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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

78

Gender

Male

Birthday

1953-10-12 (72 years old)

Place of Birth

Burnage, Manchester, England, UK

Also Known As

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David Threlfall

Biography

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

Acting

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

2003

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

as

Preserved Killick, Captain's Steward

Alien Autopsy

2006

Alien Autopsy

as

Jeffrey

Patriot Games

1992

Patriot Games

as

Inspector Highland

A Murder of Quality

1991

A Murder of Quality

as

Stanley Rode

Mary, Mother of Jesus

1999

Mary, Mother of Jesus

as

Joseph of Nazareth

The Kiss of Death

1977

The Kiss of Death

as

Trevor

Dodger Special: Train

2022

Dodger Special: Train

as

Sir Charles Rowan

Dodger Special: Bad Egg

2023

Dodger Special: Bad Egg

as

Sir Charles Rowan

The Ark

2015

The Ark

as

Noah

Elizabeth: The Golden Age

2007

Elizabeth: The Golden Age

as

Dr. John Dee

The Brylcreem Boys

1979

The Brylcreem Boys

as

George Hunn

When the Whales Came

1989

When the Whales Came

as

Jack Jenkins

Scum

1977

Scum

as

Archer

Black Sea

2014

Black Sea

as

Peters

Chunky Monkey

2003

Chunky Monkey

as

Donald Leek

The Russia House

1990

The Russia House

as

Wicklow

Housewife, 49

2006

Housewife, 49

as

Will Last

Conspiracy

2001

Conspiracy

as

Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger

King Lear

1983

King Lear

as

Edgar

Hot Fuzz

2007

Hot Fuzz

as

Martin Blower

The Queen's Sister

2005

The Queen's Sister

as

Prince Philip

Like Minds

2006

Like Minds

as

John Colbie

Nowhere Boy

2009

Nowhere Boy

as

George Toogood Smith

Red Monarch

1983

Red Monarch

as

Vasily

Diana: Her True Story

1993

Diana: Her True Story

as

Prince Charles

A Casualty of War

1989

A Casualty of War

as

Tom Rowse

Dog Ends

1984

Dog Ends

as

Robert

Faith Healer

2020

Faith Healer

as

Teddy

Paradise Postponed

1986

Paradise Postponed

as

Leslie Titmus

Unforgivable

2025

Unforgivable

as

Brian Mitchell

Rolling Home

1982

Rolling Home

as

Donald

Benefit to Mankind

2004

Benefit to Mankind

as

Carl Swannee

Men of the World

Men of the World

as

Lenny Smart

Shameless

Shameless

as

Frank Gallagher

Paradise Postponed

Paradise Postponed

as

Leslie Titmuss

Cutting It

Cutting It

as

Beauregard Smee

The Marksman

The Marksman

as

Weaver

Nightsleeper

Nightsleeper

as

Paul Peveril

Wolfe

Wolfe

as

Howard

What Remains

What Remains

as

Len Harper

Code of a Killer

Code of a Killer

as

DCS David Baker

Funny Woman

Funny Woman

as

George Parker

Ripper Street

Ripper Street

as

Abel Croker

Art That Made Us

Art That Made Us

as

Self - Narrator (voice)

Urban Myths

Urban Myths

as

Samuel Beckett

Passenger

Passenger

as

Jim Bracknell

The Gathering Seed

The Gathering Seed

as

Joe Henshaw

Spooks

Spooks

as

Keith Moran

Titmuss Regained

Titmuss Regained

as

Leslie Titmuss

Playhouse

Playhouse

as

George Hunn

Production

Crew

Directing