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. '' in 2013 at the
Bloody Scotland International Crime Writing Festival, 2017
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==