Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1953-10-12 (71 years)
- Place of BirthBurnage, Manchester, England, UK
- Also Known Asدیوید ترلفال
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.
Acting Career
- 2024
Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration
As: Flop (voice)
- 2024
Nightsleeper
As: Paul Peveril
- 2024
Passenger
As: Jim Bracknell
- 2024
The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin
As: Tom King
- 2023
Dodger Special: Bad Egg
As: Sir Charles Rowan
- 2023
Funny Woman
As: George Parker
- 2022
Dodger Special: Train
As: Sir Charles Rowan
- 2021
Wolfe
As: Howard
2020Faith Healer
As: Teddy
2020Beckett Double Bill (Krapp's Last Tape / The Old Tune)
As: Cream
2018Troy: Fall of a City
As: King Priam
2017Urban Myths
As: Samuel Beckett
2015Midwinter of the Spirit
As: Rev Huw Owens
2015Code of a Killer
As: DCS David Baker
2015The Ark
As: Noah
- 2014
Black Sea
As: Peters
2014Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This
As: Tommy Cooper
2013What Remains
As: Len Harper
2012Ripper Street
As: Abel Croker
2009Nowhere Boy
As: George Toogood Smith
- 2007
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
As: Dr. John Dee
- 2007
Hot Fuzz
As: Martin Blower
2006Housewife, 49
As: Will Last
2006Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
As: Constantine the Great
2006Like Minds
As: John Colbie
2006Alien Autopsy
As: Jeffrey
2005The Queen's Sister
As: Prince Philip
2004Shameless
As: Frank Gallagher
- 2003
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
As: Preserved Killick, Captain's Steward
2002Spooks
As: Keith Moran
2002Cutting It
As: Beauregard Smee
2001Conspiracy
As: Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger
2000A Dinner of Herbs
As: Hal Royce (older)
2000In the Beginning
As: Aaron
1999Mary, Mother of Jesus
As: Joseph of Nazareth
1999Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
As: Norman
1994Men of the World
As: Lenny Smart
1993The Summer House
As: Syl
1993Diana: Her True Story
As: Prince Charles
- 1992
Patriot Games
As: Inspector Highland
1991A Murder of Quality
As: Stanley Rode
1991Titmuss Regained
As: Leslie Titmuss
1990The Russia House
As: Wicklow
1990Nightingales
As: Bell
1989A Casualty of War
As: Tom Rowse
1989Seeing in the Dark
As: Tony
1989Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
As: Alex
1989When the Whales Came
As: Jack Jenkins
1987The Marksman
As: Weaver
1986Paradise Postponed
As: Leslie Titmuss
1984Dog Ends
As: Robert
1983The Gathering Seed
As: Joe Henshaw
1983Red Monarch
As: Vasily
1983King Lear
As: Edgar
1982Rolling Home
As: Donald
1982Objects of Affection
As: Donald
1979The Brylcreem Boys
As: George Hunn
1977Scum
As: Archer
1977The Kiss of Death
As: Trevor
1976I Want to Be Like You
As: Steve
1970Play for Today
As: Robert