John Joseph Henshaw (born August 1950 in Ancoats, Manchester) appeared on Coronation Street in two roles: firstly in December 1996 as Irish musician Mick Murphy; and he returned to the programme in February 2020 as Disco Des, the driver of the party bus who took several street residents to scatter Dennis Tanner's ashes in Blackpool.
He also appeared in the spin-off DVD Coronation Street: Romanian Holiday as the loutish Glen.
Formally a binman, he turned to the acting profession at the age of forty.
His other credits include roles in G.B.H., The Grand, Heartbeat, The Cops, Emmerdale, Nice Guy Eddie, Born and Bred, Early Doors, Johnny and the Bomb, New Street Law, The Visit, Going Postal, South Riding, Candy Cabs, By Any Means, Cilla, Cradle to Grave and The Long Shadow.
Film roles include Dancin' Thru the Dark, When Saturday Comes, There's Only One Jimmy Grimble, The Parole Officer, Happy Now, This Is Not a Love Song, American Cousins, Cheeky, Someone Else, Starter for 10, Grow Your Own, Looking for Eric, A Bit of Tom Jones?, In Our Name, The Angels' Share, The Rochdale Pioneers, The Last British Execution, Closer to the Moon, The Night Runner, Swallows and Amazons, A Street Cat Named Bob, 6 Days, Pin Cushion, The Man Who Invented Christmas, Bound, The Keeper, Stan & Ollie, I'm Not in Love and Wolf Manor.
On stage, he appeared as God in the production of King Cotton at the Lowry Theatre in Salford and was a former director of the 24:7 Theatre Festival, an annual festival of new writing for theatre based in Manchester.
