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