David Threlfall
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Born in Burnage, Manchester in 1953, David Threlfall is a celebrated actor of stage, film and television. In the latter, he is perhaps best known as the feckless Frank Gallagher in Channel 4's Shameless. In 1994 whilst working on a production of The Count of Monte Cristo at the Royal Exchange, Manchester, Threlfall met Bosnian actress Brana Bajic and the pair subsequently married a year later.
Known for
Credits
Hot Fuzz (2007)
as Martin Blower
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
as Preserved Killick, Captain's Steward
Patriot Games (1992)
as Inspector Highland
Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)
as Dr. John Dee
Black Sea (2014)
as Peters
Like Minds (2006)
as John Colbie
Nowhere Boy (2009)
as George Toogood Smith
Conspiracy (2001)
as Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger
The Russia House (1990)
as Wicklow
The Ark (2015)
as Noah
Alien Autopsy (2006)
as Jeffrey
King Lear (1983)
as Edgar
Mary, Mother of Jesus (1999)
as Joseph of Nazareth
The Clothes in the Wardrobe (1993)
as Syl
Red Monarch (1983)
as Vasily
Housewife, 49 (2006)
as Will Last
Unforgivable (2025)
as Brian Mitchell
A Murder of Quality (1991)
as Stanley Rode
Faith Healer (2020)
as Teddy
When the Whales Came (1989)
as Jack Jenkins
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story (1989)
as Alex
Scum (1977)
as Archer
Dog Ends (1984)
as Robert
The Queen's Sister (2005)
as Prince Philip
Chunky Monkey (2003)
as Donald Leek
Diana: Her True Story (1993)
as Prince Charles
Dodger Special: Bad Egg (2023)
as Sir Charles Rowan
The Brylcreem Boys (1979)
as George Hunn
Paradise Postponed (1986)
as Leslie Titmus
Mike Leigh: Making Plays (1982)
as Self
Rolling Home (1982)
as Donald
The Kiss of Death (1977)
as Trevor
A Statement of Affairs (1993)
as Alan
He's Asking For Me (1990)
as Andy
Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration (2024)
as Flop (voice)
Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This (2014)
as Tommy Cooper
Dodger Special: Train (2022)
as Sir Charles Rowan
Evidently... John Cooper Clarke (2012)
as Himself
Benefit to Mankind (2004)
as Carl Swannee
A Casualty of War (1989)
as Tom Rowse
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll (1999)
Actor
Seeing in the Dark (1989)
as Tony
I Want to Be Like You (1976)
as Steve
Beckett Double Bill (Krapp's Last Tape / The Old Tune) (2020)
as Cream