Actor profile

David Threlfall

12th October 1953 Burnage, Manchester, England, UK Acting

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.

40 Movies 35 TV Shows 83 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Unforgivable poster

Unforgivable 24th July 2025 as Brian Mitchell

Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration poster

Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration 27th September 2024 as Flop (voice)

Dodger Special: Bad Egg poster

Dodger Special: Bad Egg 7th April 2023 as Sir Charles Rowan

Dodger Special: Train poster

Dodger Special: Train 27th November 2022 as Sir Charles Rowan

Faith Healer poster

Faith Healer 16th September 2020 as Teddy

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

Beckett Double Bill (Krapp's Last Tape / The Old Tune) 7th August 2020 as Cream

The Ark poster

The Ark 30th March 2015 as Noah

Black Sea poster

Black Sea 5th December 2014 as Peters

Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This poster

Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This 21st April 2014 as Tommy Cooper

Evidently... John Cooper Clarke poster

Evidently... John Cooper Clarke 30th May 2012 as Himself

Nowhere Boy poster

Nowhere Boy 25th December 2009 as George Toogood Smith

Elizabeth: The Golden Age poster

Elizabeth: The Golden Age 9th September 2007 as Dr. John Dee

Hot Fuzz poster

Hot Fuzz 14th February 2007 as Martin Blower

Housewife, 49 poster

Housewife, 49 10th December 2006 as Will Last

Like Minds poster

Like Minds 3rd August 2006 as John Colbie

Alien Autopsy poster

Alien Autopsy 7th April 2006 as Jeffrey

The Queen's Sister poster

The Queen's Sister 26th November 2005 as Prince Philip

Benefit to Mankind poster

Benefit to Mankind 27th February 2004 as Carl Swannee

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World poster

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 14th November 2003 as Preserved Killick, Captain's Steward

Chunky Monkey poster

Chunky Monkey 19th March 2003 as Donald Leek

Conspiracy poster

Conspiracy 19th May 2001 as Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger

Mary, Mother of Jesus poster

Mary, Mother of Jesus 14th November 1999 as Joseph of Nazareth

The Clothes in the Wardrobe poster

The Clothes in the Wardrobe 21st December 1993 as Syl

Diana: Her True Story poster

Diana: Her True Story 3rd April 1993 as Prince Charles

Patriot Games poster

Patriot Games 4th June 1992 as Inspector Highland

A Murder of Quality poster

A Murder of Quality 4th October 1991 as Stanley Rode

The Russia House poster

The Russia House 21st December 1990 as Wicklow

A Casualty of War poster

A Casualty of War 2nd December 1989 as Tom Rowse

Seeing in the Dark poster

Seeing in the Dark 13th September 1989 as Tony

Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story poster

Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story 22nd April 1989 as Alex

When the Whales Came poster

When the Whales Came 28th March 1989 as Jack Jenkins

Dog Ends poster

Dog Ends 17th July 1984 as Robert

Red Monarch poster

Red Monarch 16th June 1983 as Vasily

King Lear poster

King Lear 3rd April 1983 as Edgar

Rolling Home poster

Rolling Home 3rd December 1982 as Donald

Mike Leigh: Making Plays poster

Mike Leigh: Making Plays 4th September 1982 as Self

The Brylcreem Boys poster

The Brylcreem Boys 21st November 1979 as George Hunn

Scum poster

Scum 8th November 1977 as Archer

The Kiss of Death poster

The Kiss of Death 10th January 1977 as Trevor

I Want to Be Like You poster

I Want to Be Like You 13th May 1976 as Steve

The Death of Bunny Munro poster

The Death of Bunny Munro 20th November 2025 as Bunny Snr

Nightsleeper poster

Nightsleeper 15th September 2024 as Paul Peveril

Passenger poster

Passenger 24th March 2024 as Jim Bracknell

The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin poster

The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin 1st March 2024 as Tom King

Funny Woman poster

Funny Woman 9th February 2023 as George Parker

Art That Made Us poster

Art That Made Us 7th April 2022 as Self - Narrator (voice)

Wolfe poster

Wolfe 10th September 2021 as Howard

Troy: Fall of a City poster

Troy: Fall of a City 17th February 2018 as King Priam

Urban Myths poster

Urban Myths 19th January 2017 as Samuel Beckett

Midwinter of the Spirit poster

Midwinter of the Spirit 23rd September 2015 as Rev Huw Owens

Code of a Killer poster

Code of a Killer 6th April 2015 as DCS David Baker

What Remains poster

What Remains 25th August 2013 as Len Harper

Ripper Street poster

Ripper Street 30th December 2012 as Abel Croker

Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire poster

Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire 21st September 2006 as Constantine the Great

Shameless poster

Shameless 13th January 2004 as Frank Gallagher

Celebrity Mastermind poster

Celebrity Mastermind 26th December 2003

Spooks poster

Spooks 13th May 2002 as Keith Moran

Cutting It poster

Cutting It 16th April 2002 as Beauregard Smee

A Dinner of Herbs poster

A Dinner of Herbs 24th November 2000 as Older Hal

In the Beginning poster

In the Beginning 12th November 2000 as Aaron

Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll poster

Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll 5th September 1999 as Norman

Men of the World poster

Men of the World 14th March 1994 as Lenny Smart

Titmuss Regained poster

Titmuss Regained 3rd September 1991 as Leslie Titmuss

Have I Got News for You poster

Have I Got News for You 28th September 1990 as Self

Nightingales poster

Nightingales 27th February 1990 as Bell

The Marksman poster

The Marksman 4th December 1987 as Weaver

Paradise Postponed poster

Paradise Postponed 15th September 1986 as Leslie Titmuss

ScreenPlay poster

ScreenPlay 9th July 1986 as Tony

Screen Two poster

Screen Two 6th January 1985 as Andy

Screen Two poster

Screen Two 6th January 1985 as Syl

The Gathering Seed poster

The Gathering Seed 7th September 1983 as Joe Henshaw

Objects of Affection poster

Objects of Affection 12th November 1982 as Donald

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby poster

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby 7th November 1982

Playhouse poster

Playhouse 13th March 1974 as George Hunn

Play for Today poster

Play for Today 15th October 1970 as Robert