--- name: "Daniel Henshall" canonical: "https://film.one/person/daniel-henshall" fi1m_id: "daniel-henshall" imdb_id: "nm2989873" tmdb_id: 213202 wikidata_id: "Q5217472" roles: ["Actor"] born: "9 August 1982" reviewed_on_fi1m: 4 average_fi1m_score: 76 average_as: "actor" average_over: 4 updated: "2026-09-23T12:10:53.237537+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Daniel Henshall ## Identity Daniel Henshall - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/daniel-henshall - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** daniel-henshall - **IMDb ID:** nm2989873 - **TMDB ID:** 213202 - **Wikidata ID:** Q5217472 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Henshall, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5217472, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2989873/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/213202 Actor. Born 9 August 1982 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 9 August 1982, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - **Active:** 2014–present - **Also known as:** Daniel Edwin Henshall, 다니엘 헨셜 - **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as actor, over 4 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 86 (1), 2020s 73 (3) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 77 to 77 across 3 titles - **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 0 of 4 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Drama 3, Adventure 1, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Horror 1, Mystery 1 - **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $145m across 3 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Henshall, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5217472, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2989873/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/213202 ## Streaming the US now - **AMC+:** [*The Babadook*](https://film.one/film/the-babadook.md) (86) - **Apple TV:** [*Last Seen*](https://film.one/tv/last-seen.md) (76) - **Disney+:** [*The Royal Hotel*](https://film.one/film/the-royal-hotel.md) (74) - **HBO Max:** [*Mickey 17*](https://film.one/film/mickey-17.md) (70) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Daniel Henshall > Daniel Henshall can make an unsmiling man at the end of a bar difficult to stop watching. We rate his patient, unsettling work, though the threatening parts should not become the only measure of what he can do. In *The Royal Hotel* (2023), Daniel Henshall’s Dolly sits at the end of the bar and does not smile. Kitty Green lets the regulars arrive one by one, inviting us to decide which man presents a danger. We felt uneasy watching Dolly because Henshall’s stillness gives us so little reassurance. He does not have to announce himself to remain someone we keep checking. The early risk was being remembered only for danger. His breakthrough lead as John Bunting in *Snowtown* (2011) brought an association with dark roles that shaped his initial casting. He subsequently took supporting parts including Robbie in Jennifer Kent’s *The Babadook* (2014), before *Okja* (2017) began his collaboration with Bong Joon-ho. That partnership continued with Preston in *Mickey 17* (2025), a funny, kind and overstuffed film whose chief attraction is Robert Pattinson’s double performance. The supporting work matters, even when the film’s main pleasures lie elsewhere. Green gives him a particularly effective setting. Michael Latham shoots the pub in brown half-light, while Leah Popple supplies the cracked tiles and stickers on the fridge. Henshall’s unsmiling presence belongs in this ordinary room, which makes the unease harder to dismiss. Green keeps us uncertain about our assessment of the regulars rather than letting one actor settle the question for us. *The Royal Hotel* loses its nerve after its tightly controlled first hour, but Henshall’s contribution to that early tension is a reason to stay. His threatening men remain recognisably human, a strength already evident in *Snowtown*. The risk is that casting him for menace becomes sufficient in itself, leaving little else for him to do and denying us the vulnerability that can make his work interesting. Start with *The Royal Hotel*, but we would welcome more opportunities for Henshall to put us at ease. ## Biography Daniel Henshall is an Australian actor. He was born on 9 August 1982 in Sydney and graduated from the full-time acting programme at Actors Centre Australia in 2006. Henshall made his feature film debut as John Bunting in *Snowtown* (2011), winning the AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. He has since appeared in *The Babadook* (2014) as Robbie, *Okja* (2017) as Blond, *The Royal Hotel* (2023) as Dolly and *Mickey 17* (2025) as Preston. On television he played Caleb Brewster across four seasons of *Turn: Washington's Spies* (2014–2017). *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (4) - *Last Seen* (2026), Fi1m 76, as Donald Reid — [page](https://film.one/tv/last-seen.md) - *Mickey 