David Threlfall
Known for Acting · 82 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 (38)
Play for Today
1970
as Robert
Spooks
2002
as Keith Moran
Shameless
2004
as Frank Gallagher
Have I Got News for You
1990
as Self
Screen Two
1985
as Andy / Syl
Celebrity Mastermind
2003
Playhouse
1974
as George Hunn
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
as Self - Panellist
Ripper Street
2012
as Abel Croker
Troy: Fall of a City
2018
as King Priam
ScreenPlay
1986
as Tony
Cutting It
2002
as Beauregard Smee
Urban Myths
2017
as Samuel Beckett
The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin
2024
as Tom King
Second City Firsts
1973
as Gaz
A Dinner of Herbs
2000
as Older Hal
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
2006
as Constantine the Great
What Remains
2013
as Len Harper
Passenger
2024
as Jim Bracknell
Funny Woman
2023
as George Parker
Nightsleeper
2024
as Paul Peveril
Paradise Postponed
1986
as Leslie Titmuss
Code of a Killer
2015
as DCS David Baker
In the Beginning
2000
as Aaron
Nightingales
1990
as Bell
The Death of Bunny Munro
2025
as Bunny Snr
Wolfe
2021
as Howard
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
1982
Midwinter of the Spirit
2015
as Rev Huw Owens
Art That Made Us
2022
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Objects of Affection
1982
as Donald
Men of the World
1994
as Lenny Smart
The Marksman
1987
as Weaver
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
1999
as Norman
Here I Stand...
1977
as Stapleton
The Gathering Seed
1983
as Joe Henshaw
Jumping The Queue
1989
as Hugh Warner
Titmuss Regained
1991
as Leslie Titmuss
Movies (44)
Hot Fuzz
2007
as Martin Blower
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
2003
as Preserved Killick, Captain's Steward
The Clothes in the Wardrobe
1993
as Syl
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
2007
as Dr. John Dee
Patriot Games
1992
as Inspector Highland
Black Sea
2014
as Peters
Conspiracy
2001
as Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger
The Russia House
1990
as Wicklow
Like Minds
2006
as John Colbie
Housewife, 49
2006
as Will Last
Nowhere Boy
2009
as George Toogood Smith
A Murder of Quality
1991
as Stanley Rode
Scum
1977
as Archer
Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration
2024
as Flop (voice)
Mary, Mother of Jesus
1999
as Joseph of Nazareth
Alien Autopsy
2006
as Jeffrey
When the Whales Came
1989
as Jack Jenkins
The Ark
2015
as Noah
Red Monarch
1983
as Vasily
Dodger Special: Train
2022
as Sir Charles Rowan
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
1989
as Alex
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
1999
Benefit to Mankind
2004
as Carl Swannee
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
1982
as Self
I Want to Be Like You
1976
as Steve
Diana: Her True Story
1993
as Prince Charles
King Lear
1983
as Edgar
Unforgivable
2025
as Brian Mitchell
A Statement of Affairs
1993
as Alan
The Queen's Sister
2005
as Prince Philip
Paradise Postponed
1986
as Leslie Titmus
He's Asking For Me
1990
as Andy
Dodger Special: Bad Egg
2023
as Sir Charles Rowan
Evidently... John Cooper Clarke
2012
as Himself
Seeing in the Dark
1989
as Tony
A Casualty of War
1989
as Tom Rowse
Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This
2014
as Tommy Cooper
Chunky Monkey
2003
as Donald Leek
Rolling Home
1982
as Donald
Faith Healer
2020
as Teddy
The Kiss of Death
1977
as Trevor
The Brylcreem Boys
1979
as George Hunn
Dog Ends
1984
as Robert
Beckett Double Bill (Krapp's Last Tape / The Old Tune)
2020
as Cream
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 82 credits spanning from 1970 to 2025, David Threlfall has appeared in 44 films and 38 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
- The Clothes in the Wardrobe (1993) — as Syl
- Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) — as Dr. John Dee
- Patriot Games (1992) — as Inspector Highland
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