David Threlfall
Born
October 12, 1953 (71 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Burnage, Manchester, England, UK
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
Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration
Flop (voice)
2024
Nightsleeper
Paul Peveril · (6 episodes)
2024
Passenger
Jim Bracknell · (6 episodes)
2024
The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin
Tom King · (1 episode)
2024
Dodger Special: Bad Egg
Sir Charles Rowan
2023
Funny Woman
George Parker · (10 episodes)
2023
Dodger Special: Train
Sir Charles Rowan
2022
Art That Made Us
Self - Narrator (voice) · (8 episodes)
2022
Wolfe
Howard · (1 episode)
2021
Faith Healer
Teddy
2020
Beckett Double Bill (Krapp's Last Tape / The Old Tune)
Cream
2020
Troy: Fall of a City
King Priam · (8 episodes)
2018
Urban Myths
Samuel Beckett · (1 episode)
2017
Midwinter of the Spirit
Rev Huw Owens · (3 episodes)
2015
Code of a Killer
DCS David Baker · (2 episodes)
2015
The Ark
Noah
2015
Black Sea
Peters
2014
Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This
Tommy Cooper
2014
What Remains
Len Harper · (4 episodes)
2013
Ripper Street
Abel Croker · (6 episodes)
2012
Evidently... John Cooper Clarke
Himself
2012
Nowhere Boy
George Toogood Smith
2009
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Dr. John Dee
2007
Hot Fuzz
Martin Blower
2007
Housewife, 49
Will Last
2006
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
Constantine the Great · (1 episode)
2006
Like Minds
John Colbie
2006
Alien Autopsy
Jeffrey
2006
The Queen's Sister
Prince Philip
2005
Benefit to Mankind
Carl Swannee
2004
Shameless
(6 episodes)
2004
Shameless
Frank Gallagher · (105 episodes)
2004
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Preserved Killick, Captain's Steward
2003
Chunky Monkey
Donald Leek
2003
Spooks
Keith Moran · (1 episode)
2002
Cutting It
Beauregard Smee · (1 episode)
2002
Conspiracy
Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger
2001
A Dinner of Herbs
Hal Royce (older) · (6 episodes)
2000
In the Beginning
Aaron · (2 episodes)
2000
Mary, Mother of Jesus
Joseph of Nazareth
1999
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
1999
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
Norman · (6 episodes)
1999
Men of the World
Lenny Smart · (12 episodes)
1994
The Summer House
Syl
1993
Diana: Her True Story
Prince Charles
1993
A Statement of Affairs
Alan
1993
Patriot Games
Inspector Highland
1992
A Murder of Quality
Stanley Rode
1991
Titmuss Regained
Leslie Titmuss · (3 episodes)
1991
The Russia House
Wicklow
1990
Have I Got News for You
Self · (1 episode)
1990
Nightingales
Bell · (13 episodes)
1990
He's Asking For Me
Andy
1990
A Casualty of War
Tom Rowse
1989
Seeing in the Dark
Tony
1989
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
Alex
1989
When the Whales Came
Jack Jenkins
1989
The Marksman
Weaver · (3 episodes)
1987
Paradise Postponed
Leslie Titmuss · (14 episodes)
1986
Paradise Postponed
Leslie Titmus
1986
Dog Ends
Robert
1984
The Gathering Seed
Joe Henshaw · (6 episodes)
1983
Red Monarch
Vasily
1983
King Lear
Edgar
1983
Rolling Home
Donald
1982
Objects of Affection
Donald · (1 episode)
1982
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
(10 episodes)
1982
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
Self
1982
The Brylcreem Boys
George Hunn
1979
Scum
Archer
1977
The Kiss of Death
Trevor
1977
I Want to Be Like You
Steve
1976
Untitled Jimmy McGovern Drama
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
Self - Panellist · (1 episode)
Playhouse
George Hunn · (1 episode)
1974
Play for Today
Robert · (1 episode)
1970
The Death of Bunny Munro
Bunny Snr · (1 episode)