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Actor
David Threlfall
- Born October 12, 1953 in 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
Hot Fuzz2007
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World2003
Patriot Games1992
Elizabeth: The Golden Age2007
Black Sea2014
Nowhere Boy2009
Conspiracy2001
The Russia House1990
Filmography
- TBAHave I Got a Bit More News for YouSeriesSelf - Panellist
- TBA1000 ADFilmNarrator
- 2025The Death of Bunny MunroSeriesBunny Snr
- 2025UnforgivableFilmBrian Mitchell
- 2024The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick TurpinSeriesTom King
- 2024NightsleeperSeriesPaul Peveril
- 2024PassengerSeriesJim Bracknell
- 2024Bing & Friends: Birthday CelebrationFilmFlop (voice)
- 2023Funny WomanSeriesGeorge Parker
- 2023Dodger Special: Bad EggFilmSir Charles Rowan
- 2022Art That Made UsSeriesSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2022Dodger Special: TrainFilmSir Charles Rowan
- 2021WolfeSeriesHoward
- 2020Beckett Double Bill (Krapp's Last Tape / The Old Tune)FilmCream
- 2020Faith HealerFilmTeddy
- 2018Troy: Fall of a CitySeriesPriam
- 2017Urban MythsSeriesSamuel Beckett
- 2015Code of a KillerSeriesDCS David Baker
- 2015Midwinter of the SpiritSeriesRev Huw Owens
- 2015The ArkFilmNoah
- 2014Black SeaFilmPeters
- 2014Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like ThisFilmTommy Cooper
- 2013What RemainsSeriesLen Harper
- 2012Ripper StreetSeriesAbel Croker
- 2012Evidently... John Cooper ClarkeFilmHimself
- 2009Nowhere BoyFilmGeorge Toogood Smith
- 2009The Millionaire and the Murder MansionFilmSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2007Hot FuzzFilmMartin Blower
- 2007Elizabeth: The Golden AgeFilmDr. John Dee
- 2006Like MindsFilmJohn Colbie
- 2006Alien AutopsyFilmJeffrey
- 2006Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an EmpireSeriesConstantine the Great
- 2006Housewife, 49FilmWill Last
- 2005The Queen's SisterFilmPrince Philip
- 2004ShamelessSeriesFrank Gallagher, Executive Producer, Director
- 2004Benefit to MankindFilmCarl Swannee
- 2003Master and Commander: The Far Side of the WorldFilmPreserved Killick, Captain's Steward
- 2003Chunky MonkeyFilmDonald Leek
- 2003Celebrity MastermindSeries
- 2002SpooksSeriesKeith Moran
- 2002Cutting ItSeriesBeauregard Smee
- 2001ConspiracyFilmFriedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger
- 2000In the BeginningSeriesAaron
- 2000A Dinner of HerbsSeriesOlder Hal
- 1999Mary, Mother of JesusFilmJoseph of Nazareth
- 1999Sex, Chips & Rock n' RollSeriesNorman
- 1999Sex, Chips & Rock n' RollFilm
- 1994Men of the WorldSeriesLenny Smart
- 1993The Clothes in the WardrobeFilmSyl
- 1993Diana: Her True StoryFilmPrince Charles
- 1993A Statement of AffairsFilmAlan
- 1992Patriot GamesFilmInspector Highland
- 1991A Murder of QualityFilmStanley Rode
- 1991Titmuss RegainedSeriesLeslie Titmuss
- 1990The Russia HouseFilmWicklow
- 1990Have I Got News for YouSeriesSelf
- 1990NightingalesSeriesBell
- 1990He's Asking For MeFilmAndy
- 1989When the Whales CameFilmJack Jenkins
- 1989Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal StoryFilmAlex
- 1989Jumping The QueueSeriesHugh Warner
- 1989Seeing in the DarkFilmTony
- 1989A Casualty of WarFilmTom Rowse
- 1987The MarksmanSeriesWeaver
- 1986Paradise PostponedSeriesLeslie Titmuss
- 1986ScreenPlaySeriesTony
- 1986Paradise PostponedFilmLeslie Titmus
- 1985Screen TwoSeriesAndy, Syl
- 1984Dog EndsFilmRobert
- 1983Red MonarchFilmVasily
- 1983King LearFilmEdgar
- 1983The Gathering SeedSeriesJoe Henshaw
- 1982The Life and Adventures of Nicholas NicklebySeries
- 1982Objects of AffectionSeriesDonald
- 1982Mike Leigh: Making PlaysFilmSelf
- 1982Rolling HomeFilmDonald
- 1979The Brylcreem BoysFilmGeorge Hunn
- 1977ScumFilmArcher
- 1977The Kiss of DeathFilmTrevor
- 1977Here I Stand...SeriesStapleton