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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.
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- Playhouse (1974) as George Hunn
- Play for Today (1970) as Robert
- Spooks (2002) as Keith Moran
- Shameless (2004) as Frank Gallagher
- Have I Got News for You (1990) as Self
- Have I Got a Bit More News for You as Self - Panellist
- Ripper Street (2012) as Abel Croker
- Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) as Dr. John Dee
- Urban Myths (2017) as Samuel Beckett
- Hot Fuzz (2007) as Martin Blower
- Troy: Fall of a City (2018) as King Priam
- Cutting It (2002) as Beauregard Smee
- The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin (2024) as Tom King
- Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) as Preserved Killick, Captain's Steward
- Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire (2006) as Constantine the Great
- Funny Woman (2023) as George Parker
- Patriot Games (1992) as Inspector Highland
- Men of the World (1994) as Lenny Smart
- Wolfe (2021) as Howard
- Conspiracy (2001) as Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger
- Code of a Killer (2015) as DCS David Baker
- The Death of Bunny Munro (2025) as Bunny Snr
- In the Beginning (2000) as Aaron
- Nightsleeper (2024) as Paul Peveril
- The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1982) Cast
- Nowhere Boy (2009) as George Toogood Smith
- What Remains (2013) as Len Harper
- The Russia House (1990) as Wicklow
- Objects of Affection (1982) as Donald
- Art That Made Us (2022) as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Paradise Postponed (1986) as Leslie Titmuss
- Like Minds (2006) as John Colbie
- A Dinner of Herbs (2000) as Older Hal
- Black Sea (2014) as Peters
- Passenger (2024) as Jim Bracknell
- Nightingales (1990) as Bell
- Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story (1989) as Alex
- The Ark (2015) as Noah
- The Gathering Seed (1983) as Joe Henshaw
- Midwinter of the Spirit (2015) as Rev Huw Owens
- Alien Autopsy (2006) as Jeffrey
- Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll (1999) as Norman
- The Clothes in the Wardrobe (1993) as Syl
- Red Monarch (1983) as Vasily
- Titmuss Regained (1991) as Leslie Titmuss
- The Marksman (1987) as Weaver
- King Lear (1983) as Edgar
- Mary, Mother of Jesus (1999) as Joseph of Nazareth
- When the Whales Came (1989) as Jack Jenkins
- A Murder of Quality (1991) as Stanley Rode
- Diana: Her True Story (1993) as Prince Charles
- Mike Leigh: Making Plays (1982) as Self
- Scum (1977) as Archer
- Housewife, 49 (2006) as Will Last
- Chunky Monkey (2003) as Donald Leek
- The Queen's Sister (2005) as Prince Philip
- Unforgivable (2025) as Brian Mitchell
- Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This (2014) as Tommy Cooper
- Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll (1999) Cast
- A Casualty of War (1989) as Tom Rowse
- The Kiss of Death (1977) as Trevor
- Paradise Postponed (1986) as Leslie Titmus
- Evidently... John Cooper Clarke (2012) as Himself
- A Statement of Affairs (1993) as Alan
- Rolling Home (1982) as Donald
- Seeing in the Dark (1989) as Tony
- Benefit to Mankind (2004) as Carl Swannee
- The Brylcreem Boys (1979) as George Hunn
- Dodger Special: Bad Egg (2023) as Sir Charles Rowan
- Beckett Double Bill (Krapp's Last Tape / The Old Tune) (2020) as Cream
- He's Asking For Me (1990) as Andy
- Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration (2024) as Flop (voice)
- Faith Healer (2020) as Teddy
- Dog Ends (1984) as Robert
- I Want to Be Like You (1976) as Steve
- Dodger Special: Train (2022) as Sir Charles Rowan
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Most-watched David Threlfall films currently: Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007), Hot Fuzz (2007), Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), Patriot Games (1992), Conspiracy (2001).
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Selected TV credits: Playhouse (1974), Play for Today (1970), Spooks (2002), Shameless (2004), Have I Got News for You (1990).
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