David Threlfall
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.
Born: 12 October 1953
Played In
TV Show
Nov 2025
The Death of Bunny Munro
Bunny Snr
Movie
Jul 2025
Unforgivable
Brian Mitchell
Movie
Sep 2024
Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration
Flop (voice)
TV Show
Sep 2024
Nightsleeper
Paul Peveril
TV Show
Mar 2024
Passenger
Jim Bracknell
TV Show
Mar 2024
The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin
Tom King
Movie
Apr 2023
Dodger Special: Bad Egg
Sir Charles Rowan
TV Show
Feb 2023
Funny Woman
George Parker
Movie
Nov 2022
Dodger Special: Train
Sir Charles Rowan
TV Show
Apr 2022
Art That Made Us
Self - Narrator (voice)
TV Show
Sep 2021
Wolfe
Howard
Movie
Sep 2020
Faith Healer
Teddy
Movie
Aug 2020
Beckett Double Bill (Krapp's Last Tape / The Old Tune)
Cream
TV Show
Feb 2018
Troy: Fall of a City
King Priam
TV Show
Jan 2017
Urban Myths
Samuel Beckett
TV Show
Sep 2015
Midwinter of the Spirit
Rev Huw Owens
TV Show
Apr 2015
Code of a Killer
DCS David Baker
Movie
Mar 2015
The Ark
Noah
Movie
Dec 2014
Black Sea
Peters
Movie
Apr 2014
Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This
Tommy Cooper
TV Show
Aug 2013
What Remains
Len Harper
TV Show
Dec 2012
Ripper Street
Abel Croker
Movie
May 2012
Evidently... John Cooper Clarke
Himself
Movie
Dec 2009
Nowhere Boy
George Toogood Smith
Movie
Sep 2007
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Dr. John Dee
Movie
Feb 2007
Hot Fuzz
Martin Blower
Movie
Dec 2006
Housewife, 49
Will Last
TV Show
Sep 2006
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
Constantine the Great
Movie
Aug 2006
Like Minds
John Colbie
Movie
Apr 2006
Alien Autopsy
Jeffrey
Movie
Nov 2005
The Queen's Sister
Prince Philip
Movie
Feb 2004
Benefit to Mankind
Carl Swannee
TV Show
Jan 2004
Shameless
Frank Gallagher
TV Show
Dec 2003
Celebrity Mastermind
Movie
Nov 2003
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Preserved Killick, Captain's Steward
Movie
Mar 2003
Chunky Monkey
Donald Leek
TV Show
May 2002
Spooks
Keith Moran
TV Show
Apr 2002
Cutting It
Beauregard Smee
Movie
May 2001
Conspiracy
Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger
TV Show
Nov 2000
A Dinner of Herbs
Older Hal
TV Show
Nov 2000
In the Beginning
Aaron
Movie
Nov 1999
Mary, Mother of Jesus
Joseph of Nazareth
Movie
Sep 1999
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
TV Show
Sep 1999
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
Norman
TV Show
Mar 1994
Men of the World
Lenny Smart
Movie
Dec 1993
The Clothes in the Wardrobe
Syl
Movie
Apr 1993
Diana: Her True Story
Prince Charles
Movie
Mar 1993
A Statement of Affairs
Alan
Movie
Jun 1992
Patriot Games
Inspector Highland
Movie
Oct 1991
A Murder of Quality
Stanley Rode
TV Show
Sep 1991
Titmuss Regained
Leslie Titmuss
Movie
Dec 1990
The Russia House
Wicklow
TV Show
Sep 1990
Have I Got News for You
Self
TV Show
Feb 1990
Nightingales
Bell
Movie
Feb 1990
He's Asking For Me
Andy
Movie
Dec 1989
A Casualty of War
Tom Rowse
Movie
Sep 1989
Seeing in the Dark
Tony
TV Show
May 1989
Jumping The Queue
Hugh Warner
Movie
Apr 1989
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
Alex
Movie
Mar 1989
When the Whales Came
Jack Jenkins
TV Show
Dec 1987
The Marksman
Weaver
TV Show
Sep 1986
Paradise Postponed
Leslie Titmuss
TV Show
Jul 1986
ScreenPlay
Tony
Movie
Jun 1986
Paradise Postponed
Leslie Titmus
TV Show
Jan 1985
Screen Two
Andy
TV Show
Jan 1985
Screen Two
Syl
Movie
Jul 1984
Dog Ends
Robert
TV Show
Sep 1983
The Gathering Seed
Joe Henshaw
Movie
Jun 1983
Red Monarch
Vasily
Movie
Apr 1983
King Lear
Edgar
Movie
Dec 1982
Rolling Home
Donald
TV Show
Nov 1982
Objects of Affection
Donald
TV Show
Nov 1982
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Movie
Sep 1982
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
Self
Movie
Nov 1979
The Brylcreem Boys
George Hunn
Movie
Nov 1977
Scum
Archer
Movie
Jan 1977
The Kiss of Death
Trevor
Movie
May 1976
I Want to Be Like You
Steve
TV Show
Mar 1974
Playhouse
George Hunn
TV Show
Oct 1973
Second City Firsts
Gaz
TV Show
Oct 1970
Play for Today
Robert
TV Show
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
Self - Panellist