
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.

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
2003 · as Preserved Killick, Captain's Steward

Patriot Games
1992 · as Inspector Highland

Hot Fuzz
2007 · as Martin Blower

Elizabeth: The Golden Age
2007 · as Dr. John Dee

The Russia House
1990 · as Wicklow

Conspiracy
2001 · as Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger

Black Sea
2014 · as Peters

Like Minds
2006 · as John Colbie

Nowhere Boy
2009 · as George Toogood Smith

Housewife, 49
2006 · as Will Last

The Ark
2015 · as Noah

The Clothes in the Wardrobe
1993 · as Syl

Scum
1977 · as Archer

Alien Autopsy
2006 · as Jeffrey

Mary, Mother of Jesus
1999 · as Joseph of Nazareth

A Murder of Quality
1991 · as Stanley Rode

King Lear
1983 · as Edgar

Faith Healer
2020 · as Teddy