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Birthday: Oct 12, 1953
Place of Birth: Burnage, Manchester, England, UK

David Threlfall

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.

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Preserved Killick, Captain's Steward 2003
Alien Autopsy Jeffrey 2006
Patriot Games Inspector Highland 1992
A Murder of Quality Stanley Rode 1991
Mary, Mother of Jesus Joseph of Nazareth 1999
The Kiss of Death Trevor 1977
Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This Tommy Cooper 2014
Dodger Special: Train Sir Charles Rowan 2022
Dodger Special: Bad Egg Sir Charles Rowan 2023
The Ark Noah 2015
Elizabeth: The Golden Age Dr. John Dee 2007
The Brylcreem Boys George Hunn 1979
When the Whales Came Jack Jenkins 1989
Scum Archer 1977
Seeing in the Dark Tony 1989
Black Sea Peters 2014
Chunky Monkey Donald Leek 2003
The Russia House Wicklow 1990
Housewife, 49 Will Last 2006
Conspiracy Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger 2001
He's Asking For Me Andy 1990
King Lear Edgar 1983
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll 1999
Hot Fuzz Martin Blower 2007
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story Alex 1989
Mike Leigh: Making Plays Self 1982
The Queen's Sister Prince Philip 2005
Like Minds John Colbie 2006
Nowhere Boy George Toogood Smith 2009
Red Monarch Vasily 1983
Diana: Her True Story Prince Charles 1993
A Casualty of War Tom Rowse 1989
Dog Ends Robert 1984
Evidently... John Cooper Clarke Himself 2012
The Summer House Syl 1993
A Statement of Affairs Alan 1993
Beckett Double Bill (Krapp's Last Tape / The Old Tune) Cream 2020
Faith Healer Teddy 2020
Paradise Postponed Leslie Titmus 1986
I Want to Be Like You Steve 1976
Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration Flop (voice) 2024
Untitled Jimmy McGovern Drama 1970
Rolling Home Donald 1982
Series Cast Year
Men of the World Lenny Smart 1994
Shameless 2004
Shameless Frank Gallagher 2004
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll Norman 1999
Nightingales Bell 1990
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby 1982
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire Constantine the Great 2006
Paradise Postponed Leslie Titmuss 1986
Cutting It Beauregard Smee 2002
The Marksman Weaver 1987
Nightsleeper Paul Peveril 2024
Wolfe Howard 2021
What Remains Len Harper 2013
Code of a Killer DCS David Baker 2015
Midwinter of the Spirit Rev Huw Owens 2015
Funny Woman George Parker 2023
Troy: Fall of a City King Priam 2018
Ripper Street Abel Croker 2012
Art That Made Us Self - Narrator (voice) 2022
Urban Myths Samuel Beckett 2017
A Dinner of Herbs Hal Royce (older) 2000
In the Beginning Aaron 2000
Passenger Jim Bracknell 2024
The Gathering Seed Joe Henshaw 1983
Spooks Keith Moran 2002
Have I Got a Bit More News for You Self - Panellist 1970
The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin Tom King 2024
Play for Today Robert 1970
Objects of Affection Donald 1982
Titmuss Regained Leslie Titmuss 1991
Have I Got News for You Self 1990
The Death of Bunny Munro Bunny Snr 1970
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