Daniel Henshall | |
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 Henshall in February 2012 | |
| Born | Daniel Edwin Henshall 9 August 1982 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2006–present |
Daniel Edwin Henshall (born 9 August 1982) is an Australian actor. Following his film debut in Snowtown (2011), for which he won the AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, Henshall appeared in films such as These Final Hours (2013), The Babadook (2014), Acute Misfortune (2018), and Catch the Fair One (2021).
Early life and education
Born and raised in Sydney, Australia, he is the youngest of three children.[1]
He graduated from the full time acting program at Actors Centre Australia in 2006.
Career
Henshall's first major role was on the short lived BBC soap Out of the Blue (2008), where he played happy go lucky, Adam 'Ado' O'Donnell.
He won the AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his performance as real life serial killer, John Bunting, in Justin Kurzel's Snowtown (2011). [2][3][4] Indiewire named it one of the best performances of 2012.[5] Snowtown was selected to play at Critics' Week during the Cannes Film Festival.
Henshall originated the role of Dan Oldfield in the initial sell out seasons of The Secret River (play) (2013), commissioned by Cate Blanchett and Andrew Upton for The Sydney Theatre Company.
For four seasons he played co-lead, whaler spy Caleb Brewster, alongside Jamie Bell, Heather Lind and Seth Numrich in the AMC revolutionary war series Turn: Washington's Spies (2014–2017).
Writer/Director Jennifer Kent cast him as Nurse Robbie, opposite Essie Davis, in the universally praised, modern cult classic, The Babadook (2014).
In the live action version of Ghost in the Shell (2017) he played AI enhanced Skinny Man, opposite Scarlett Johansson, re-enacting the iconic water fight from the original 1995 anime.[6]
Director Bong Joon-ho cast him as Blonde, animal rights-activist and boyfriend of Silver, alongside Paul Dano, Steven Yeun and Lily Collins, in the action-adventure feature film Okja (2017). Okja competed for the Palme d'or in Official Competition at the Cannes Film Festival.
He played white supremacist Slayer, opposite Jamie Bell, Vera Farmiga and Bill Camp, in Skin (2018), based on the life of Bryon Widner and work of Daryle Lamont Jenkins.[7] Skin had its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival.
Henshall received praise for his performance as Archibald Prize-winning artist Adam Cullen in Acute Misfortune (2019), directed by Thomas M. Wright. [8][9] He was nominated for the Film Critics Circle of Australia and Australian Film Critics Association Awards for Best Actor. Acute Misfortune was named best Australian film of 2019 by The Guardian.
He played murder suspect Leonard Patz, opposite Chris Evans and Cherry Jones, in the Apple TV+ thriller Defending Jacob (2020).
He played Daryl Dunn, criminal on the run turned Santa, in the family Christmas comedy, A Sunburnt Christmas (2020).[10]
In the Netflix series Clickbait (2021), he played grieving brother turned vigilante, Simon Burton, opposite Zoe Kazan, Adrian Grenier and Phoenix Raei.
He played Bobby, son to the head of a human trafficking syndicate, in the film Catch the Fair One (2021), opposite Kali Reis and Kevin Dunn. Catch the Fair One premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival where it won the Audience Award.
Henshall had a cameo in the third and final season of the FX series Mr Inbetween (2022), playing Kenny, a drunk ex student at a high school reunion.
He was nominated for the AACTA Award for Best Guest or Supporting Actor in a Television Drama for his work as Patrick, the fraudulent son of a bankrupt mining family, in Mystery Road: Origin (2022).
He will be seen alongside Julia Garner, Jessica Henwick and Hugo Weaving in The Royal Hotel (film) (2023), directed by Kitty Green. The Royal Hotel will have its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival.
