Muncie, who pursued serial murderer
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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


References


External links

*
Betrayal, "Comedy Theatre Review"
''The Telegraph'', 17 June 2011
Betrayal – Review, "Comedy Theatre London"
''The Guardian'', 17 June 2011

''The Independent', 17 June 2011 {{DEFAULTSORT:Henshall, Douglas Male actors from Glasgow Alumni of the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts Scottish male film actors Scottish male stage actors 1965 births Living people People from Barrhead People associated with Shetland