David Threlfall

David Threlfall

Known for
Acting
Born
October 12, 1953 (age 73)
Birthplace
Burnage, Manchester, England, UK

Biography

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

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Filmography

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1000 AD poster

1000 AD

Movie · as Narrator

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Have I Got a Bit More News for You poster

Have I Got a Bit More News for You

TV · as Self - Panellist · 1 ep

2025
Unforgivable poster

Unforgivable

Movie · as Brian Mitchell

2025
The Death of Bunny Munro poster

The Death of Bunny Munro

TV · as Bunny Snr · 6 eps

2024
Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration poster

Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration

Movie · as Flop (voice)

2024
Nightsleeper poster

Nightsleeper

TV · as Paul Peveril · 6 eps

2024
Passenger poster

Passenger

TV · as Jim Bracknell · 6 eps

2024
The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin poster

The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin

TV · as Tom King · 1 ep

2023
Dodger Special: Bad Egg poster

Dodger Special: Bad Egg

Movie · as Sir Charles Rowan

2023
Funny Woman poster

Funny Woman

TV · as George Parker · 10 eps

2022
Dodger Special: Train poster

Dodger Special: Train

Movie · as Sir Charles Rowan

2022
Art That Made Us poster

Art That Made Us

TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 8 eps

2021
Wolfe poster

Wolfe

TV · as Howard · 1 ep

2020
Beckett Double Bill (Krapp's Last Tape / The Old Tune) poster

Beckett Double Bill (Krapp's Last Tape / The Old Tune)

Movie · as Cream

2020
Faith Healer poster

Faith Healer

Movie · as Teddy

2018
Troy: Fall of a City poster

Troy: Fall of a City

TV · as Priam · 7 eps

2017
Urban Myths poster

Urban Myths

TV · as Samuel Beckett · 1 ep

2015
The Ark poster

The Ark

Movie · as Noah

2015
Code of a Killer poster

Code of a Killer

TV · as DCS David Baker · 2 eps

2015
Midwinter of the Spirit poster

Midwinter of the Spirit

TV · as Rev Huw Owens · 3 eps

2014
Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This poster

Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This

Movie · as Tommy Cooper

2014
Black Sea poster

Black Sea

Movie · as Peters

2013
What Remains poster

What Remains

TV · as Len Harper · 4 eps

2012
Evidently... John Cooper Clarke poster

Evidently... John Cooper Clarke

Movie · as Self

2012
Ripper Street poster

Ripper Street

TV · as Abel Croker · 6 eps

2009
Nowhere Boy poster

Nowhere Boy

Movie · as George Toogood Smith

2009
The Millionaire and the Murder Mansion poster

The Millionaire and the Murder Mansion

Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)

2007
Elizabeth: The Golden Age poster

Elizabeth: The Golden Age

Movie · as Dr. John Dee

2007
Hot Fuzz poster

Hot Fuzz

Movie · as Martin Blower

2006
Alien Autopsy poster

Alien Autopsy

Movie · as Jeffrey

2006
Housewife, 49 poster

Housewife, 49

Movie · as Will Last

2006
Like Minds poster

Like Minds

Movie · as John Colbie

2006
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire poster

Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire

TV · as Constantine the Great · 1 ep

2005
The Queen's Sister poster

The Queen's Sister

Movie · as Prince Philip

2004
Benefit to Mankind poster

Benefit to Mankind

Movie · as Carl Swannee

2004
Shameless poster

Shameless

TV · as Frank Gallagher · 138 eps

2003
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World poster

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Movie · as Preserved Killick, Captain's Steward

2003
Chunky Monkey poster

Chunky Monkey

Movie · as Donald Leek

2003
Celebrity Mastermind poster

Celebrity Mastermind

TV · 1 ep

2002
Cutting It poster

Cutting It

TV · as Beauregard Smee · 1 ep

2002
Spooks poster

Spooks

TV · as Keith Moran · 1 ep

2001
Conspiracy poster

Conspiracy

Movie · as Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger

2000
In the Beginning poster

In the Beginning

TV · as Aaron · 2 eps

2000
A Dinner of Herbs poster

A Dinner of Herbs

TV · as Older Hal · 2 eps

1999
Mary, Mother of Jesus poster

Mary, Mother of Jesus

Movie · as Joseph of Nazareth

1999
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll

Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll

Movie

1999
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll poster

Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll

TV · as Norman · 6 eps

1994
Men of the World poster

Men of the World

TV · as Lenny Smart · 12 eps

1993
Diana: Her True Story poster

Diana: Her True Story

Movie · as Prince Charles

1993
The Clothes in the Wardrobe poster

The Clothes in the Wardrobe

Movie · as Syl

1993
A Statement of Affairs

A Statement of Affairs

Movie · as Alan

1992
Patriot Games poster

Patriot Games

Movie · as Inspector Highland

1991
A Murder of Quality poster

A Murder of Quality

Movie · as Stanley Rode

1991
Titmuss Regained poster

Titmuss Regained

TV · as Leslie Titmuss · 3 eps

1990
The Russia House poster

The Russia House

Movie · as Wicklow

1990
He's Asking For Me

He's Asking For Me

Movie · as Andy

1990
Nightingales poster

Nightingales

TV · as Bell · 13 eps

1990
Have I Got News for You poster

Have I Got News for You

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1989
When the Whales Came poster

When the Whales Came

Movie · as Jack Jenkins

1989
Seeing in the Dark poster

Seeing in the Dark

Movie · as Tony

1989
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story poster

Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story

Movie · as Alex

1989
A Casualty of War poster

A Casualty of War

Movie · as Tom Rowse

1989
Jumping The Queue

Jumping The Queue

TV · as Hugh Warner · 2 eps

1987
The Marksman poster

The Marksman

TV · as Weaver · 3 eps

1986
Paradise Postponed

Paradise Postponed

Movie · as Leslie Titmus

1986
Paradise Postponed poster

Paradise Postponed

TV · as Leslie Titmuss · 14 eps

1986
ScreenPlay poster

ScreenPlay

TV · as Tony · 1 ep

1985
Screen Two poster

Screen Two

TV · as Andy, Syl · 1 ep

1984
Dog Ends poster

Dog Ends

Movie · as Robert

1983
King Lear poster

King Lear

Movie · as Edgar

1983
Red Monarch poster

Red Monarch

Movie · as Vasily

1983
The Gathering Seed poster

The Gathering Seed

TV · as Joe Henshaw · 6 eps

1982
Mike Leigh: Making Plays poster

Mike Leigh: Making Plays

Movie · as Self

1982
Rolling Home poster

Rolling Home

Movie · as Donald

1982
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby poster

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

TV · 10 eps

1982
Objects of Affection poster

Objects of Affection

TV · as Donald · 1 ep

1979
The Brylcreem Boys poster

The Brylcreem Boys

Movie · as George Hunn

1977
The Kiss of Death poster

The Kiss of Death

Movie · as Trevor

1977
Scum poster

Scum

Movie · as Archer

1977
Here I Stand...

Here I Stand...

TV · as Stapleton · 1 ep

1976
I Want to Be Like You poster

I Want to Be Like You

Movie · as Steve

1974
Playhouse poster

Playhouse

TV · as George Hunn · 1 ep

1973
Second City Firsts

Second City Firsts

TV · as Gaz · 1 ep

1970
Play for Today poster

Play for Today

TV · as Robert · 1 ep