David Threlfall
Known for: 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.
Filmography
Series
Play for Today
Robert
1970
Series
Have I Got News for You
Self
1990
Series
Shameless
Frank Gallagher
2004
Series
Spooks
Keith Moran
2002
Series
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
Self - Panellist
Series
Playhouse
George Hunn
1974
Series
Screen Two
Andy
1985
Series
Screen Two
Syl
1985
Series
Ripper Street
Abel Croker
2012
Series
Troy: Fall of a City
King Priam
2018
Series
ScreenPlay
Tony
1986
Film
Hot Fuzz
Martin Blower
2007
Film
Patriot Games
Inspector Highland
1992
Series
Celebrity Mastermind
2003
Film
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Preserved Killick, Captain's Steward
2003
Series
The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin
Tom King
2024
Series
Urban Myths
Samuel Beckett
2017
Film
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Dr. John Dee
2007
Series
Cutting It
Beauregard Smee
2002
Second City Firsts
Gaz
1973
Film
Black Sea
Peters
2014
Series
Nightsleeper
Paul Peveril
2024
Series
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
Constantine the Great
2006
Film
Nowhere Boy
George Toogood Smith
2009
Series
Funny Woman
George Parker
2023
Series
What Remains
Len Harper
2013
Film
Conspiracy
Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger
2001
Series
Passenger
Jim Bracknell
2024
Film
Like Minds
John Colbie
2006
Film
Alien Autopsy
Jeffrey
2006
Series
Wolfe
Howard
2021
Series
Paradise Postponed
Leslie Titmuss
1986
Series
Code of a Killer
DCS David Baker
2015
Series
In the Beginning
Aaron
2000
Series
Nightingales
Bell
1990
Series
The Death of Bunny Munro
Bunny Snr
2025
Film
The Russia House
Wicklow
1990
Series
A Dinner of Herbs
Older Hal
2000
Film
The Clothes in the Wardrobe
Syl
1993
Series
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
Norman
1999
Series
Art That Made Us
Self - Narrator (voice)
2022
Series
Midwinter of the Spirit
Rev Huw Owens
2015
Series
Objects of Affection
Donald
1982
Series
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
1982
Film
The Ark
Noah
2015
Series
Men of the World
Lenny Smart
1994
Film
A Murder of Quality
Stanley Rode
1991
Film
Scum
Archer
1977
Series
The Gathering Seed
Joe Henshaw
1983
Film
Housewife, 49
Will Last
2006
Film
Red Monarch
Vasily
1983
Series
The Marksman
Weaver
1987
Film
Mary, Mother of Jesus
Joseph of Nazareth
1999
Film
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
Alex
1989
Film
King Lear
Edgar
1983
Series
Titmuss Regained
Leslie Titmuss
1991
Jumping The Queue
Hugh Warner
1989
Film
Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This
Tommy Cooper
2014
Film
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
Self
1982
Film
Diana: Her True Story
Prince Charles
1993
Film
Evidently... John Cooper Clarke
Himself
2012
Film
When the Whales Came
Jack Jenkins
1989
Film
Unforgivable
Brian Mitchell
2025
Film
Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration
Flop (voice)
2024
Here I Stand...
Stapleton
1977
Paradise Postponed
Leslie Titmus
1986
Film
Chunky Monkey
Donald Leek
2003
Film
The Brylcreem Boys
George Hunn
1979
Film
The Queen's Sister
Prince Philip
2005
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
1999
Film
The Kiss of Death
Trevor
1977
Film
Faith Healer
Teddy
2020
Film
Dog Ends
Robert
1984
Film
A Casualty of War
Tom Rowse
1989
A Statement of Affairs
Alan
1993
Film
Dodger Special: Bad Egg
Sir Charles Rowan
2023
Film
Rolling Home
Donald
1982
He's Asking For Me
Andy
1990
Film
I Want to Be Like You
Steve
1976
Film
Benefit to Mankind
Carl Swannee
2004
Film
Seeing in the Dark
Tony
1989
Film
Dodger Special: Train
Sir Charles Rowan
2022
Film
Beckett Double Bill (Krapp's Last Tape / The Old Tune)
Cream
2020