David Threlfall
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Oct 12, 1953 (73 years old)
Place of Birth
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
| 2025 | UnforgivableBrian Mitchell | |
| 2025 | The Death of Bunny MunroBunny Snr | |
| 2024 | Bing & Friends: Birthday CelebrationFlop (voice) | |
| 2024 | NightsleeperPaul Peveril | |
| 2024 | PassengerJim Bracknell | |
| 2024 | The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick TurpinTom King | |
| 2023 | Dodger Special: Bad EggSir Charles Rowan | |
| 2023 | Funny WomanGeorge Parker | |
| 2022 | Dodger Special: TrainSir Charles Rowan | |
| 2022 | Art That Made UsSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 2021 | WolfeHoward | |
| 2020 | Beckett Double Bill (Krapp's Last Tape / The Old Tune)Cream | |
| 2020 | Faith HealerTeddy | |
| 2018 | Troy: Fall of a CityKing Priam | |
| 2017 | Urban MythsSamuel Beckett | |
| 2015 | The ArkNoah | |
| 2015 | Code of a KillerDCS David Baker | |
| 2015 | Midwinter of the SpiritRev Huw Owens | |
| 2014 | Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like ThisTommy Cooper | |
| 2014 | Black SeaPeters | |
| 2013 | What RemainsLen Harper | |
| 2012 | Evidently... John Cooper ClarkeHimself | |
| 2012 | Ripper StreetAbel Croker | |
| 2009 | Nowhere BoyGeorge Toogood Smith | |
| 2007 | Elizabeth: The Golden AgeDr. John Dee | |
| 2007 | Hot FuzzMartin Blower | |
| 2006 | Alien AutopsyJeffrey | |
| 2006 | Housewife, 49Will Last | |
| 2006 | Like MindsJohn Colbie | |
| 2006 | Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an EmpireConstantine the Great | |
| 2005 | The Queen's SisterPrince Philip | |
| 2004 | Benefit to MankindCarl Swannee | |
| 2004 | ShamelessFrank Gallagher | |
| 2003 | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the WorldPreserved Killick, Captain's Steward | |
| 2003 | Chunky MonkeyDonald Leek | |
| 2002 | Cutting ItBeauregard Smee | |
| 2002 | SpooksKeith Moran | |
| 2001 | ConspiracyFriedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger | |
| 2000 | In the BeginningAaron | |
| 2000 | A Dinner of HerbsOlder Hal | |
| 1999 | Mary, Mother of JesusJoseph of Nazareth | |
| 1999 | Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll | |
| 1999 | Sex, Chips & Rock n' RollNorman | |
| 1994 | Men of the WorldLenny Smart | |
| 1993 | Diana: Her True StoryPrince Charles | |
| 1993 | The Clothes in the WardrobeSyl | |
| 1993 | A Statement of AffairsAlan | |
| 1992 | Patriot GamesInspector Highland | |
| 1991 | A Murder of QualityStanley Rode | |
| 1991 | Titmuss RegainedLeslie Titmuss | |
| 1990 | The Russia HouseWicklow | |
| 1990 | He's Asking For MeAndy | |
| 1990 | NightingalesBell | |
| 1990 | Have I Got News for YouSelf | |
| 1989 | When the Whales CameJack Jenkins | |
| 1989 | Seeing in the DarkTony | |
| 1989 | Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal StoryAlex | |
| 1989 | A Casualty of WarTom Rowse | |
| 1987 | The MarksmanWeaver | |
| 1986 | Paradise PostponedLeslie Titmus | |
| 1986 | Paradise PostponedLeslie Titmuss | |
| 1984 | Dog EndsRobert | |
| 1983 | King LearEdgar | |
| 1983 | Red MonarchVasily | |
| 1983 | The Gathering SeedJoe Henshaw | |
| 1982 | Mike Leigh: Making PlaysSelf | |
| 1982 | Rolling HomeDonald | |
| 1982 | The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby | |
| 1982 | Objects of AffectionDonald | |
| 1979 | The Brylcreem BoysGeorge Hunn | |
| 1977 | The Kiss of DeathTrevor | |
| 1977 | ScumArcher | |
| 1976 | I Want to Be Like YouSteve | |
| 1974 | PlayhouseGeorge Hunn | |
| 1970 | Play for TodayRobert | |
| - | Have I Got a Bit More News for YouSelf - Panellist |
| 2004 | ShamelessExecutive Producer |
| 2004 | ShamelessDirector |