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