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