David Threlfall

Acting

David Threlfall

Born October 12, 1953Burnage, Manchester, England, UK76 credits

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

Filmography

Unforgivable
2025Unforgivable
as Brian MitchellMovie
Nightsleeper
2024Nightsleeper
as Paul PeverilTV
Passenger
2024Passenger
as Jim BracknellTV
Dodger Special: Bad Egg
2023Dodger Special: Bad Egg
as Sir Charles RowanMovie
Funny Woman
2023Funny Woman
as George ParkerTV
Dodger Special: Train
2022Dodger Special: Train
as Sir Charles RowanMovie
Art That Made Us
2022Art That Made Us
as Self - Narrator (voice)TV
Wolfe
2021Wolfe
as HowardTV
Faith Healer
2020Faith Healer
as TeddyMovie
Urban Myths
2017Urban Myths
as Samuel BeckettTV
Midwinter of the Spirit
2015Midwinter of the Spirit
as Rev Huw OwensTV
Code of a Killer
2015Code of a Killer
as DCS David BakerTV
The Ark
2015The Ark
as NoahMovie
Black Sea
2014Black Sea
as PetersMovie
What Remains
2013What Remains
as Len HarperTV
Ripper Street
2012Ripper Street
as Abel CrokerTV
Nowhere Boy
2009Nowhere Boy
as George Toogood SmithMovie
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
2007Elizabeth: The Golden Age
as Dr. John DeeMovie
Hot Fuzz
2007Hot Fuzz
as Martin BlowerMovie
Housewife, 49
2006Housewife, 49
as Will LastMovie
Like Minds
2006Like Minds
as John ColbieMovie
Alien Autopsy
2006Alien Autopsy
as JeffreyMovie
The Queen's Sister
2005The Queen's Sister
as Prince PhilipMovie
Benefit to Mankind
2004Benefit to Mankind
as Carl SwanneeMovie
Shameless
2004Shameless
as Frank GallagherTV
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
2003Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
as Preserved Killick, Captain's StewardMovie
C
2003Chunky Monkey
as Donald LeekMovie
Spooks
2002Spooks
as Keith MoranTV
Cutting It
2002Cutting It
as Beauregard SmeeTV
Conspiracy
2001Conspiracy
as Friedrich Wilhelm KritzingerMovie
A Dinner of Herbs
2000A Dinner of Herbs
as Older HalTV
Mary, Mother of Jesus
1999Mary, Mother of Jesus
as Joseph of NazarethMovie
Men of the World
1994Men of the World
as Lenny SmartTV
Diana: Her True Story
1993Diana: Her True Story
as Prince CharlesMovie
Patriot Games
1992Patriot Games
as Inspector HighlandMovie
A Murder of Quality
1991A Murder of Quality
as Stanley RodeMovie
Titmuss Regained
1991Titmuss Regained
as Leslie TitmussTV
The Russia House
1990The Russia House
as WicklowMovie
A Casualty of War
1989A Casualty of War
as Tom RowseMovie
When the Whales Came
1989When the Whales Came
as Jack JenkinsMovie
The Marksman
1987The Marksman
as WeaverTV
Paradise Postponed
1986Paradise Postponed
as Leslie TitmussTV
P
1986Paradise Postponed
as Leslie TitmusMovie
Dog Ends
1984Dog Ends
as RobertMovie
The Gathering Seed
1983The Gathering Seed
as Joe HenshawTV
Red Monarch
1983Red Monarch
as VasilyMovie
King Lear
1983King Lear
as EdgarMovie
Rolling Home
1982Rolling Home
as DonaldMovie
The Brylcreem Boys
1979The Brylcreem Boys
as George HunnMovie
Scum
1977Scum
as ArcherMovie
The Kiss of Death
1977The Kiss of Death
as TrevorMovie
Playhouse
1974Playhouse
as George HunnTV