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.
TV credits
Rated 5.8 out of 10
The Death of Bunny Munro
2025
Rated 6.7 out of 10
Nightsleeper
2024
Rated 5.8 out of 10
Passenger
2024
Rated 6.5 out of 10
The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin
2024
Rated 6.9 out of 10
Funny Woman
2023
Rated 5.5 out of 10
Art That Made Us
2022
Rated 5.6 out of 10
Wolfe
2021
Rated 5.8 out of 10
Troy: Fall of a City
2018
Rated 7.4 out of 10
Urban Myths
2017
Rated 6.6 out of 10
Midwinter of the Spirit
2015
Rated 7.3 out of 10
Code of a Killer
2015
Rated 7.3 out of 10
What Remains
2013
Rated 7.4 out of 10
Ripper Street
2012
Rated 7.6 out of 10
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
2006
Rated 7.6 out of 10
Shameless
2004
Rated 6.0 out of 10
Celebrity Mastermind
2003
Rated 7.7 out of 10
Spooks
2002
Rated 7.0 out of 10
Cutting It
2002
Rated 6.4 out of 10
A Dinner of Herbs
2000
Rated 6.1 out of 10
In the Beginning
2000
Rated 7.0 out of 10
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
1999
Rated 7.7 out of 10
Men of the World
1994
Rated 8.0 out of 10
Titmuss Regained
1991
Rated 7.2 out of 10
Have I Got News for You
1990