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.

Douglas Henshall plays as DI Jimmy Perez in Shetland.
Douglas Henshall is the top #1 member of the cast and appears in 26 episodes.

Alison O'Donnell plays as DS Alison 'Tosh' McIntosh in Shetland.
Alison O'Donnell is the top #2 member of the cast and appears in 26 episodes.

Erin Armstrong plays as Cassie Perez in Shetland.
Erin Armstrong is the top #3 member of the cast and appears in 26 episodes.

Julia Brown plays as Lois Bennett in Shetland.
Julia Brown is the top #4 member of the cast and appears in 7 episodes.

Richard Mark Bonnar is a Scottish actor. He is known for his roles as Max in Guilt, Duncan Hunter in Shetland, Bruno Jenkins in Casualty, Detective Finney in Psychoville, DCC Mike Dryden in Line of Duty, Colin Osborne in Unforgotten, Townsend in Battlefield 1 and Field in Summer of Rockets.

Mark Bonnar plays as Alwyn Evans in Shetland.
Mark Bonnar is the top #5 member of the cast and appears in 6 episodes.

Steven Robertson plays as Mark Bradwell in Shetland.
Steven Robertson is the top #6 member of the cast and appears in 6 episodes.

Fiona Bell plays as Gillian Mooney in Shetland.
Fiona Bell is the top #7 member of the cast and appears in 6 episodes.

Gerard Miller plays as Allan Killick in Shetland.
Gerard Miller is the top #8 member of the cast and appears in 6 episodes.

Neve McIntosh plays as Kate Kilmuir in Shetland.
Neve McIntosh is the top #9 member of the cast and appears in 6 episodes.

Stephen Walters plays as Thomas Malone in Shetland.
Stephen Walters is the top #10 member of the cast and appears in 6 episodes.