Credits
Film
| 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 | |
| Any Questions for Ben? | Nick | ||
| 2013 | These Final Hours | Freddy | |
| 2014 | The Babadook | Robbie | |
| Fell | Luke | ||
| 2017 | Ghost in the Shell | Skinny Man | |
| Okja [11] | Blonde | ||
| 2019 | Acute Misfortune | Adam Cullen | Nominated – Film Critics Circle of Australia Award for Best Actor
Nominated – Australian Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor |
| Skin | Slayer | ||
| 2020 | Measure for Measure | Lukey | |
| A Sunburnt Christmas | Daryl Dun | ||
| 2021 | Catch the Fair One | Bobby | |
| 2023 | The Royal Hotel [12] | Dolly | |
| TBA | Mickey 17 | TBA |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | All Saints | Tim Downly | Episode: The Pain of It All |
| 2008 | Out of the Blue | Adam 'Ado' O'Donnell | Main Cast |
| 2010 | Rescue Special Ops | Trevor Slezack | Episode: Street Legal |
| 2012 | Rake | Clown | Episode: R vs Mohammed |
| Devil's Dust | Jock | Guest | |
| 2013 | Mr & Mrs Murder | Gregor Cheresniak | Episode: Atlas Drugged |
| 2015 | The Beautiful Lie | Kingsley Faraday | Main Cast |
| 2014–2017 | Turn: Washington's Spies [13] | Caleb Brewster | Main Cast |
| 2019 | Lambs of God | Barnaby | Recurring |
| Bloom | Griffo | Main Cast | |
| 2020 | Defending Jacob | Leonard Patz | Recurring |
| 2021 | Clickbait [14] | Simon Burton | Episode:The Brother |
| Fires | Kip | Ensemble | |
| Mr Inbetween | Kenny | Cameo | |
| 2022 | Mystery Road: Origin [15] | Patrick | Nominated - AACTA Award for Best Guest or Supporting Actor in a Television Drama |
| Savage River (TV series) [16] | Kevin Pattison | 6 episodes | |
| 2023 | RFDS | Glen | 1 episode |
| 2024 | The Newsreader [17] | In Production |
Theatre
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | The Golden Ass | Various | Bsharp, Belvoir St Theatre |
| 2007 | The Popular Mechanicals | Flute | Riverside Theatres Parramatta |
| 2008 | Belles Line | Mick | Old Fitzroy Theatre |
| 2013 | The Secret River | Dan Oldfield | Sydney Theatre Company |
References
- ↑
- ↑ Bradshaw, Peter (17 November 2011). "Snowtown – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
- ↑ Ebert, Roger (14 March 2012). "A psychopath using mind control". Chicago Sun-Times.
- ↑ Lehmann, Megan (10 May 2011). "Snowtown: Cannes Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
- ↑ Savage, Sophia (25 December 2012). "Best Performances of 2012: A Good Year for the Broken, Disturbed and Driven". Indiewire.
- ↑ "Ghost in the Shell movie/anime water fight comparison". YouTube. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
- ↑ Sneider, Jeff (24 September 2018). "'Skin' Review: Jamie Bell Shines as Skinhead Trying to Make Good | TIFF 2018". Collider. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
- ↑ Buckmaster, Luke (3 August 2018). "Acute Misfortune first-look review – Adam Cullen biopic is an enthralling, complex triumph". Theguardian.com.
- ↑ Free, Erin (2019). "Acute Misfortune". FilmInk.com.au. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
- ↑ "A Sunburnt Christmas review – a very Australian bad-Santa comedy for a jolly holiday season". The Guardian. 14 December 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
- ↑ https://tvtonight.com.au/2016/04/aussie-joins-netflix-film-shooting-in-south-korea.html
- ↑ https://tvtonight.com.au/2023/12/airdate-the-royal-hotel.html
- ↑ https://tvtonight.com.au/2013/02/aussie-actors-cast-in-new-period-pilot-in-the-us.html
- ↑ https://tvtonight.com.au/2020/11/filming-resumes-on-clickbait.html
- ↑ https://tvtonight.com.au/2021/10/filming-underway-on-mystery-road-origin.html
- ↑ https://tvtonight.com.au/2022/02/cameras-roll-on-savage-river.html
- ↑ https://tvtonight.com.au/2024/01/filming-underway-on-the-newsreader-s3.html