John Henshaw
Acting
1950-08-01 · Manchester, England, UK
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 · Series
Boat Story
2023 · Series
The Long Shadow
2023 · Series
The Full Monty
2023 · Series
Ridley
2022 · Series
Wolf Manor
2022 · Movie
Remembers…
2022 · Series
Early Doors - Live
2021 · Movie
Silky Hotel
2021 · Movie
I'm Not in Love
2021 · Movie
Sunny
2019 · Movie
Stan & Ollie
2018 · Movie
The Keeper
2018 · Movie
Pin Cushion
2018 · Movie
The Man Who Invented Christmas
2017 · Movie
6 Days
2017 · Movie
A Street Cat Named Bob
2016 · Movie
Swallows and Amazons
2016 · Movie
Cradle to Grave
2015 · Series
Documentary Now!
2015 · Series
Cilla
2014 · Series
Closer to the Moon
2014 · Movie
The Night Runner
2014 · Movie
By Any Means
2013 · Series
The Ringer
2013 · Movie
The Last British Execution
2013 · Movie
Father Brown
2013 · Series
The Rochdale Pioneers
2012 · Movie
The Angels' Share
2012 · Movie
Candy Cabs
2011 · Series
South Riding
2011 · Series
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
2010 · Movie
In Our Name
2010 · Movie
Going Postal
2010 · Series
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974
2009 · Movie
Coronation Street: Romanian Holiday
2009 · Movie
Looking for Eric
2009 · Movie
Red Riding
2009 · Series
A Bit of Tom Jones?
2009 · Movie
The Visit
2007 · Series
Grow Your Own
2007 · Movie
Confessions of a Diary Secretary
2007 · Movie
Starter for 10
2006 · Movie
Someone Else
2006 · Movie
See No Evil: The Moors Murders
2006 · Series
New Street Law
2006 · Series
Johnny and the Bomb
2006 · Series
Life on Mars
2006 · Series
Open Wide
2005 · Movie
Cheeky
2003 · Movie
Early Doors
2003 · Series
The Second Coming
2003 · Series
The Afternoon Play
2003 · Series
The Fishmonger
2002 · Movie
Put Your Coat On
2002 · Movie
Born and Bred
2002 · Series
Cutting It
2002 · Series
This Is Not a Love Song
2002 · Movie
Happy Now
2001 · Movie
The Parole Officer
2001 · Movie
There's Only One Jimmy Grimble
2000 · Movie
The Cops
1998 · Series
The Royle Family
1998 · Series
The Grand
1997 · Series
Midsomer Murders
1997 · Series
When Saturday Comes
1996 · Movie
Cracker
1993 · Series
Olly's Prison
1993 · Movie
Heartbeat
1992 · Series
G.B.H.
1991 · Series
Dancin' Thru the Dark
1990 · Movie
Casualty
1986 · Series
The Bill
1984 · Series
Fishbrain
Movie