Biography
John Henshaw is a British actor famed for his roles as Ken the landlord in Early Doors, Wilf Bradshaw in Born and Bred and PC Roy Bramwell in The Cops.
Henshaw was born one of 12 children. He grew up in Ancoats, Manchester's "Little Italy" community. He was a refuse collector for ten years before deciding to become an actor at the age of 40.
His first big break in acting was as a minder to Robert Lindsay's character Michael Murray in the acclaimed Channel 4 series, G.B.H. Other TV credits include The Royle Family, The Visit, Life on Mars, whilst film credits include the Steve Coogan comedy The Parole Officer, the Bert Trautmann biopic The Keeper, and the Ken Loach films Looking For Eric and The Angels' Share. Henshaw is chairman of the 24:7 Theatre Festival, an annual festival of new writing for theatre based in Manchester.
Filmography
all 68
Movies 40
TV Shows 28
self 1
Boat Story (2023)
The Long Shadow (2023)
The Full Monty (2023)
Wolf Manor (2022)
Silky Hotel (2021)
Sunny (2019)
Stan & Ollie (2018)
The Keeper (2018)
The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017)
6 Days (2017)
A Street Cat Named Bob (2016)
Swallows and Amazons (2016)
Cilla (2014)
By Any Means (2013)
The Last British Execution (2013)
Father Brown (2013)
The Rochdale Pioneers (2012)
Just Henry (2011)
South Riding (2011)
Going Postal (2010)
Looking for Eric (2009)
Red Riding (2009)
A Bit of Tom Jones? (2009)
Grow Your Own (2007)
Confessions of a Diary Secretary (2007)
See No Evil: The Moors Murders (2006)
Johnny and the Bomb (2006)
Life on Mars (2006)
Cheeky (2003)
Early Doors (2003)
The Second Coming (2003)
Nice Guy Eddie (2002)
Born and Bred (2002)
Cutting It (2002)
Happy Now (2001)
The Royle Family (1998)
Midsomer Murders (1997)
Cracker (1993)
Olly's Prison (1993)
Heartbeat (1992)
G.B.H. (1991)
Casualty (1986)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1950-08-01 (74 years old)
Birth PlaceAncoats, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
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