Acting · Burnage, Manchester, England, UK · Born October 12, 1953
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.
TVThe Death of Bunny Munro
2025
as Bunny Snr
MovieUnforgivable
2025
as Brian Mitchell
MovieBing & Friends: Birthday Celebration
2024
as Flop (voice)
TVNightsleeper
2024
as Paul Peveril
TVPassenger
2024
as Jim Bracknell
TVThe Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin
2024
as Tom King
MovieDodger Special: Bad Egg
2023
as Sir Charles Rowan
TVFunny Woman
2023
as George Parker
MovieDodger Special: Train
2022
as Sir Charles Rowan
TVArt That Made Us
2022
as Self - Narrator (voice)
TVWolfe
2021
as Howard
MovieFaith Healer
2020
as Teddy
MovieBeckett Double Bill (Krapp's Last Tape / The Old Tune)
2020
as Cream
TVTroy: Fall of a City
2018
as King Priam
TVUrban Myths
2017
as Samuel Beckett
TVMidwinter of the Spirit
2015
as Rev Huw Owens
TVCode of a Killer
2015
as DCS David Baker
MovieThe Ark
2015
as Noah
MovieBlack Sea
2014
as Peters
MovieTommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This
2014
as Tommy Cooper
TVWhat Remains
2013
as Len Harper
TVRipper Street
2012
as Abel Croker
MovieEvidently... John Cooper Clarke
2012
as Himself
MovieNowhere Boy
2009
as George Toogood Smith
MovieElizabeth: The Golden Age
2007
as Dr. John Dee
MovieHot Fuzz
2007
as Martin Blower
MovieHousewife, 49
2006
as Will Last
TVAncient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
2006
as Constantine the Great
MovieLike Minds
2006
as John Colbie
MovieAlien Autopsy
2006
as Jeffrey
MovieThe Queen's Sister
2005
as Prince Philip
MovieBenefit to Mankind
2004
as Carl Swannee
TVShameless
2004
as Frank Gallagher
TVCelebrity Mastermind
2003
MovieMaster and Commander: The Far Side of the World
2003
as Preserved Killick, Captain's Steward
MovieChunky Monkey
2003
as Donald Leek
TVSpooks
2002
as Keith Moran
TVCutting It
2002
as Beauregard Smee
MovieConspiracy
2001
as Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger
TVA Dinner of Herbs
2000
as Older Hal
TVIn the Beginning
2000
as Aaron
MovieMary, Mother of Jesus
1999
as Joseph of Nazareth
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
1999
TVSex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
1999
as Norman
TVMen of the World
1994
as Lenny Smart
MovieThe Clothes in the Wardrobe
1993
as Syl
MovieDiana: Her True Story
1993
as Prince Charles
A Statement of Affairs
1993
as Alan
MoviePatriot Games
1992
as Inspector Highland
MovieA Murder of Quality
1991
as Stanley Rode
TVTitmuss Regained
1991
as Leslie Titmuss
MovieThe Russia House
1990
as Wicklow
TVHave I Got News for You
1990
as Self
TVNightingales
1990
as Bell
He's Asking For Me
1990
as Andy
MovieA Casualty of War
1989
as Tom Rowse
MovieSeeing in the Dark
1989
as Tony
Jumping The Queue
1989
as Hugh Warner
MovieMurderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
1989
as Alex
MovieWhen the Whales Came
1989
as Jack Jenkins
TVThe Marksman
1987
as Weaver
TVParadise Postponed
1986
as Leslie Titmuss
TVScreenPlay
1986
as Tony
Paradise Postponed
1986
as Leslie Titmus
TVScreen Two
1985
as Andy
MovieDog Ends
1984
as Robert
TVThe Gathering Seed
1983
as Joe Henshaw
MovieRed Monarch
1983
as Vasily
MovieKing Lear
1983
as Edgar
MovieRolling Home
1982
as Donald
TVObjects of Affection
1982
as Donald
TVThe Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
1982
MovieMike Leigh: Making Plays
1982
as Self
MovieThe Brylcreem Boys
1979
as George Hunn
MovieScum
1977
as Archer
Here I Stand...
1977
as Stapleton
MovieThe Kiss of Death
1977
as Trevor
MovieI Want to Be Like You
1976
as Steve
TVPlayhouse
1974
as George Hunn
Second City Firsts
1973
as Gaz
TVPlay for Today
1970
as Robert
TVHave I Got a Bit More News for You
as Self - Panellist
