David Threlfall
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.
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- Born:
- Oct 12, 1953 In Burnage, Manchester, England
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 51
- First Appeared:
- In the series Nightsleeper
- Latest Project:
- Series Funny Woman 2023-02-09
Known For
Filmography
| Series | Nightsleeper | 2025 | |
| Series | Funny Woman | George Parker | 2023-02-09 |
| Series | Art That Made Us | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2022-04-07 |
| Series | Troy: Fall of a City | King Priam | 2018-02-17 |
| Series | Urban Myths | Samuel Beckett | 2017-01-19 |
| Movie | The Ark | Noah | 2015-03-30 |
| Series | Midwinter of the Spirit | Rev Huw Owens | 2015-09-23 |
| Series | Code of a Killer | DCS David Baker | 2015-04-06 |
| Movie | Black Sea | Peters | 2014-12-05 |
| Movie | Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This | Tommy Cooper | 2014-04-21 |
| Series | What Remains | Len Harper | 2013-08-25 |
| Movie | Evidently... John Cooper Clarke | Himself | 2012-05-30 |
| Movie | Nowhere Boy | George Toogood Smith | 2009-12-25 |
| Movie | Hot Fuzz | Martin Blower | 2007-02-14 |
| Movie | Elizabeth: The Golden Age | Dr. John Dee | 2007-09-09 |
| Movie | Housewife, 49 | Will Last | 2006-12-10 |
| Movie | Alien Autopsy | Jeffrey | 2006-04-07 |
| Movie | Like Minds | John Colbie | 2006-08-03 |
| Series | Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire | Constantine the Great | 2006-09-21 |
| Movie | The Queen's Sister | Prince Philip | 2005-11-26 |
| Series | Shameless | Frank Gallagher | 2004-01-13 |
| Movie | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | Preserved Killick, Captain's Steward | 2003-11-14 |
| Movie | Chunky Monkey | Donald Leek | 2003-03-19 |
| Movie | Conspiracy | Kritzinger | 2001-05-19 |
| Series | In the Beginning | Aaron | 2000-11-12 |
| Series | A Dinner of Herbs | Hal Royce (older) | 2000-11-24 |
| Series | Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll | Norman | 1999-09-05 |
| Movie | Mary, Mother of Jesus | Joseph of Nazareth | 1999-11-14 |
| Movie | Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll | 1999-09-05 | |
| Series | Men of the World | Lenny Smart | 1994-03-14 |
| Movie | Diana: Her True Story | Prince Charles | 1993-04-03 |
| Movie | The Summer House | Syl | 1993-12-21 |
| Movie | Patriot Games | Inspector Highland | 1992-06-04 |
| Movie | A Murder of Quality | Stanley Rode | 1991-10-04 |
| Movie | The Russia House | Wicklow | 1990-12-21 |
| Movie | He's Asking For Me | Andy | 1990-02-18 |
| Series | Nightingales | Bell | 1990-02-27 |
| Movie | Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story | 1989-04-22 | |
| Movie | When the Whales Came | Jack Jenkins | 1989-03-28 |
| Movie | Seeing in the Dark | Tony | 1989-09-13 |
| Movie | A Casualty of War | Tom Rowse | 1989-12-02 |
| Series | Paradise Postponed | Leslie Titmuss | 1986-09-15 |
| Movie | Dog Ends | Robert | 1984-07-17 |
| Movie | King Lear | Edgar | 1983-04-03 |
| Series | The Gathering Seed | Joe Henshaw | 1983-09-07 |
| Movie | Red Monarch | Vasily | 1983-06-16 |
| Series | The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby | 1982-11-07 | |
| Movie | Mike Leigh: Making Plays | Himself | 1982-09-04 |
| Movie | The Brylcreem Boys | 1979-11-21 | |
| Movie | Scum | Archer | 1977-11-08 |
| Movie | The Kiss of Death | Trevor | 1977-01-10 |