David Threlfall

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

77

Gender

Male

Birthday

1953-10-12 (72 years old)

Place of Birth

Burnage, Manchester, England, UK

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

  • Have I Got News for You

    Have I Got News for You

  • Play for Today

    Play for Today

  • Spooks

    Spooks

  • Shameless

    Shameless

  • Shameless

    Shameless

  • Have I Got a Bit More News for You

    Have I Got a Bit More News for You

  • Playhouse

    Playhouse

  • The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin

    The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin

  • Ripper Street

    Ripper Street

  • Hot Fuzz

    Hot Fuzz

  • The Russia House

    The Russia House

  • Urban Myths

    Urban Myths

  • Elizabeth: The Golden Age

    Elizabeth: The Golden Age

  • Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story

    Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story

  • He's Asking For Me

    He's Asking For Me

  • Troy: Fall of a City

    Troy: Fall of a City

  • Nowhere Boy

    Nowhere Boy

  • Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

    Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

  • Funny Woman

    Funny Woman

  • Mary, Mother of Jesus

    Mary, Mother of Jesus

  • Cutting It

    Cutting It

  • Patriot Games

    Patriot Games

  • Rolling Home

    Rolling Home

  • The Ark

    The Ark

  • Alien Autopsy

    Alien Autopsy

  • Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire

    Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire

  • Like Minds

    Like Minds

  • King Lear

    King Lear

  • Wolfe

    Wolfe

  • Black Sea

    Black Sea

  • Nightsleeper

    Nightsleeper

  • Evidently... John Cooper Clarke

    Evidently... John Cooper Clarke

  • The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

    The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

  • Paradise Postponed

    Paradise Postponed

  • The Brylcreem Boys

    The Brylcreem Boys

  • The Death of Bunny Munro

    The Death of Bunny Munro

  • Passenger

    Passenger

  • Mike Leigh: Making Plays

    Mike Leigh: Making Plays

  • Art That Made Us

    Art That Made Us

  • Conspiracy

    Conspiracy

  • Code of a Killer

    Code of a Killer

  • What Remains

    What Remains

  • Seeing in the Dark

    Seeing in the Dark

  • Men of the World

    Men of the World

  • Objects of Affection

    Objects of Affection

  • In the Beginning

    In the Beginning

  • Nightingales

    Nightingales

  • When the Whales Came

    When the Whales Came

  • Paradise Postponed

    Paradise Postponed

  • The Queen's Sister

    The Queen's Sister

  • Dog Ends

    Dog Ends

  • A Dinner of Herbs

    A Dinner of Herbs

  • Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll

    Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll

  • The Marksman

    The Marksman

  • Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll

    Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll

  • Dodger Special: Train

    Dodger Special: Train

  • The Gathering Seed

    The Gathering Seed

  • Midwinter of the Spirit

    Midwinter of the Spirit

  • Red Monarch

    Red Monarch

  • A Casualty of War

    A Casualty of War

  • Beckett Double Bill (Krapp's Last Tape / The Old Tune)

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

  • Dodger Special: Bad Egg

    Dodger Special: Bad Egg

  • Scum

    Scum

  • Titmuss Regained

    Titmuss Regained

  • The Clothes in the Wardrobe

    The Clothes in the Wardrobe

  • Unforgivable

    Unforgivable

  • Housewife, 49

    Housewife, 49

  • Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration

    Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration

  • A Murder of Quality

    A Murder of Quality

  • I Want to Be Like You

    I Want to Be Like You

  • A Statement of Affairs

    A Statement of Affairs

  • Diana: Her True Story

    Diana: Her True Story

  • Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This

    Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This

  • The Kiss of Death

    The Kiss of Death

  • Benefit to Mankind

    Benefit to Mankind

  • Faith Healer

    Faith Healer

  • Chunky Monkey

    Chunky Monkey