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 .
Supporter of the Scottish football team St. Mirren
His first choice of career would have been a sports journalist; unfortunately he didnt get the right qualifications to study in Edinburgh.
Won a gold nymph as best actor in a mini-series for "Kid In The Corner" at the Monte-Carlo TV festival in 2000.
He once had his own production company, Deep Blue River Films.
(July 2005) Appearing in a limited run of Death of a Salesman at the Lyric Theatre, London.
Late 2016, became a father of a girl named Grace.
