David Threlfall
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.
Known for
2025Unforgivable
Brian Mitchell
2024Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration
Flop (voice)
2023Dodger Special: Bad Egg
Sir Charles Rowan
2022Dodger Special: Train
Sir Charles Rowan
2020Beckett Double Bill (Krapp's Last Tape / The Old Tune)
Cream
2020Faith Healer
Teddy
2015The Ark
Noah
2014Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This
Tommy Cooper
2014Black Sea
Peters
2012Evidently... John Cooper Clarke
Himself
2009Nowhere Boy
George Toogood Smith
2007Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Dr. John Dee
2007Hot Fuzz
Martin Blower
2006Alien Autopsy
Jeffrey
2006Housewife, 49
Will Last
2006Like Minds
John Colbie
2005The Queen's Sister
Prince Philip
2004Benefit to Mankind
Carl Swannee
2003Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Preserved Killick, Captain's Steward
2003Chunky Monkey
Donald Leek
2001Conspiracy
Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger
1999Mary, Mother of Jesus
Joseph of Nazareth
1993Diana: Her True Story
Prince Charles
1993The Clothes in the Wardrobe
Syl