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