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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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- Play for Today (1970) as Robert
- Celebrity Mastermind (2003) Cast
- Shameless (2004) as Frank Gallagher
- Have I Got News for You (1990) as Self
- Spooks (2002) as Keith Moran
- Playhouse (1974) as George Hunn
- Screen Two (1985) as Andy
- Have I Got a Bit More News for You as Self - Panellist
- Ripper Street (2012) as Abel Croker
- Troy: Fall of a City (2018) as King Priam
- Hot Fuzz (2007) as Martin Blower
- ScreenPlay (1986) as Tony
- Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) as Preserved Killick, Captain's Steward
- Urban Myths (2017) as Samuel Beckett
- Cutting It (2002) as Beauregard Smee
- Patriot Games (1992) as Inspector Highland
- The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin (2024) as Tom King
- Passenger (2024) as Jim Bracknell
- Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) as Dr. John Dee
- Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire (2006) as Constantine the Great
- Second City Firsts (1973) as Gaz
- Funny Woman (2023) as George Parker
- Nightsleeper (2024) as Paul Peveril
- Black Sea (2014) as Peters
- What Remains (2013) as Len Harper
- A Dinner of Herbs (2000) as Older Hal
- Wolfe (2021) as Howard
- Conspiracy (2001) as Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger
- Like Minds (2006) as John Colbie
- The Death of Bunny Munro (2025) as Bunny Snr
- Paradise Postponed (1986) as Leslie Titmuss
- In the Beginning (2000) as Aaron
- Nowhere Boy (2009) as George Toogood Smith
- Code of a Killer (2015) as DCS David Baker
- Nightingales (1990) as Bell
- The Russia House (1990) as Wicklow
- Art That Made Us (2022) as Self - Narrator (voice)
- The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1982) Cast
- Midwinter of the Spirit (2015) as Rev Huw Owens
- The Clothes in the Wardrobe (1993) as Syl
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Most-watched David Threlfall films currently: Hot Fuzz (2007), Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), Patriot Games (1992), Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007), Black Sea (2014).
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Selected TV credits: Play for Today (1970), Celebrity Mastermind (2003), Shameless (2004), Have I Got News for You (1990), Spooks (2002).
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