David Threlfall

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.

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2024

Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration
Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration
as Flop (voice)
Movie - Released: 9/27/2024
Nightsleeper
Nightsleeper
as Paul Peveril
TV - Released: 9/15/2024
Passenger
Passenger
as Jim Bracknell
TV - Released: 3/24/2024
The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin
The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin
as Tom King
TV - Released: 3/1/2024

2023

Dodger Special: Bad Egg
Dodger Special: Bad Egg
as Sir Charles Rowan
Movie - Released: 4/7/2023
Funny Woman
Funny Woman
as George Parker
TV - Released: 2/9/2023

2022

Dodger Special: Train
Dodger Special: Train
as Sir Charles Rowan
Movie - Released: 11/27/2022
Art That Made Us
Art That Made Us
as Self - Narrator (voice)
TV - Released: 4/7/2022

2021

Wolfe
Wolfe
as Howard
TV - Released: 9/10/2021

2020

Beckett Double Bill (Krapp's Last Tape / The Old Tune)
Beckett Double Bill (Krapp's Last Tape / The Old Tune)
as Cream
Movie - Released: 8/7/2020
Faith Healer
Faith Healer
as Teddy
Movie - Released: 9/16/2020

2018

Troy: Fall of a City
Troy: Fall of a City
as King Priam
TV - Released: 2/17/2018

2017

Urban Myths
Urban Myths
as Samuel Beckett
TV - Released: 1/19/2017

2015

The Ark
The Ark
as Noah
Movie - Released: 3/30/2015
Code of a Killer
Code of a Killer
as DCS David Baker
TV - Released: 4/6/2015
Midwinter of the Spirit
Midwinter of the Spirit
as Rev Huw Owens
TV - Released: 9/23/2015

2014

Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This
Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This
as Tommy Cooper
Movie - Released: 4/21/2014
Black Sea
Black Sea
as Peters
Movie - Released: 12/5/2014

2013

What Remains
What Remains
as Len Harper
TV - Released: 8/25/2013

2012

Evidently... John Cooper Clarke
Evidently... John Cooper Clarke
as Himself
Movie - Released: 5/30/2012
Ripper Street
Ripper Street
as Abel Croker
TV - Released: 12/30/2012

2009

Nowhere Boy
Nowhere Boy
as George Toogood Smith
Movie - Released: 12/25/2009

2007

Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
as Dr. John Dee
Movie - Released: 9/9/2007
Hot Fuzz
Hot Fuzz
as Martin Blower
Movie - Released: 2/14/2007

2006

Alien Autopsy
Alien Autopsy
as Jeffrey
Movie - Released: 4/7/2006
Housewife, 49
Housewife, 49
as Will Last
Movie - Released: 12/10/2006
Like Minds
Like Minds
as John Colbie
Movie - Released: 8/3/2006
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
as Constantine the Great
TV - Released: 9/21/2006

2005

The Queen's Sister
The Queen's Sister
as Prince Philip
Movie - Released: 11/26/2005

2004

Shameless
Shameless
TV - Released: 1/13/2004
Shameless
Shameless
as Frank Gallagher
TV - Released: 1/13/2004

2003

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
as Preserved Killick, Captain's Steward
Movie - Released: 11/14/2003
Movie
Chunky Monkey
as Donald Leek
Movie - Released: 3/19/2003

2002

Cutting It
Cutting It
as Beauregard Smee
TV - Released: 4/16/2002
Spooks
Spooks
as Keith Moran
TV - Released: 5/13/2002

2001

Conspiracy
Conspiracy
as Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger
Movie - Released: 5/19/2001

2000

A Dinner of Herbs
A Dinner of Herbs
as Hal Royce (older)
TV - Released: 11/24/2000
In the Beginning
In the Beginning
as Aaron
TV - Released: 11/12/2000

1999

Mary, Mother of Jesus
Mary, Mother of Jesus
as Joseph of Nazareth
Movie - Released: 11/14/1999
Movie
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
Movie - Released: 9/5/1999
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
as Norman
TV - Released: 9/5/1999

1994

Men of the World
Men of the World
as Lenny Smart
TV - Released: 3/14/1994

1993

Diana: Her True Story
Diana: Her True Story
as Prince Charles
Movie - Released: 4/3/1993
The Summer House
The Summer House
as Syl
Movie - Released: 12/21/1993
Movie
A Statement of Affairs
as Alan
Movie - Released: 3/8/1993

1992

Patriot Games
Patriot Games
as Inspector Highland
Movie - Released: 6/4/1992

1991

A Murder of Quality
A Murder of Quality
as Stanley Rode
Movie - Released: 10/4/1991
Titmuss Regained
Titmuss Regained
as Leslie Titmuss
TV - Released: 9/3/1991

1990

The Russia House
The Russia House
as Wicklow
Movie - Released: 12/21/1990
Movie
He's Asking For Me
as Andy
Movie - Released: 2/18/1990
Nightingales
Nightingales
as Bell
TV - Released: 2/27/1990
Have I Got News for You
Have I Got News for You
as Self
TV - Released: 9/28/1990

1989

When the Whales Came
When the Whales Came
as Jack Jenkins
Movie - Released: 3/28/1989
Seeing in the Dark
Seeing in the Dark
as Tony
Movie - Released: 9/13/1989
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
as Alex
Movie - Released: 4/22/1989
A Casualty of War
A Casualty of War
as Tom Rowse
Movie - Released: 12/2/1989

1987

The Marksman
The Marksman
as Weaver
TV - Released: 12/4/1987

1986

Movie
Paradise Postponed
as Leslie Titmus
Movie - Released: 6/15/1986
Paradise Postponed
Paradise Postponed
as Leslie Titmuss
TV - Released: 9/15/1986

1984

Dog Ends
Dog Ends
as Robert
Movie - Released: 7/17/1984

1983

King Lear
King Lear
as Edgar
Movie - Released: 4/3/1983
Red Monarch
Red Monarch
as Vasily
Movie - Released: 6/16/1983
The Gathering Seed
The Gathering Seed
as Joe Henshaw
TV - Released: 9/7/1983

1982

Mike Leigh: Making Plays
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
as Self
Movie - Released: 9/4/1982
Rolling Home
Rolling Home
as Donald
Movie - Released: 12/3/1982
Objects of Affection
Objects of Affection
as Donald
TV - Released: 11/12/1982

1979

The Brylcreem Boys
The Brylcreem Boys
as George Hunn
Movie - Released: 11/21/1979

1977

The Kiss of Death
The Kiss of Death
as Trevor
Movie - Released: 1/10/1977
Scum
Scum
as Archer
Movie - Released: 11/8/1977

1976

I Want to Be Like You
I Want to Be Like You
as Steve
Movie - Released: 5/13/1976

1970

Play for Today
Play for Today
as Robert
TV - Released: 10/15/1970

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