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
Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)
as Dr. John Dee
Patriot Games (1992)
as Inspector Highland
Housewife, 49 (2006)
as Will Last
Black Sea (2014)
as Peters
Scum (1977)
as Archer
The Russia House (1990)
as Wicklow
Conspiracy (2001)
as Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger
A Murder of Quality (1991)
as Stanley Rode
Nowhere Boy (2009)
as George Toogood Smith
Like Minds (2006)
as John Colbie
Alien Autopsy (2006)
as Jeffrey
Mary, Mother of Jesus (1999)
as Joseph of Nazareth
I Want to Be Like You (1976)
as Steve
Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration (2024)
as Flop (voice)
The Ark (2015)
as Noah
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story (1989)
as Alex
The Clothes in the Wardrobe (1993)
as Syl
Red Monarch (1983)
as Vasily
1000 AD (—)
as Narrator
Diana: Her True Story (1993)
as Prince Charles
Evidently... John Cooper Clarke (2012)
as Himself
A Casualty of War (1989)
as Tom Rowse
Mike Leigh: Making Plays (1982)
as Self
Unforgivable (2025)
as Brian Mitchell
Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This (2014)
as Tommy Cooper
When the Whales Came (1989)
as Jack Jenkins
Dodger Special: Bad Egg (2023)
as Sir Charles Rowan
The Queen's Sister (2005)
as Prince Philip
King Lear (1983)
as Edgar
Benefit to Mankind (2004)
as Carl Swannee
The Millionaire and the Murder Mansion (2009)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Kiss of Death (1977)
as Trevor
He's Asking For Me (1990)
as Andy
Chunky Monkey (2003)
as Donald Leek
Seeing in the Dark (1989)
as Tony
Beckett Double Bill (Krapp's Last Tape / The Old Tune) (2020)
as Cream
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll (1999)
Actor
A Statement of Affairs (1993)
as Alan
The Brylcreem Boys (1979)
as George Hunn
Paradise Postponed (1986)
as Leslie Titmus
Dog Ends (1984)
as Robert
Rolling Home (1982)
as Donald
Faith Healer (2020)
as Teddy
Dodger Special: Train (2022)
as Sir Charles Rowan