
David Threlfall
Known For
Acting
Born
1953-10-12 in Burnage, Manchester, England, UK
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.
Most Known For

Have I Got News for You
as Self

Play for Today
as Robert

Spooks
as Keith Moran

Shameless
as Frank Gallagher

Playhouse
as George Hunn

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

Ripper Street
as Abel Croker

Hot Fuzz
as Martin Blower

Troy: Fall of a City
as King Priam

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

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

Urban Myths
as Samuel Beckett

Cutting It
as Beauregard Smee

Elizabeth: The Golden Age
as Dr. John Dee

What Remains
as Len Harper

Patriot Games
as Inspector Highland

Funny Woman
as George Parker

Code of a Killer
as DCS David Baker

Nightingales
as Bell

A Dinner of Herbs
as Older Hal