Person
David Threlfall
Acting · Born 1953-10-12 · 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
Play for Today
Robert
Have I Got News for You
Self
Screen Two
Andy
Playhouse
George Hunn
Shameless
Frank Gallagher
Celebrity Mastermind
2003
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
Self - Panellist
Spooks
Keith Moran
Ripper Street
Abel Croker
Troy: Fall of a City
King Priam
Filmography
- 2025The Death of Bunny MunroBunny Snr
- 2025UnforgivableBrian Mitchell
- 2024Bing & Friends: Birthday CelebrationFlop (voice)
- 2024NightsleeperPaul Peveril
- 2024PassengerJim Bracknell
- 2024The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick TurpinTom King
- 2023Dodger Special: Bad EggSir Charles Rowan
- 2023Funny WomanGeorge Parker
- 2022Dodger Special: TrainSir Charles Rowan
- 2022Art That Made UsSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2021WolfeHoward
- 2020Faith HealerTeddy
- 2020Beckett Double Bill (Krapp's Last Tape / The Old Tune)Cream
- 2018Troy: Fall of a CityKing Priam
- 2017Urban MythsSamuel Beckett
- 2015Midwinter of the SpiritRev Huw Owens
- 2015Code of a KillerDCS David Baker
- 2015The ArkNoah
- 2014Black SeaPeters
- 2014Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like ThisTommy Cooper
- 2013What RemainsLen Harper
- 2012Ripper StreetAbel Croker
- 2012Evidently... John Cooper ClarkeHimself
- 2009Nowhere BoyGeorge Toogood Smith
- 2007Elizabeth: The Golden AgeDr. John Dee
- 2007Hot FuzzMartin Blower
- 2006Housewife, 49Will Last
- 2006Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an EmpireConstantine the Great
- 2006Like MindsJohn Colbie
- 2006Alien AutopsyJeffrey
- 2005The Queen's SisterPrince Philip
- 2004Benefit to MankindCarl Swannee
- 2004ShamelessFrank Gallagher
- 2003Celebrity Mastermind
- 2003Master and Commander: The Far Side of the WorldPreserved Killick, Captain's Steward
- 2003Chunky MonkeyDonald Leek
- 2002SpooksKeith Moran
- 2002Cutting ItBeauregard Smee
- 2001ConspiracyFriedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger
- 2000A Dinner of HerbsOlder Hal
- 2000In the BeginningAaron
- 1999Mary, Mother of JesusJoseph of Nazareth
- 1999Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
- 1999Sex, Chips & Rock n' RollNorman
- 1994Men of the WorldLenny Smart
- 1993The Clothes in the WardrobeSyl
- 1993Diana: Her True StoryPrince Charles
- 1993A Statement of AffairsAlan
- 1992Patriot GamesInspector Highland
- 1991A Murder of QualityStanley Rode
- 1991Titmuss RegainedLeslie Titmuss
- 1990The Russia HouseWicklow
- 1990Have I Got News for YouSelf
- 1990NightingalesBell
- 1990He's Asking For MeAndy
- 1989A Casualty of WarTom Rowse
- 1989Seeing in the DarkTony
- 1989Jumping The QueueHugh Warner
- 1989Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal StoryAlex
- 1989When the Whales CameJack Jenkins
- 1987The MarksmanWeaver
- 1986Paradise PostponedLeslie Titmuss
- 1986ScreenPlayTony
- 1986Paradise PostponedLeslie Titmus
- 1985Screen TwoAndy
- 1984Dog EndsRobert
- 1983The Gathering SeedJoe Henshaw
- 1983Red MonarchVasily
- 1983King LearEdgar
- 1982Rolling HomeDonald
- 1982Objects of AffectionDonald
- 1982The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
- 1982Mike Leigh: Making PlaysSelf
- 1979The Brylcreem BoysGeorge Hunn
- 1977ScumArcher
- 1977Here I Stand...Stapleton
- 1977The Kiss of DeathTrevor
- 1976I Want to Be Like YouSteve
- 1974PlayhouseGeorge Hunn
- 1973Second City FirstsGaz
- 1970Play for TodayRobert
- —Have I Got a Bit More News for YouSelf - Panellist
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