John Henshaw
Acting
73 titles
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
Talamasca: The Secret Order
2025
Boat Story
2023
The Long Shadow
2023
The Full Monty
2023
Wolf Manor
2022
Ridley
2022
Remembers…
2022
Early Doors - Live
2021
Silky Hotel
2021
I'm Not in Love
2021
Sunny
2019
Stan & Ollie
2018
The Keeper
2018
Pin Cushion
2018
The Man Who Invented Christmas
2017
6 Days
2017
A Street Cat Named Bob
2016
Swallows and Amazons
2016
Cradle to Grave
2015
Documentary Now!
2015
Cilla
2014
Closer to the Moon
2014
The Night Runner
2014
By Any Means
2013
The Ringer
2013
The Last British Execution
2013
Father Brown
2013
The Rochdale Pioneers
2012
The Angels' Share
2012
Candy Cabs
2011
South Riding
2011
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
2010
In Our Name
2010
Going Postal
2010
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974
2009
Coronation Street: Romanian Holiday
2009
Looking for Eric
2009
Red Riding
2009
A Bit of Tom Jones?
2009
The Visit
2007
Grow Your Own
2007
Confessions of a Diary Secretary
2007
Starter for 10
2006
Someone Else
2006
See No Evil: The Moors Murders
2006
Johnny and the Bomb
2006
Life on Mars
2006
Open Wide
2005
Cheeky
2003
Early Doors
2003
The Second Coming
2003
The Afternoon Play
2003
The Fishmonger
2002
Put Your Coat On
2002
Born and Bred
2002
Cutting It
2002
This Is Not a Love Song
2002
Happy Now
2001
The Parole Officer
2001
There's Only One Jimmy Grimble
2000
The Cops
1998
The Royle Family
1998
The Grand
1997
Midsomer Murders
1997
When Saturday Comes
1996
Cracker
1993
Olly's Prison
1993
Heartbeat
1992
G.B.H.
1991
Dancin' Thru the Dark
1990
Casualty
1986
The Bill
1984
Fishbrain