
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

1970
Play for Today
1970 · tv

1990
Have I Got News for You
1990 · tv

2002
Spooks
2002 · tv

2004
Shameless
2004 · tv

1985
Screen Two
1985 · tv

1974
Playhouse
1974 · tv

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Have I Got a Bit More News for You
— · tv

2012
Ripper Street
2012 · tv

1986
ScreenPlay
1986 · tv

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

2017
Urban Myths
2017 · tv

2007
Hot Fuzz
2007 · movie

2002
Cutting It
2002 · tv

2018
Troy: Fall of a City
2018 · tv

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

2007
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
2007 · movie

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

2023
Funny Woman
2023 · tv

1992
Patriot Games
1992 · movie

2024
Nightsleeper
2024 · tv

2024
Passenger
2024 · tv

2000
In the Beginning
2000 · tv

2001
Conspiracy
2001 · movie

2021
Wolfe
2021 · tv

2015
Midwinter of the Spirit
2015 · tv

1986
Paradise Postponed
1986 · tv

2000
A Dinner of Herbs
2000 · tv

2014
Black Sea
2014 · movie

1982
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
1982 · tv

1990
Nightingales
1990 · tv