David Threlfall
Known for Acting · 78 credits
- Born
- 1953-10-12 (age 72)
- Place of birth
- Burnage, Manchester, England, UK
- Also known as
- دیوید ترلفال
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.
Known For
TV Shows (34)
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
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
as Self - Panellist
Screen Two
1985
as Andy / Syl
Playhouse
1974
as George Hunn
Ripper Street
2012
as Abel Croker
ScreenPlay
1986
as Tony
Urban Myths
2017
as Samuel Beckett
The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin
2024
as Tom King
Cutting It
2002
as Beauregard Smee
Troy: Fall of a City
2018
as King Priam
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
2006
as Constantine the Great
Wolfe
2021
as Howard
Nightsleeper
2024
as Paul Peveril
Funny Woman
2023
as George Parker
Passenger
2024
as Jim Bracknell
In the Beginning
2000
as Aaron
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
1982
Paradise Postponed
1986
as Leslie Titmuss
What Remains
2013
as Len Harper
A Dinner of Herbs
2000
as Older Hal
Code of a Killer
2015
as DCS David Baker
Nightingales
1990
as Bell
The Death of Bunny Munro
2025
as Bunny Snr
Art That Made Us
2022
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Objects of Affection
1982
as Donald
Midwinter of the Spirit
2015
as Rev Huw Owens
Men of the World
1994
as Lenny Smart
The Gathering Seed
1983
as Joe Henshaw
The Marksman
1987
as Weaver
Titmuss Regained
1991
as Leslie Titmuss
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
1999
as Norman
Movies (44)
Hot Fuzz
2007
as Martin Blower
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
2003
as Preserved Killick, Captain's Steward
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
2007
as Dr. John Dee
Patriot Games
1992
as Inspector Highland
Conspiracy
2001
as Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger
Black Sea
2014
as Peters
Nowhere Boy
2009
as George Toogood Smith
Like Minds
2006
as John Colbie
The Russia House
1990
as Wicklow
Red Monarch
1983
as Vasily
Alien Autopsy
2006
as Jeffrey
The Clothes in the Wardrobe
1993
as Syl
Mary, Mother of Jesus
1999
as Joseph of Nazareth
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
1989
as Alex
King Lear
1983
as Edgar
A Murder of Quality
1991
as Stanley Rode
The Ark
2015
as Noah
Scum
1977
as Archer
Housewife, 49
2006
as Will Last
Unforgivable
2025
as Brian Mitchell
The Queen's Sister
2005
as Prince Philip
When the Whales Came
1989
as Jack Jenkins
Beckett Double Bill (Krapp's Last Tape / The Old Tune)
2020
as Cream
Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration
2024
as Flop (voice)
A Casualty of War
1989
as Tom Rowse
Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This
2014
as Tommy Cooper
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
1999
Dodger Special: Bad Egg
2023
as Sir Charles Rowan
Chunky Monkey
2003
as Donald Leek
The Kiss of Death
1977
as Trevor
Paradise Postponed
1986
as Leslie Titmus
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
1982
as Self
Diana: Her True Story
1993
as Prince Charles
A Statement of Affairs
1993
as Alan
Faith Healer
2020
as Teddy
Evidently... John Cooper Clarke
2012
as Himself
The Brylcreem Boys
1979
as George Hunn
Dodger Special: Train
2022
as Sir Charles Rowan
Dog Ends
1984
as Robert
Rolling Home
1982
as Donald
He's Asking For Me
1990
as Andy
Seeing in the Dark
1989
as Tony
Benefit to Mankind
2004
as Carl Swannee
I Want to Be Like You
1976
as Steve
About 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. With 78 credits spanning from 1970 to 2025, David Threlfall has appeared in 44 films and 34 TV shows.
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Most Popular David Threlfall Movies
- Hot Fuzz (2007) — as Martin Blower
- Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) — as Preserved Killick, Captain's Steward
- Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) — as Dr. John Dee
- Patriot Games (1992) — as Inspector Highland
- Conspiracy (2001) — as Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger
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