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 (82 titles)
5.5ShowThe Death of Bunny Munro
Bunny Snr · 2025
7.8MovieUnforgivable
Brian Mitchell · 2025
MovieBing & Friends: Birthday Celebration
Flop (voice) · 2024
6.7ShowNightsleeper
Paul Peveril · 2024
5.8ShowPassenger
Jim Bracknell · 2024
6.5ShowThe Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin
Tom King · 2024
MovieDodger Special: Bad Egg
Sir Charles Rowan · 2023
6.9ShowFunny Woman
George Parker · 2023
MovieDodger Special: Train
Sir Charles Rowan · 2022
5.5ShowArt That Made Us
Self - Narrator (voice) · 2022
5.4ShowWolfe
Howard · 2021
MovieFaith Healer
Teddy · 2020
MovieBeckett Double Bill (Krapp's Last Tape / The Old Tune)
Cream · 2020
5.8ShowTroy: Fall of a City
King Priam · 2018
7.4ShowUrban Myths
Samuel Beckett · 2017
6.6ShowMidwinter of the Spirit
Rev Huw Owens · 2015
7.3ShowCode of a Killer
DCS David Baker · 2015
5.7MovieThe Ark
Noah · 2015
6.3MovieBlack Sea
Peters · 2014
6.9MovieTommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This
Tommy Cooper · 2014
7.3ShowWhat Remains
Len Harper · 2013
7.4ShowRipper Street
Abel Croker · 2012
9.0MovieEvidently... John Cooper Clarke
Himself · 2012
7.2MovieNowhere Boy
George Toogood Smith · 2009
6.7MovieElizabeth: The Golden Age
Dr. John Dee · 2007
7.6MovieHot Fuzz
Martin Blower · 2007
6.0MovieHousewife, 49
Will Last · 2006
7.6ShowAncient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
Constantine the Great · 2006
6.4MovieLike Minds
John Colbie · 2006
5.7MovieAlien Autopsy
Jeffrey · 2006