David Threlfall

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1953-10-12 (71 years old)

Place of Birth Burnage, Manchester, England, UK

David Threlfall

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

Actor

2024
Nightsleeper

as Paul Peveril

2024
Passenger

as Jim Bracknell

2023
Dodger Special: Bad Egg

as Sir Charles Rowan

2023
Funny Woman

as George Parker

2022
Dodger Special: Train

as Sir Charles Rowan

2022
Art That Made Us

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2021
Wolfe

as Howard

2020
Faith Healer

as Teddy

2018
Troy: Fall of a City

as King Priam

2017
Urban Myths

as Samuel Beckett

2015
The Ark

as Noah

2015
Midwinter of the Spirit

as Rev Huw Owens

2015
Code of a Killer

as DCS David Baker

2014
Black Sea

as Peters

2013
What Remains

as Len Harper

2012
Ripper Street

as Abel Croker

2009
Nowhere Boy

as George Toogood Smith

2007
2007
Hot Fuzz

as Martin Blower

2006
Housewife, 49

as Will Last

2006
Like Minds

as John Colbie

2006
Alien Autopsy

as Jeffrey

2005
The Queen's Sister

as Prince Philip

2004
Shameless

as Frank Gallagher

2003
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

as Preserved Killick, Captain's Steward

2003
Chunky Monkey

as Donald Leek

2002
Spooks

as Keith Moran

2002
Cutting It

as Beauregard Smee

2001
Conspiracy

as Kritzinger

2000
A Dinner of Herbs

as Hal Royce (older)

2000
1999
Mary, Mother of Jesus

as Joseph of Nazareth

1994
Men of the World

as Lenny Smart

1993
1993
Diana: Her True Story

as Prince Charles

1992
Patriot Games

as Inspector Highland

1991
A Murder of Quality

as Stanley Rode

1991
Titmuss Regained

as Leslie Titmuss

1990
The Russia House

as Wicklow

1990
1990
Nightingales

as Bell

1989
A Casualty of War

as Tom Rowse

1989
1989
When the Whales Came

as Jack Jenkins

1987
The Marksman

as Weaver

1986
Paradise Postponed

as Leslie Titmus

1986
Paradise Postponed

as Leslie Titmuss

1984
Dog Ends

as Robert

1983
Red Monarch

as Vasily

1983
King Lear

as Edgar

1983
The Gathering Seed

as Joe Henshaw

1982
Rolling Home

as Donald

1982
1979
The Brylcreem Boys

as George Hunn

1977
Scum

as Archer

1977
1970
Play for Today

as Robert

Producer

2004
Shameless

as Executive Producer