Douglas “Dougie” James Henshall 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 (2013–2022).
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. 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, in Las Vegas in February 2010.
| Date of Birth | 19th November 1965 |
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| Age | 59 Years |
| Zodiac Sign | Scorpio |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Current City | Glasgow |
| Birth Place | Glasgow |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom |
| Spouses | Tena Štivičić |
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| Education |
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| Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts |
| Occupation | actor, stage actor, film actor |
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