Daniel Henshall

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.

Born and raised in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, he is the youngest of three children.

Henshall is best known for his portrayal as a real-life serial killer in Justin Kurzel's Snowtown (2011 ), based on The Snowtown Murders in South Australia. Film critic Roger Ebert called the performance "astonishingly good" The Hollywood Reporter said it was "disturbingly excellent", and IndieWire named Henshall's performance one of the best of the yearHe was awarded the AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his performance.

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 was seen as Skinny Man, re-enacting the iconic water fight from the original 1995 Anime.

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.

He won praise from reviewers for his portrayal as the Archibald Prize-winning artist Adam Cullen inAcute Misfortune (2019), including in The Guardian, Filmink, and The Hollywood Reporter. He was nominated for the 2019 Film Critics Circle of Australia, and 2020 Australian Film Critics Association Awards for Best Actor.

Henshall plays Leonard Patz in Defending Jacob (miniseries) (2020) for Apple TV+. His next role is in Clickbait (TV series) for Netflix.

Film

Television

Theatre