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David Threlfall

Actor, Director, Producer
Born October 12, 1953 (70 years)
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.
Movies & Shows on Plex
  • Like Minds
  • The Last Detective
  • The Ark
  • A Dinner of Herbs
  • Diana: Her True Story
Known For
  • Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
  • Shameless
  • Nowhere Boy
  • Troy: Fall of a City
  • Black Sea
  • What Remains
  • Code of a Killer
  • Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
  • The Russia House
  • Scum
  • Like Minds
  • Housewife, 49
  • Funny Woman (2023)
  • Midwinter of the Spirit
  • Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This
  • The Ark
  • Mary, Mother of Jesus
  • Passenger
  • When the Whales Came
  • A Murder of Quality
  • The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
  • Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
  • Diana: Her True Story
  • Nightingales (1990)

Filmography

2024
Passenger (TV Series) · as Jim Bracknell
2024
2023
Funny Woman (2023) (TV Series) · as George Parker
2022
Dodger (TV Series) · as Sir Charles Rowan
2021
Wolfe (TV Series) · as Howard
2020
Isolation Stories (TV Series) · as Brian
2018
Troy: Fall of a City (TV Series) · as King Priam
2017
Urban Myths (TV Series) · as Samuel Beckett
2016
The Gospel of Matthew · as Narrator
2015
Midwinter of the Spirit (TV Series) · as Rev Huw Owens
2015
Code of a Killer (TV Series) · as Dcs David Baker
2015
The Ark · as Noah
2014
Black Sea · as Peters
2014
Bing (TV Series) · as Flop
2014
2013
What Remains (TV Series) · as Len Harper
2012
Ripper Street (TV Series) · as Abel Croker
2012
The Big Fat Quiz of the 00s · as Frank Gallagher
2009
Nowhere Boy · as George Toogood Smith
2007
The Big Fat Anniversary Quiz · as Frank Gallagher
2007
Elizabeth: The Golden Age · as Dr. John Dee
2007
The Whistleblowers (TV Series) · as Professor Lewington
2007
Hot Fuzz · as Martin Blower
2006
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire (TV Series) · as Constantine The Great
2006
Like Minds · as John Colbie
2006
Alien Autopsy · as Jeffrey
2006
The Romantics (TV Series) · as William Wordsworth
2005
The Queen's Sister · as Prince Philip
2005
Afterlife (TV Series) · as Ian Garland
2005
Housewife, 49 · as Will Last
2004
Shameless (TV Series) · as Frank Gallagher
2003
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World · as Preserved Killick, Captain's Steward
2003
The Last Detective (TV Series) · as Carl Swannee
2002
Spooks (TV Series) · as Keith Moran
2002
Cutting It (TV Series) · as Beauregard Smee
2001
Chunky Monkey · as Donald Leek
2001
Conspiracy · as Kritzinger
2000
A Dinner of Herbs (TV Series) · as Hal Royce (older)
2000
In the Beginning (TV Series) · as Aaron
2000
A History of Britain by Simon Schama (TV Series) · as Various
1999
1000 AD · as Cast
1999
The Black Dog · as Harvey
1999
Mary, Mother of Jesus · as Joseph Of Nazareth
1999
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll (TV Series) · as Norman
1998
CI5: The New Professionals (TV Series) · as Radovan Pradic
1995
Thief Takers (TV Series) · as Frank Mcgrath
1994
The Knock (TV Series) · as Bobby Connery
1994
Men of the World (TV Series) · as Lenny Smart
1993
1993
Fighting for Gemma · as Martyn Day
1993
Diana: Her True Story · as Prince Charles
1992
Patriot Games · as Inspector Highland
1991
A Murder of Quality · as Stanley Rode
1991
Scum · as Archer
1990
The Russia House · as Wicklow
1990
Nightingales (1990) (TV Series) · as Bell
1990
Cutting Edge (TV Series) · as Narrator
1989
Frederick Forsyth Presents (TV Series) · as Tom Rowse
1989
When the Whales Came · as Jack Jenkins
1989
1986
Paradise Postponed (TV Series) · as Leslie Titmuss
1986
Screenplay (1986) (TV Series) · as Tony
1984
Screen Two (TV Series) · as Andy
1983
Red Monarch · as Vasily
1983
King Lear · as Edgar
1982
1977
The Kiss of Death · as Trevor
1973
Playhouse (TV Series) · as George Hunn
1973
Second City Firsts (TV Series) · as Gaz
1970
Play for Today (TV Series) · as Robert

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