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.
Advertisement
David Threlfall — movies and TV shows
7.1SeriesHave I Got News for You
1990
6.6SeriesPlay for Today
1970
7.7SeriesSpooks
2002
7.6SeriesShameless
2004
7.1SeriesScreen Two
1985
7.0SeriesHave I Got a Bit More News for You
7.0SeriesPlayhouse
1974
7.4SeriesRipper Street
2012
6.0SeriesScreenPlay
1986
6.0SeriesCelebrity Mastermind
2003
7.6FilmHot Fuzz
2007
5.8SeriesTroy: Fall of a City
2018
6.4SeriesThe Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin
2024
7.3SeriesUrban Myths
2017
6.7FilmPatriot Games
1992
7.2FilmMaster and Commander: The Far Side of the World
2003
7.0SeriesCutting It
2002
6.0SeriesParadise Postponed
1986
5.5SeriesArt That Made Us
2022
6.7FilmElizabeth: The Golden Age
2007
6.7SeriesNightsleeper
2024
7.6SeriesAncient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
2006
6.3FilmBlack Sea
2014
6.9SeriesFunny Woman
2023
Sponsored
7.2FilmNowhere Boy
2009
7.1SeriesCode of a Killer
2015
7.3SeriesWhat Remains
2013
6.1SeriesIn the Beginning
2000
6.4SeriesA Dinner of Herbs
2000
5.7SeriesPassenger
2024
5.8SeriesThe Death of Bunny Munro
2025
6.1FilmThe Russia House
1990
7.3FilmConspiracy
2001
7.7SeriesThe Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
1982
6.4FilmLike Minds
2006
5.6SeriesWolfe
2021
8.0SeriesObjects of Affection
1982
6.6SeriesMidwinter of the Spirit
2015
7.0SeriesNightingales
1990
7.0SeriesSex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
1999
7.7SeriesMen of the World
1994
10.0SeriesThe Gathering Seed
1983
5.7FilmAlien Autopsy
2006
10.0SeriesThe Marksman
1987
5.7FilmThe Ark
2015
5.7FilmA Murder of Quality
1991
4.1FilmMary, Mother of Jesus
1999
6.9FilmTommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This
2014
Advertisement
3.0FilmDiana: Her True Story
1993
5.9FilmMurderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
1989
6.0FilmThe Clothes in the Wardrobe
1993
5.7FilmThe Queen's Sister
2005
6.0FilmHousewife, 49
2006
FilmDodger Special: Bad Egg
2023
8.0FilmMike Leigh: Making Plays
1982
8.0SeriesTitmuss Regained
1991
5.7FilmRed Monarch
1983
FilmBing & Friends: Birthday Celebration
2024
7.8FilmUnforgivable
2025
7.2FilmScum
1977