Daniel Henshall
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Born | Daniel Edwin Henshall 9 August 1982 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2007–present |
Daniel Edwin Henshall (born 9 August 1982) is an Australian film, TV and theatre actor, known for his work in Snowtown and Turn: Washington's Spies.
Early life and education[]
Born and raised in Sydney, Australia, he is the youngest of three children.[1]
Career[]
Henshall is best known for his portrayal as serial killer John Bunting in Justin Kurzel's Snowtown (2011), based on the Snowtown murders in South Australia.[2] Film critic Roger Ebert called his performance "astonishingly good",[3] Megan Lehmann of The Hollywood Reporter said it was "disturbingly excellent",[4], and IndieWire named it one of the best of performances of the year.[5] Henshall was awarded, among others, the AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for the role.[6]
For four seasons, Henshall played whaler spy Caleb Brewster in the AMC TV series Turn: Washington's Spies (2014–2017). Writer/director Jennifer Kent cast him as Robbie in her debut feature film, the psychological horror The Babadook (2014). In the live action version of Ghost in the Shell (2017) he played Skinny Man, re-enacting the iconic water fight from the original 1995 anime.[7]
Acclaimed South Korean director Bong Joon-ho cast him as Blonde, animal rights-activist and boyfriend of Silver, in the action-adventure feature film Okja (2017). He plays Slayer, skinhead and Bryons chief rival in Skin (2018), based on the life of Bryon Widner and work of Daryle Lamont Jenkins.[8]
He won praise from reviewers for his portrayal as the Archibald Prize-winning artist Adam Cullen in Acute Misfortune (2019), including in The Guardian,[9] Filmink,[10] Variety,[11] and The Hollywood Reporter.[12] He was nominated for the 2019 Film Critics Circle of Australia, and 2020 Australian Film Critics Association Awards for Best Actor.[13][14]
Henshall played murder suspect and sex offender, Leonard Patz, in the Apple TV+ limited series Defending Jacob (2020). His portrayal of criminal on the run Daryl Dun, aka Santa, in the family Christmas comedy A Sunburnt Christmas (2020),[15] was well received by the Sydney Morning Herald, [16] and The Guardian. [17]
Next he will be seen in the thriller To Catch a Fair One (2021), due to premiere in competition at the 2021 TriBeCa Film Festival,[18] and later in the year in Clickbait (2021) for Netflix.[19]
Credits[]
Film[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
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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 | Nominated – Film Critics Circle of Australia Award for Best Actor
Nominated – Australian Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor | |
2019 | Skin | Slayer | Dir: Guy Nativ | |
2020 | Measure for Measure | Lukey | ||
2020 | A Sunburnt Christmas | Daryl Dun | Dir: Christiaan Van Vuren | |
2021 | Catch the Fair One | Bobby | Dir: Josef Kubota Wladyka |
Television[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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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 | Griffo | 5 Episodes |
2020 | Defending Jacob | Leonard Patz | 8 Episodes Dir: Morten Tyldum |
2021 | Clickbait | Simon Burton | 2 episodes |
2021 | The Fires | Kip | |
2021 | Mr Inbetween | Kenny | Dir: Nash Edgerton |
Theatre[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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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 |
References[]
- ^ https://www.theaustralian.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=TAWEB_WRE170_a_GGL&dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theaustralian.com.au%2Farts%2Freview%2Fdaniel-henshall-from-snowtown-to-defending-jacob%2Fnews-story%2F1882a5e81b46759d1f4fb8298aa7e26d&memtype=anonymous&mode=premium
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Red Dog takes out best film at AACTA Awards". ABC News. 31 January 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
- ^ YouTube video
- ^ 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" – via www.theguardian.com.
- ^ Free, Erin (2019). "Acute Misfortune". FilmInk. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
- ^ {{Cite https://variety.com/2020/film/reviews/acute-misfortune-review-adam-cullen-1234824705/
- ^ "'Acute Misfortune': Film Review | Melbourne 2018". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
- ^ "2019 Awards Winners". Film Critics Association of Australia. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
- ^ "2020 AWARDS". Australian Film Critics Association. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
- ^ {{Cite https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/a_sunburnt_christmas
- ^ {{Cite https://www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/bryan-cranston-in-the-wheelhouse-as-a-compromised-judge-in-your-honor-20201210-p56mec.html
- ^ {{Cite https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/dec/15/a-sunburnt-christmas-review-a-very-australian-bad-santa-comedy-for-a-jolly-holiday-season
- ^ https://deadline.com/2021/04/nomadland-producer-tribeca-catch-fair-one-memento-darren-aronofsky-1234740809/
- ^ Petski, Denise (11 February 2020). "'Clickbait': Netflix Thriller Limited Series Adds Seven To Cast". Deadline. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
External links[]
- 21st-century Australian male actors
- Australian male film actors
- Australian male television actors
- Living people
- Best Actor AACTA Award winners
- 1982 births