
David Threlfall
Acting
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

Spooks
2002 · tv

Play for Today
1970 · tv

Have I Got News for You
1990 · tv

Shameless
2004 · tv

Have I Got a Bit More News for You
· tv

Playhouse
1974 · tv

Ripper Street
2012 · tv

Hot Fuzz
2007 · movie

Urban Myths
2017 · tv

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
2003 · movie

Nightsleeper
2024 · tv

Patriot Games
1992 · movie

Like Minds
2006 · movie

Cutting It
2002 · tv

Elizabeth: The Golden Age
2007 · movie

Troy: Fall of a City
2018 · tv

The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin
2024 · tv

Black Sea
2014 · movie

Conspiracy
2001 · movie

The Russia House
1990 · movie

A Dinner of Herbs
2000 · tv

Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
2006 · tv

Wolfe
2021 · tv

Funny Woman
2023 · tv

Code of a Killer
2015 · tv

Nowhere Boy
2009 · movie

Scum
1977 · movie

In the Beginning
2000 · tv

Nightingales
1990 · tv

The Death of Bunny Munro
2025 · tv