
David Threlfall
Known for Acting · 79 credits
- Born
- 1953-10-12 (age 72)
- Place of birth
- Burnage, Manchester, England, UK
- Also known as
- دیوید ترلفال
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
TV Shows (35)

Play for Today
1970
as Robert

Have I Got News for You
1990
as Self

Spooks
2002
as Keith Moran

Screen Two
1985
as Andy / Syl

Shameless
2004
as Frank Gallagher

Playhouse
1974
as George Hunn

Have I Got a Bit More News for You
as Self - Panellist

Ripper Street
2012
as Abel Croker

ScreenPlay
1986
as Tony

The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin
2024
as Tom King

Urban Myths
2017
as Samuel Beckett

Troy: Fall of a City
2018
as King Priam

Cutting It
2002
as Beauregard Smee
Second City Firsts
1973
as Gaz

Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
2006
as Constantine the Great

Funny Woman
2023
as George Parker

Nightsleeper
2024
as Paul Peveril

Passenger
2024
as Jim Bracknell

In the Beginning
2000
as Aaron

Midwinter of the Spirit
2015
as Rev Huw Owens

Wolfe
2021
as Howard

Paradise Postponed
1986
as Leslie Titmuss

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
1982

A Dinner of Herbs
2000
as Older Hal

What Remains
2013
as Len Harper

Objects of Affection
1982
as Donald

Nightingales
1990
as Bell

The Death of Bunny Munro
2025
as Bunny Snr

Code of a Killer
2015
as DCS David Baker

Art That Made Us
2022
as Self - Narrator (voice)

Titmuss Regained
1991
as Leslie Titmuss

The Marksman
1987
as Weaver

Men of the World
1994
as Lenny Smart

The Gathering Seed
1983
as Joe Henshaw

Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
1999
as Norman
Movies (44)

Hot Fuzz
2007
as Martin Blower

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
2003
as Preserved Killick, Captain's Steward

Elizabeth: The Golden Age
2007
as Dr. John Dee

Patriot Games
1992
as Inspector Highland

Conspiracy
2001
as Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger

Black Sea
2014
as Peters

Nowhere Boy
2009
as George Toogood Smith

Like Minds
2006
as John Colbie

The Russia House
1990
as Wicklow

King Lear
1983
as Edgar

Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
1989
as Alex

The Clothes in the Wardrobe
1993
as Syl

The Ark
2015
as Noah

Alien Autopsy
2006
as Jeffrey

A Murder of Quality
1991
as Stanley Rode

Red Monarch
1983
as Vasily

Mary, Mother of Jesus
1999
as Joseph of Nazareth

Housewife, 49
2006
as Will Last

Unforgivable
2025
as Brian Mitchell

Scum
1977
as Archer

Mike Leigh: Making Plays
1982
as Self

Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This
2014
as Tommy Cooper
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
1999

When the Whales Came
1989
as Jack Jenkins

Chunky Monkey
2003
as Donald Leek

The Queen's Sister
2005
as Prince Philip

The Kiss of Death
1977
as Trevor

Diana: Her True Story
1993
as Prince Charles

A Casualty of War
1989
as Tom Rowse

Beckett Double Bill (Krapp's Last Tape / The Old Tune)
2020
as Cream

The Brylcreem Boys
1979
as George Hunn

Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration
2024
as Flop (voice)

Evidently... John Cooper Clarke
2012
as Himself
He's Asking For Me
1990
as Andy

Rolling Home
1982
as Donald

Dog Ends
1984
as Robert

Faith Healer
2020
as Teddy
Paradise Postponed
1986
as Leslie Titmus

Dodger Special: Bad Egg
2023
as Sir Charles Rowan
A Statement of Affairs
1993
as Alan

Seeing in the Dark
1989
as Tony

Dodger Special: Train
2022
as Sir Charles Rowan

Benefit to Mankind
2004
as Carl Swannee

I Want to Be Like You
1976
as Steve
About 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. With 79 credits spanning from 1970 to 2025, David Threlfall has appeared in 44 films and 35 TV shows.
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Most Popular David Threlfall Movies
- Hot Fuzz (2007) — as Martin Blower
- Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) — as Preserved Killick, Captain's Steward
- Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) — as Dr. John Dee
- Patriot Games (1992) — as Inspector Highland
- Conspiracy (2001) — as Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger
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