Daniel Henshall

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Daniel Henshall
Born (1982-08-09) 9 August 1982 (age 37)
OccupationActor
Years active2007–present

Daniel Edwin Henshall (born 9 August 1982) is an Australian actor. He is known for his roles in the films Snowtown (2011) aka The Snowtown Murders, The Babadook (2014), Ghost in the Shell (2017), Okja (2017), and Acute Misfortune (2019), as well as starring in the AMC TV series Turn: Washington's Spies. For Snowtown he won an AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role.

Life and career[edit]

Daniel was born and raised in Sydney, New South Wales, and is the youngest of three children. He is a graduate of the Actors Centre Australia.

He is best known for his portrayal as a real life serial killer in Justin Kurzel's Snowtown (based on The Snowtown Murders). Pulitzer Prize winning critic Roger Ebert called his performance 'astonishingly good' [1], The Hollywood Reporter said it was 'disturbingly excellent' [2], and IndieWire named it one of the best performances of the year. [3]

In 2013 Henshall was cast as whaler spy Caleb Brewster, a lead player, in the TV series Turn: Washington's Spies for AMC. A roll he reprised for four seasons.

Most recently he was seen as Adam Cullen, the infamous Archibald Prize winning artist, in Acute Misfortune. Luke Buckmaster of The Guardian said 'The film marks another one-for-the-ages performance from Henshall' [4], Filmink called the performance 'nothing short of staggering...Henshall gets to the real flesh and bone of Cullen, and it’s a bruising, dark-hued joy to witness' [5]

Next he will be seen in Skin directed by Oscar winner Guy Nativ.

He is currently working on Defending Jacob (miniseries) for Apple TV+.

Credits[edit]

Film[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
2011 Snowtown John Bunting Winner - AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
Winner - Film Critics Circle of Australia Award for Best Actor
Winner - Australian Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
Winner - Marrakech International Film Festival Award for Best Actor
2012 Not Suitable for Children Dave
2012 Any Questions for Ben? Nick
2013 These Final Hours Freddy
2014 The Babadook Robbie Dir: Jennifer Kent
2014 Fell Luke
2017 Ghost in the Shell Skinny Man
2017 Okja Blonde Dir: Bong Joon-ho
2019 Acute Misfortune Adam Cullen Based on the book Acute Misfortune: The Life and Death of Adam Cullen by Erik Jensen
2019 Skin Slayer Dir: Guy Nativ
TBA Measure for Measure Lukey

Television[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
2007 All Saints Tim Downly Episode: The Pain of It All
2008 Out of the Blue Adam 'Ado' O'Donnell 66 Episodes
2010 Rescue Special Ops Trevor Slezack Episode: Street Legal
2012 Rake Clown Episode: R vs Mohammed
2012 Devil's Dust Jock 2 Episodes
2013 Mr & Mrs Murder Gregor Cheresniak Episode: Atlas Drugged
2015 The Beautiful Lie Kingsley Faraday Re-imagining of Tolstoy's Anna Karenina
2014 - 2017 Turn: Washington's Spies Caleb Brewster 40 Episodes
2019 Lambs of God Barnaby 4 Episodes
2019 Bloom (TV series) Griffo 5 Episodes
TBA Defending Jacob (miniseries) Leonard Patz 8 Episodes Dir: Morten Tyldum

Theatre[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
2006 The Golden Ass Various Bsharp, Belvoir St Theatre
2007 The Popular Mechanicals Flute Parramatta Riverside Theatre
2008 Belles Line Mick The Old Fitzroy Theatre
2013 The Secret River (play) Dan Oldfield Sydney Theatre Company

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Ebert, Roger. "The Snowtown Murders Movie Review (2012) - Roger Ebert". www.rogerebert.com.
  2. ^ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/snowtown-cannes-review-187120
  3. ^ Savage, Sophia (25 December 2012). "Best Performances of 2012: A Good Year for the Broken, Disturbed and Driven". indiewire.com.
  4. ^ Buckmaster, Luke (3 August 2018). "Acute Misfortune first-look review – Adam Cullen biopic is an enthralling, complex triumph" – via www.theguardian.com.
  5. ^ https://www.filmink.com.au/reviews/acute-misfortune/

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