Raised in Manchester's Ancoats district as one of twelve children, Henshaw spent a decade as a binman before launching an acting career at forty, gaining his first major break as a bodyguard to Robert Lindsay's character in the Channel 4 series G.B.H. He became known for tough-type roles, notably the landlord Ken Dixon in Early Doors, Wilf Bradshaw in Born and Bred, and PC Roy Bramwell in The Cops…
