7.6
Movie
Acting
David Threlfall
- Born
- (age 73)
- Birthplace
- Burnage, Manchester, England, UK
- Credits
- 84 titles
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.
Signature work
Known For
7.6
Movie
7.2
Movie
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
6.7
Movie
Patriot Games
6.7
Movie
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
6.3
Movie
Black Sea
7.2
Movie
Nowhere Boy
7.3
Movie
Conspiracy
6.1
Movie
The Russia House
7.4
TV
Ripper Street
7.5
TV
Shameless
5.8
TV
Troy: Fall of a City
7.7
TV
Spooks
5.7
Movie
Alien Autopsy
6.4
Movie
Like Minds
6.4
TV
The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin
6.7
TV
Nightsleeper
7.3
TV
What Remains
7.2
TV
Code of a Killer
Acting credits 84
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| TBA | 1000 AD Film | Narrator |
| TBA | Have I Got a Bit More News for You TV | Self - Panellist (1 ep) |
| 2025 | The Death of Bunny Munro TV | Bunny Snr (6 ep) |
| 2025 | Unforgivable Film | Brian Mitchell |
| 2024 | Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration Film | Flop (voice) |
| 2024 | Nightsleeper TV | Paul Peveril (6 ep) |
| 2024 | Passenger TV | Jim Bracknell (6 ep) |
| 2024 | The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin TV | Tom King (1 ep) |
| 2023 | Dodger Special: Bad Egg Film | Sir Charles Rowan |
| 2023 | Funny Woman TV | George Parker (10 ep) |
| 2022 | Dodger Special: Train Film | Sir Charles Rowan |
| 2022 | Art That Made Us TV | Self - Narrator (voice) (8 ep) |
| 2021 | Wolfe TV | Howard (1 ep) |
| 2020 | Faith Healer Film | Teddy |
| 2020 | Beckett Double Bill (Krapp's Last Tape / The Old Tune) Film | Cream |
| 2018 | Troy: Fall of a City TV | Priam (7 ep) |
| 2017 | Urban Myths TV | Samuel Beckett (1 ep) |
| 2015 | Midwinter of the Spirit TV | Rev Huw Owens (3 ep) |
| 2015 | Code of a Killer TV | DCS David Baker (2 ep) |
| 2015 | The Ark Film | Noah |
| 2014 | Black Sea Film | Peters |
| 2014 | Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This Film | Tommy Cooper |
| 2013 | What Remains TV | Len Harper (4 ep) |
| 2012 | Ripper Street TV | Abel Croker (6 ep) |
| 2012 | Evidently... John Cooper Clarke Film | Himself |
| 2009 | Nowhere Boy Film | George Toogood Smith |
| 2009 | The Millionaire and the Murder Mansion Film | Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 2007 | Elizabeth: The Golden Age Film | Dr. John Dee |
| 2007 | Hot Fuzz Film | Martin Blower |
| 2006 | Housewife, 49 Film | Will Last |
| 2006 | Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire TV | Constantine the Great (1 ep) |
| 2006 | Like Minds Film | John Colbie |
| 2006 | Alien Autopsy Film | Jeffrey |
| 2005 | The Queen's Sister Film | Prince Philip |
| 2004 | Benefit to Mankind Film | Carl Swannee |
| 2004 | Shameless TV | Frank Gallagher (138 ep) |
| 2003 | Celebrity Mastermind TV | (1 ep) |
| 2003 | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Film | Preserved Killick, Captain's Steward |
| 2003 | Chunky Monkey Film | Donald Leek |
| 2002 | Spooks TV | Keith Moran (1 ep) |
| 2002 | Cutting It TV | Beauregard Smee (1 ep) |
| 2001 | Conspiracy Film | Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger |
| 2000 | A Dinner of Herbs TV | Older Hal (2 ep) |
| 2000 | In the Beginning TV | Aaron (2 ep) |
| 1999 | Mary, Mother of Jesus Film | Joseph of Nazareth |
| 1999 | Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll Film | |
| 1999 | Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll TV | Norman (6 ep) |
| 1994 | Men of the World TV | Lenny Smart (12 ep) |
| 1993 | The Clothes in the Wardrobe Film | Syl |
| 1993 | Diana: Her True Story Film | Prince Charles |
| 1993 | A Statement of Affairs Film | Alan |
| 1992 | Patriot Games Film | Inspector Highland |
| 1991 | A Murder of Quality Film | Stanley Rode |
| 1991 | Titmuss Regained TV | Leslie Titmuss (3 ep) |
| 1990 | The Russia House Film | Wicklow |
| 1990 | Have I Got News for You TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 1990 | Nightingales TV | Bell (13 ep) |
| 1990 | He's Asking For Me Film | Andy |
| 1989 | A Casualty of War Film | Tom Rowse |
| 1989 | Seeing in the Dark Film | Tony |
Crew credits 1
| Year | Title | Job |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Shameless TV | Executive Producer, Director (138 ep) |