John Henshaw

John Henshaw

Birthday: 1950-08-01

Place of birth: Manchester, England, UK

Also known as:

imdb_id: nm0378132

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.

Played in movies:

The Rochdale Pioneers

Score: 10.0

Olly's Prison

Score: 9.0

The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa

Score: 8.4

A Street Cat Named Bob

Score: 7.9

The Keeper

Score: 7.4

Silky Hotel

Score: 7.0

Stan & Ollie

Score: 7.0

The Angels' Share

Score: 6.9

The Man Who Invented Christmas

Score: 6.8

There's Only One Jimmy Grimble

Score: 6.8

Closer to the Moon

Score: 6.7

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974

Score: 6.7

Dancin' Thru the Dark

Score: 6.6

Grow Your Own

Score: 6.6

Looking for Eric

Score: 6.5

Pin Cushion

Score: 6.5

Starter for 10

Score: 6.4

Swallows and Amazons

Score: 6.3

This Is Not a Love Song

Score: 6.2

6 Days

Score: 6.0

The Parole Officer

Score: 5.9

Coronation Street: Romanian Holiday

Score: 5.8

When Saturday Comes

Score: 5.7

Wolf Manor

Score: 5.6

Happy Now

Score: 5.4

In Our Name

Score: 5.3

Someone Else

Score: 4.8

A Bit of Tom Jones?

Score: 3.8

Sunny

Score: 3.0

I'm Not in Love

Score: 0.0

The Last British Execution

Score: 0.0

The Night Runner

Score: 0.0

The Fishmonger

Score: 0.0

Confessions of a Diary Secretary

Score: 0.0

Put Your Coat On

Score: 0.0

The Ringer

Score: 0.0

Early Doors - Live

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Born and Bred

Score: 8.5

Life on Mars

Score: 7.8

The Long Shadow

Score: 7.7

Early Doors

Score: 7.7

The Royle Family

Score: 7.6

Father Brown

Score: 7.5

Midsomer Murders

Score: 7.5

Cilla

Score: 7.3

The Full Monty

Score: 7.3

Boat Story

Score: 7.2

Going Postal

Score: 7.2

Heartbeat

Score: 7.1

Heartbeat

Score: 7.1

Candy Cabs

Score: 7.0

The Visit

Score: 7.0

Documentary Now!

Score: 7.0

South Riding

Score: 6.9

Cutting It

Score: 6.7

The Second Coming

Score: 6.7

Red Riding

Score: 6.7

The Bill

Score: 6.6

Cracker

Score: 6.6

By Any Means

Score: 6.5

G.B.H.

Score: 6.5

Johnny and the Bomb

Score: 6.5

See No Evil: The Moors Murders

Score: 6.3

Casualty

Score: 6.1

The Cops

Score: 4.7