17* (2025), Fi1m 70, as Preston — [page](https://film.one/film/mickey-17.md) - *The Royal Hotel* (2023), Fi1m 74, as Dolly — [page](https://film.one/film/the-royal-hotel.md) - *The Babadook* (2014), Fi1m 86, as Robbie — [page](https://film.one/film/the-babadook.md) ## Complete filmography (45) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Last Seen* (2026), series, as Donald Reid — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/last-seen.md) - *Date 3* (2026), as Henry - *Jimpa* (2026), as Harry - *Dear Life* (2026), series, as Jack Gardener - *The Family Next Door* (2025), series, as Nigel - *Mickey 17* (2025), as Preston — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/mickey-17.md) - *How to Make Gravy* (2024), as Joe - *Untethered* (2024), as Guided Meditation (Voice) - *The Royal Hotel* (2023), as Dolly — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-royal-hotel.md) - *Savage River* (2022), series, as Kevin Pattison - *Curse of the Macbeths* (2022), as Murderer 2 - *Mystery Road: Origin* (2022), series, as Patrick - *Catch the Fair One* (2022), as Bobby - *Fires* (2021), series, as Kip Fisher - *Clickbait* (2021), series, as Simon Burton - *The Newsreader* (2021), series, as Bill McFarlane - *RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service* (2021), series, as Glen - *A Sunburnt Christmas* (2020), as Daryl - *Measure for Measure* (2020), as Lukey - *Defending Jacob* (2020), series, as Leonard Patz - *Skin* (2019), as Slayer - *Lambs of God* (2019), series, as Sergeant Barnaby - *Bloom* (2019), series, as Dave ‘Griffo’ Griffiths - *Mr Inbetween* (2018), series, as Kenny - *Acute Misfortune* (2018), as Adam Cullen - *Okja* (2017), as Blond - *Ghost in the Shell* (2017), as Skinny Man - *A Lovesong* (2016), as Prufrock · Co-Writer - *Macbeth Unhinged* (2016), as Murderer 2 - *The Beautiful Lie* (2015), series, as Kingsley Faraday - *These Final Hours* (2014), as Freddy - *Fell* (2014), as Luke - *The Babadook* (2014), as Robbie — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/the-babadook.md) - *TURN: Washington's Spies* (2014), series, as Lieutenant Caleb Brewster - *Around the Block* (2013), as Simon - *Ricochet* (2013), as Gael - *Mr & Mrs Murder* (2013), series, as Gregor Cheresniak - *Devil's Dust* (2012), series, as Jock - *Not Suitable For Children* (2012), as Dave - *Any Questions for Ben?* (2012), as Nick - *Snowtown* (2011), as John Bunting - *Rake* (2010), series, as Clown - *Rescue: Special Ops* (2009), series, as Trevor Slezak - *Out of the Blue* (2008), series, as Adam 'Addo' O'Donnell - *All Saints* (1998), series, as Tim Downly ## Gallery - ![left to right: Liliya May, Felicity Ward, Daniel Henshall, Rachael Taylor, Josh Lawson, Christian Clark, Jodi Gordon (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/8670/gallery-e58e0b97f0fc.jpg) left to right: Liliya May, Felicity Ward, Daniel Henshall, Rachael Taylor, Josh Lawson, Christian Clark, Jodi Gordon (2012) — Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/Any_Questions_About_Ben%3F_%286811620137%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![left to right: Rob Sitch, Liliya May, Felicity Ward, Daniel Henshall, Rachael Taylor, Josh Lawson, Christian Clark, Jodi Gordon (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/8670/gallery-a04fad329a9b.jpg) left to right: Rob Sitch, Liliya May, Felicity Ward, Daniel Henshall, Rachael Taylor, Josh Lawson, Christian Clark, Jodi Gordon (2012) — Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4d/Any_Questions_For_Ben%3F_%286811315943%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Daniel Henshall](https://film.one/media/person/8670/gallery-bd9711578ee6.jpg) Daniel Henshall — Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 1.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/Daniel_Henshall.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Any Questions for Ben? Premiere In Sydney, Australia The Sydney premiere of the rom com Any Questions For Ben? enjoyed its premiere in Sydney, Australia tonight (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/8670/gallery-573690a98017.jpg) Any Questions for Ben? Premiere In Sydney, Australia The Sydney premiere of the rom com Any Questions For Ben? enjoyed its premiere in Sydney, Australia tonight (2012) — Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/Daniel_Henshall_%286811285749%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Any Questions for Ben? Premiere In Sydney, Australia The Sydney premiere of the rom com Any Questions For Ben? enjoyed its premiere in Sydney, Australia tonight (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/8670/gallery-6591ebe8b13c.jpg) Any Questions for Ben? Premiere In Sydney, Australia The Sydney premiere of the rom com Any Questions For Ben? enjoyed its premiere in Sydney, Australia tonight (2012) — Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/Daniel_Henshall_%286811323571%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/daniel-henshall