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David Threlfall

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English stage, film and television actor and director (born 1953)

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David John Threlfall is an English stage, film and television actor and director. He is best known for playing Frank Gallagher in Channel 4's series Shameless. He has also directed several episodes of the show.

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Filmography 40

Hot Fuzz2007 · ★ 7.6
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World2003 · ★ 7.2
Patriot Games1992 · ★ 6.7
Elizabeth: The Golden Age2007 · ★ 6.7
Black Sea2014 · ★ 6.3
Nowhere Boy2009 · ★ 7.2
Conspiracy2001 · ★ 7.3
The Russia House1990 · ★ 6.1
Like Minds2006 · ★ 6.4
Alien Autopsy2006 · ★ 5.7
Scum1977
A Murder of Quality1991
Mary, Mother of Jesus1999
Housewife, 492006
The Ark2015
When the Whales Came1989
Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This2014
Red Monarch1983
King Lear1983
The Clothes in the Wardrobe1993
The Kiss of Death1977
Unforgivable2025
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story1989
The Queen's Sister2005
Diana: Her True Story1993
Chunky Monkey2003
Evidently... John Cooper Clarke2012
Mike Leigh: Making Plays1982
Paradise Postponed1986
A Statement of Affairs1993
Dog Ends1984
Faith Healer2020
The Brylcreem Boys1979
He's Asking For Me1990
A Casualty of War1989
Dodger Special: Train2022
Seeing in the Dark1989
Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration2024
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll1999
Dodger Special: Bad Egg2023

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Television 24

Play for Today1970
Spooks2002
Have I Got News for You1990
Shameless2004
Screen Two1985
Ripper Street2012
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
Playhouse1974
The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin2024
Troy: Fall of a City2018
Celebrity Mastermind2003
Nightsleeper2024
Urban Myths2017
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire2006
What Remains2013
Funny Woman2023
Code of a Killer2015
Passenger2024
Wolfe2021
Cutting It2002
ScreenPlay1986
Midwinter of the Spirit2015
The Death of Bunny Munro2025
In the Beginning2000

Awards 1

1980Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role

In their orbit 1

Connected to David 6

Diana RiggAlso in King Lear (1983)Zoë WanamakerAlso in Paradise Postponed (1986)Indira VarmaAlso in Faith Healer (2020)Peter WeirAlso in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)Kevin McNallyAlso in Conspiracy (2001)Bryan RobsonAlso in Like Minds (2006)

About this person

David John Threlfall is an English stage, film and television actor and director. He is best known for playing Frank Gallagher in Channel 4's series Shameless. He has also directed several episodes of the show. In April 2014, he portrayed comedian Tommy Cooper in a television film entitled Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This. In 2014, he starred alongside Jude Law in the thriller Black Sea. In 2024 he played Paul Peveril in the six-part BBC drama Nightsleeper.

Country
United Kingdom
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
living
Dates
Born 1953 · age 72
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14 languages

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