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Daniel Edwin Henshall (born 9 August 1982) is an Australian film, television and theatre actor, known for his work in Snowtown, The Babadook and Turn: Washington's Spies.

Daniel Henshall
Born	Daniel Edwin Henshall (1982-08-09) August 9, 1982 (age 40) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2007–present

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.[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
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
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	Fires	Kip
2021	Mr Inbetween	Kenny	Dir: Nash Edgerton
2022	Mystery Road: Origin	Patrick
2022	Savage River	Kevin Pattison

Theatre

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

References

External links

• Daniel Henshall at IMDb

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