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David Threlfall

Acting Born Oct 12, 1953 Burnage, Manchester, England, UK 24 credits

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.

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Full filmography

  • Play for Today (1970) as Robert
  • Have I Got News for You (1990) as Self
  • Spooks (2002) as Keith Moran
  • Shameless (2004) as Frank Gallagher
  • Screen Two (1985) as Andy
  • Screen Two (1985) as Syl
  • Have I Got a Bit More News for You as Self - Panellist
  • Playhouse (1974) as George Hunn
  • Ripper Street (2012) as Abel Croker
  • Celebrity Mastermind (2003)
  • ScreenPlay (1986) as Tony
  • Hot Fuzz (2007) as Martin Blower
  • Troy: Fall of a City (2018) as King Priam
  • The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin (2024) as Tom King
  • Urban Myths (2017) as Samuel Beckett
  • Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) as Preserved Killick, Captain's Steward
  • Nightsleeper (2024) as Paul Peveril
  • Cutting It (2002) as Beauregard Smee
  • Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire (2006) as Constantine the Great
  • Patriot Games (1992) as Inspector Highland
  • Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) as Dr. John Dee
  • Funny Woman (2023) as George Parker
  • Black Sea (2014) as Peters
  • Wolfe (2021) as Howard