Shuler Hensley

Acting

Shuler Hensley

Born 1967-03-06 · Atlanta, Georgia, USA

He was awarded the 1999 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Supporting Performance of 1998 for his role in Oklahoma! He had to wear padding, a massive amount of make-up, and huge lifts in size 24 shoes to make him appear over 7 feet tall as Frankenstein's monster in "Van Helsing." Won Broadway's 2002 Tony Award as Best Actor (Featured Role - Musical) for his role as Jud Fry in a revival of "Oklahoma!" He has now played Frankenstein's monster three times. In Van Helsing (2004) on the concept album and workshop of "Frankenstein" The Musical by Mark Baron and Jeffrey Jackson, and finally in the Broadway production of "Young Frankenstein".

Acting credits

The Greatest Showman poster
7.9

The story of American showman P.T. Barnum, founder of the circus that became the famous traveling Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.

The Greatest Showman

2017

Van Helsing poster
6.4

Famed monster slayer Gabriel Van Helsing is dispatched to Transylvania to assist the last of the Valerious bloodline in defeating Count Dracula. Anna Valerious reveals that Dracula has formed an unholy alliance with Dr. Frankenstein's monster and is hell-bent on exacting a centuries-old curse on her family.

Van Helsing

2004

The Legend of Zorro poster
6.1

Despite trying to keep his swashbuckling to a minimum, a threat to California's pending statehood causes the adventure-loving Don Alejandro de la Vega and his wife, Elena, to take action.

The Legend of Zorro

2005

After.Life poster
6.3

Following a terrible car crash, a woman awakes to find an enigmatic mortician preparing her for burial.

After.Life

2009

Odd Thomas poster
6.9

In a California desert town, a short-order cook with clairvoyant abilities encounters a mysterious man with a link to dark, threatening forces.

Odd Thomas

2013

Cruiser poster
4.0

A mysterious, hulking figure begins a night of carnage and terror in a small Georgia town after murdering a police officer and stealing his patrol car.

Cruiser

2016

Monday Night Mayhem poster
6.2

The early years of a television sports powerhouse are chronicled as ABC becomes a player in the NFL coverage by putting their full resources into a major showcase. Executive Roone Arledge recruits former Dallas Cowboys quarterback 'Dandy' Don Meredith, Keith Jackson, and the combative Howard Cosell as commentators for the broadcasts, which become funny, odd trio events to millions of viewers. Jackson departs the show after the first year to take over the network's focus on college football, and former New York Giants star Frank Gifford takes his place, ruffling Cosell's feathers. Then things get really crazy!

Monday Night Mayhem

2002

Opa! poster
6.0

A modern day treasure hunt for a mystical relic that turns into a love story for all time.

Opa!

2005

Oklahoma! poster
6.7

A dark-themed and redesigned West End production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's seminal Broadway musical tells the story of farm girl Laurey and her courtship by two rival suitors, cowboy Curly and the sinister and frightening farmhand Jud.

Oklahoma!

1999

Marbles and Bullets poster
10.0

Civil War - At the Battle of the Wilderness a war-hardened Confederate soldier makes a fateful decision in the heat of battle that sends him on a journey home through a parallel wilderness with a ten-year-old slave boy.

Marbles and Bullets

2024

Devil's Hollow poster
NR

Confined to his farm on house arrest, an ex-con must risk his freedom to save his estranged teenage daughter from his former crime partner.

Devil's Hollow

2023

No artwork available
NR

The making of the 1999 film 'Oklahoma!'

The Making of 'Oklahoma!'

1999

The Bread, My Sweet poster
5.5

Dominic works round the clock: nights making biscotti for his family's bakery in a working-class Italian neighborhood in Pittsburgh, then days downtown where he's a specialist in firing people at a company that negotiates mergers. He's thrown for a loop with he learns that Bella, an elderly neighbor who's his family's closest friend, has but a few months to live. All her life, she's saved money in coffee cans for her daughter, Lucca's, wedding, but Lucca is off in foreign lands, initially as a Peace Corps volunteer, and doesn't need a man. Dominic vows to bring Lucca home and convince her to marry him to fulfill Bella's most fervent wish. What will Lucca say?

The Bread, My Sweet

2001

Murder of a President poster
7.6

The life of President James Garfield, including his rise to power and the aftermath of his assassination.

Murder of a President

2016

Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel: Live from Lincoln Center poster
7.3

Transferring the setting of a brooding Hungarian play, Carousel, to a remote fishing village, shaping their vision around themes of brutality, poverty and disappointment, Rodgers and Hammerstein composed some of the most glorious music ever written for the stage.

Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel: Live from Lincoln Center

2013

Brutal Season poster
7.5

In 1948, the Trouths are facing no income and the hottest summer on record. When their estranged son inexplicably returns, the apartment is full again - but is it big enough for the gambling, trauma, and substantial life insurance policy that comes in his wake?

Brutal Season

2022

Frankenstein - A New Musical poster
10.0

A faithful adaptation of Mary Shelley's original novel, Frankenstein, The Musical is a thrilling, new interpretation of the classic tale of horror and romance. The story follows Victor Frankenstein, the scion of a wealthy Swiss family, whose scientific genius leads him to a great, audacious experiment: to create a human life.

Frankenstein - A New Musical

Behind the camera