David Threlfall
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
as Preserved Killick, Captain's Steward
2003
Alien Autopsy
as Jeffrey
2006
Patriot Games
as Inspector Highland
1992
A Murder of Quality
as Stanley Rode
1991
Mary, Mother of Jesus
as Joseph of Nazareth
1999
The Kiss of Death
as Trevor
1977
Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This
as Tommy Cooper
2014
Dodger Special: Train
as Sir Charles Rowan
2022
Dodger Special: Bad Egg
as Sir Charles Rowan
2023
The Ark
as Noah
2015
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
as Dr. John Dee
2007
The Brylcreem Boys
as George Hunn
1979
When the Whales Came
as Jack Jenkins
1989
Scum
as Archer
1977
Seeing in the Dark
as Tony
1989
Black Sea
as Peters
2014
Chunky Monkey
as Donald Leek
2003
The Russia House
as Wicklow
1990
Housewife, 49
as Will Last
2006
Conspiracy
as Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger
2001
TV Appearances
Men of the World
as Lenny Smart
1994
Shameless
as Frank Gallagher
2004
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
as Norman
1999
Nightingales
as Bell
1990
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
1982
Paradise Postponed
as Leslie Titmuss
1986
Cutting It
as Beauregard Smee
2002
The Marksman
as Weaver
1987
Nightsleeper
as Paul Peveril
2024
Wolfe
as Howard
2021
What Remains
as Len Harper
2013
Code of a Killer
as DCS David Baker
2015