David Threlfall
Known for acting · Born 12 October 1953 · 72 · Burnage, Manchester, England, UK
85 credits
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
Shameless
2004
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
2003
Nowhere Boy
2009
Scum
1977
Ripper Street
2012
Troy: Fall of a City
2018
Black Sea
2014
Nightsleeper
2024
Funny Woman
2023
Nightingales
1990
Housewife, 49
2006
When the Whales Came
1989
Acting (84)
2025The Death of Bunny MunroBunny Snr · 6 episodesSeries
2025UnforgivableBrian MitchellFilm
2024The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick TurpinTom KingSeries
2024NightsleeperPaul Peveril · 6 episodesSeries
2024PassengerJim Bracknell · 6 episodesSeries
2024Bing & Friends: Birthday CelebrationFlop (voice)Film
2023Funny WomanGeorge Parker · 10 episodesSeries
2023Dodger Special: Bad EggSir Charles RowanFilm
2022Art That Made UsSelf - Narrator (voice) · 8 episodesSeries
2022Dodger Special: TrainSir Charles RowanFilm
2021WolfeHowardSeries
2020Beckett Double Bill (Krapp's Last Tape / The Old Tune)CreamFilm
2020Faith HealerTeddyFilm
2018Troy: Fall of a CityPriam · 7 episodesSeries
2017Urban MythsSamuel BeckettSeries
2015Code of a KillerDCS David Baker · 2 episodesSeries
2015Midwinter of the SpiritRev Huw Owens · 3 episodesSeries
2015The ArkNoahFilm
2014Black SeaPetersFilm
2014Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like ThisTommy CooperFilm
2013What RemainsLen Harper · 4 episodesSeries
2012Ripper StreetAbel Croker · 6 episodesSeries
2012Evidently... John Cooper ClarkeHimselfFilm
2009Nowhere BoyGeorge Toogood SmithFilm
2009The Millionaire and the Murder MansionSelf - Narrator (voice)Film
2007Hot FuzzMartin BlowerFilm
2007Elizabeth: The Golden AgeDr. John DeeFilm
2006Alien AutopsyJeffreyFilm
2006Like MindsJohn ColbieFilm
2006Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an EmpireConstantine the GreatSeries
2006Housewife, 49Will LastFilm
2005The Queen's SisterPrince PhilipFilm
2004ShamelessFrank Gallagher · 138 episodesSeries
2004Benefit to MankindCarl SwanneeFilm
2003Master and Commander: The Far Side of the WorldPreserved Killick, Captain's StewardFilm
2003Chunky MonkeyDonald LeekFilm
2003Celebrity MastermindSeries
2002SpooksKeith MoranSeries
2002Cutting ItBeauregard SmeeSeries
2001ConspiracyFriedrich Wilhelm KritzingerFilm
2000In the BeginningAaron · 2 episodesSeries
2000A Dinner of HerbsOlder Hal · 2 episodesSeries
1999Mary, Mother of JesusJoseph of NazarethFilm
1999Sex, Chips & Rock n' RollNorman · 6 episodesSeries
1999Sex, Chips & Rock n' RollFilm
1994Men of the WorldLenny Smart · 12 episodesSeries
1993The Clothes in the WardrobeSylFilm
1993Diana: Her True StoryPrince CharlesFilm
1993A Statement of AffairsAlanFilm
1992Patriot GamesInspector HighlandFilm
1991A Murder of QualityStanley RodeFilm
1991Titmuss RegainedLeslie Titmuss · 3 episodesSeries
1990The Russia HouseWicklowFilm
1990Have I Got News for YouSelfSeries
1990NightingalesBell · 13 episodesSeries
1990He's Asking For MeAndyFilm
1989When the Whales CameJack JenkinsFilm
1989Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal StoryAlexFilm
1989Jumping The QueueHugh Warner · 2 episodesSeries
1989Seeing in the DarkTonyFilm
1989A Casualty of WarTom RowseFilm
1987The MarksmanWeaver · 3 episodesSeries
1986Paradise PostponedLeslie Titmuss · 14 episodesSeries
1986ScreenPlayTonySeries
1986Paradise PostponedLeslie TitmusFilm
1985Screen TwoAndy, SylSeries
1984Dog EndsRobertFilm
1983Red MonarchVasilyFilm
1983King LearEdgarFilm
1983The Gathering SeedJoe Henshaw · 6 episodesSeries
1982The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby · 10 episodesSeries
1982Objects of AffectionDonaldSeries
1982Mike Leigh: Making PlaysSelfFilm
1982Rolling HomeDonaldFilm
1979The Brylcreem BoysGeorge HunnFilm
1977ScumArcherFilm
1977The Kiss of DeathTrevorFilm
1977Here I Stand...StapletonSeries
1976I Want to Be Like YouSteveFilm
1974PlayhouseGeorge HunnSeries
1973Second City FirstsGazSeries
1970Play for TodayRobertSeries
—Have I Got a Bit More News for YouSelf - PanellistSeries
—1000 ADNarratorFilm
Production (1)
2004ShamelessExecutive Producer, DirectorSeries