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Douglas 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 Primeval (2007–2011) and Detective Inspector Jimmy Pérez in the crime drama Shetland (2013–2025).

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. Henshall joined the theatre company in Glasgow, and 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, in Las Vegas in February 2010.

Career
1990s
In 1993, Henshall appeared in 's television adaptation of Lipstick on Your Collar. He also portrayed T. E. Lawrence in a recurring role in 's American television series Young Indiana Jones (1992–1996). In 1993 he appeared in series 10 of . 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 (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 , including the role of 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 in 's new trilogy of plays, The Coast of Utopia, at the National Theatre.

Henshall played Marcus in the British comedy film , alongside and . He took the starring role as scientist Professor Nick Cutter in the first three series of the science fiction series Primeval from 2007 to 2009 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. The Silence BBC1 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 's Betrayal at the in London's West End playing the lover of Emma, played by Kristin Scott Thomas. Her husband was played by and the revival was brought to life by director . In autumn 2012, he appeared as 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 's novel .

In 2013, Henshall starred as Detective Inspector Jimmy Pérez in the BBC drama Shetland filmed in and Glasgow. The story was based on ' 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 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 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 '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
1989ManagerTV series (1 episode: "Grace of God")
1990Motor CyclistTV series (1 episode: "Love Knot")
The Big ManDavie Dawson
Silent ScreamNews Reporter – 1963, Brixton, Soho
19914 PlayEric ShawTV series (1 episode: "Ball on the Slates")
Jute CitySammy KerrTV series (2 episodes)
BoonJohnnyTV series (1 episode: "The Night Before Christmas")
1992Van der ValkJoep HuizingaTV series (1 episode: "The Ties that Bind")
UnderbellyHaigTV series (1 episode: "Episode #1.4")
StephenTV series (1 episode: "Episode #1.1")
1993Lipstick on Your CollarCorporal BerryTV series (6 episodes)
The Young Indiana Jones ChroniclesT. E. LawrenceTV series (2 episodes)
Louie GibbonsTV series (1 episode: "Down Among the Big Boys")
1994Stewart FrenchTV series (1 episode: "Darkness Before Dawn")
Common as MuckBrian ForgetTV series (3 episodes)
Rab C. NesbittDonnyTV series (1 episode: "More")
Rose RedManShort
1995GhostsBillyTV series (1 episode: "Three Miles Up")
Angels & InsectsEdgar Alabaster
1996Clive ColvilleTV series (1 episode: "Crossing the Floor")
Paul ValeraTV series (1 episode: "Nasty Boys")
1997Sharpe's JusticeGeorge WickhamTV movie
Kull the ConquerorDucalon
1998The Man With the Rain in His ShoesVictor BukowskiAKA Twice Upon a Yesterday
OrphansMichael
1999This Year's LoveDanny
Fast FoodBenny
Jack of HeartsStan DenbyTV series (6 episodes)
PsychosDr. Daniel NashTV series (6 episodes)
Kid in the CornerAlex LettsTV series
2000Anna KareninaLevinTV series (4 episodes)
2001Cromwell MarshTV movie
Tim
2002Silent CryDaniel Stone
2003It's All About LoveMichael
Loving YouDanTV movie
UnscrewSamShort
2004Frances TuesdayLucas PilgrimTV movie
2005Dalziel and PascoeTony Watson (including a cameo as singing in Oliver!)TV series (2 episodes) "Dust Thou Art"
The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes and Arthur Conan DoyleSir Arthur Conan DoyleTV movie
Ripley Under GroundDerwatt
2006EddieVoice
Dead Long EnoughStyx
2007Flying LessonsAarto
Sea of SoulsRobert DunbarTV series (2 episodes)
2007-2009PrimevalNick Cutter(16 episodes: 2007–2009)
2008Marcus
2009Nick CutterVideo Game
Dorian GrayAlan Campbell
CollisionDI John TolinTV series (5 episodes)
2010The SilenceDCI Jim EdwardsTV mini-series (4 episodes)
2011The EagleCradoc
South RidingJoe AstellTV mini-series (3 episodes)
LewisAlex GansaTV series (1 episode: "The Mind Has Mountains")
How I Was Stolen by the GermansWerner Kraus
2012The Kidnap DiariesSean LanganTV movie
Playhouse PresentsHarkerTV series (1 episode: "The Sniper")
The Secret of Crickley HallAugustus CribbenTV series (3 episodes)
Doors OpenMike MackenzieTV movie
2013–2025ShetlandDI Jimmy PérezTV series, lead role (56 episodes)
2014The SalvationSheriff Mallick
2015OutlanderTaran MacQuarrieTV series (4 episodes)
IonaDaniel
DCS HepburnTV series (3 episodes)
2016In Plain SightSergeant William MuncieTV mini-series, lead role
2023Murder is EasyMajor HortonTwo-part drama
Who Is Erin Carter?retrieved 12 August 2023Daniel LangTV series
2025The Revenge ClubSteve WilliamsMain cast

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