David Threlfall

Born: 1953-10-12

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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as Martin Blower
Released: 2007-02-14

Former London constable Nicholas Angel finds it difficult to adapt to his new assignment in the...

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as Inspector Highland
Released: 1992-06-04

When CIA Analyst Jack Ryan interferes with an IRA assassination, a renegade faction targets Jack...

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as Preserved Killick, Captain's Steward
Released: 2003-11-14

After an abrupt and violent encounter with a French warship inflicts severe damage upon his...

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Black Sea

as Peters
Released: 2014-12-05

A rogue submarine captain pulls together a misfit crew to go after a sunken treasure rumored to...

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Conspiracy

as Kritzinger
Released: 2001-05-19

At the Wannsee Conference on January 20, 1942, senior Nazi officials meet to determine the...

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Elizabeth: The Golden Age

as Dr. John Dee
Released: 2007-09-09

When Queen Elizabeth's reign is threatened by ruthless familial betrayal and Spain's invading...

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Like Minds

as John Colbie
Released: 2006-08-03

A forensic psychologist must determine if a minor should be charged with murder.

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Nowhere Boy

as George Toogood Smith
Released: 2009-12-25

The drama tells the story of John Lennon's teenage years in Liverpool and the start of his...

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Alien Autopsy

as Jeffrey
Released: 2006-04-07

Humouristic reconstruction of the 1995 scandal when two British lads were accused of having...

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The Russia House

as Wicklow
Released: 1990-12-21

Barley Scott Blair, a Lisbon-based editor of Russian literature who unexpectedly begins working...

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The Ark

as Noah
Released: 2015-03-30

Noah, a farmer and family man, is instructed by an angel to build an ark in the middle of a...

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Red Monarch

as Vasily
Released: 1983-06-16

British comedy satirising Stalin's inner circle as an absolute monarchs court. In the face of...

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Mary, Mother of Jesus

as Joseph of Nazareth
Released: 1999-11-14

Mary, Mother of Jesus is a 1999 made-for-television Biblical film that retells the story of...

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Scum

as Archer
Released: 1977-11-08

A hard and shocking story of life in a British borstal for young offenders.

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Housewife, 49

as Will Last
Released: 2006-12-10

Downtrodden wife and mother Nella's life takes an unexpected turn for the better after she joins...

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Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story

as uncredited
Released: 1989-04-22

A biographical portrayal of Simon Wiesenthal, famous Nazi Hunter. From his imprisonment in a...

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The Summer House

as Syl
Released: 1993-12-21

Margaret (Lena Headey) is a shy, pale, middle-class Englishwoman who is reluctantly engaged to...

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Dog Ends

as Robert
Released: 1984-07-17

A middle-aged man is feeling the strain of looking after his elderly grandfather, who is...

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King Lear

as Edgar
Released: 1983-04-03

An aging King invites disaster when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters and rejects...

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A Murder of Quality

as Stanley Rode
Released: 1991-10-04

At the request of his old war time colleague Ailsa Brimley, George Smiley agrees to look into...

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When the Whales Came

as Jack Jenkins
Released: 1989-03-28

A pair of children befriend an eccentric old man, who lives isolated on the far shore of their...

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Faith Healer

as Teddy
Released: 2020-09-16

The Fantastic Francis Hardy travels the most remote corners of Wales, Scotland and Ireland...

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A Casualty of War

as Tom Rowse
Released: 1989-12-02

David Threlfall stars as Tom Rowse, a retired British secret service agent turned thriller...

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Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This

as Tommy Cooper
Released: 2014-04-21

The life and times of Tommy Cooper

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Dodger Special: Bad Egg

as Sir Charles Rowan
Released: 2023-04-07

When a heist goes wrong, Dodger is given his harshest punishment yet - school!

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The Queen's Sister

as Prince Philip
Released: 2005-11-26

An in-depth biopic of Princess Margaret from the days following her father's death in 1952 until...

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The Brylcreem Boys

as uncredited
Released: 1979-11-21

An RAF ground crew, having committed an offence, is punished to guard all night an who an East...

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Dodger Special: Train

as Sir Charles Rowan
Released: 2022-11-27

Dodger reunites with Fagin's gang, and they try their boldest plan yet - a train robbery!

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Evidently... John Cooper Clarke

as Himself
Released: 2012-05-30

A look at the life of John Cooper Clarke. From his rise as a 'punk poet', through his heroin...

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The Kiss of Death

as Trevor
Released: 1977-01-10

Trevor is an extremely shy undertaker's assistant. He always tags along with his good friend...

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Seeing in the Dark

as Tony
Released: 1989-09-13

Tony has begun to panic that life may be passing him by. As his friends forge ahead, he feels...

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Beckett Double Bill (Krapp's Last Tape / The Old Tune)

as Cream
Released: 2020-08-07

Krapp’s Last Tape: James Hayes uses his natural Irish accent to deliver the best known of these...

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Play for Today

as Robert
First aired: 1970-10-15

Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and...

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Spooks

as Keith Moran
First aired: 2002-05-13

Tense drama series about the different challenges faced by the British Security Service as they...

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Have I Got a Bit More News for You

as Self - Panellist
First aired:

Based on the week’s news and fronted by guest hosts, this extended version of the satirical news...

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Shameless

as Frank Gallagher
First aired: 2004-01-13

The story of a young group of siblings pretty much abandoned by their parents, surviving by...

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Shameless

as uncredited
First aired: 2004-01-13

The story of a young group of siblings pretty much abandoned by their parents, surviving by...

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Ripper Street

as Abel Croker
First aired: 2012-12-30

A drama set in the East End of London in 1889, during the aftermath of the "Ripper" murders. The...

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Cutting It

as Beauregard Smee
First aired: 2002-04-16

Allie Henshall and Gavin Ferraday are partners in love and business. They own Henshall Ferraday...

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The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin

as Tom King
First aired: 2024-03-01

Legendary highwayman Dick Turpin sets out on a series of wildly absurd escapades when he's made...

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Urban Myths

as Samuel Beckett
First aired: 2017-01-19

Our Urban Myths are stories that have been passed down over time and have now become part of...

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Passenger

as Jim Bracknell
First aired: 2024-03-24

A close-knit community is sent spinning on its axis following a series of strange and unnatural...

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Troy: Fall of a City

as King Priam
First aired: 2018-02-17

A rich story of love, intrigue, betrayal and belonging told from the perspective of the Trojan...

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Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire

as Constantine the Great
First aired: 2006-09-21

Turning points in ancient Roman history and some of the Empire's greatest stories are brought to...

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In the Beginning

as Aaron
First aired: 2000-11-12

In the Beginning is a 2-part biblical television miniseries directed by Kevin Connor. It stars...

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Objects of Affection

as Donald
First aired: 1982-11-12

A series of plays written by Alan Bennett.

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Art That Made Us

as Self - Narrator (voice)
First aired: 2022-04-07

An alternative history of the British Isles, told through art. Looking at 1,500 years and eight...

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Wolfe

as Howard
First aired: 2021-09-10

The adventures of Professor Wolfe Kinteh, a crime scene investigator in the north of England.

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The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

as uncredited
First aired: 1982-11-07

Young Nicholas Nickleby sets out to make his fortune in order to prevent his mother and sister...

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Code of a Killer

as DCS David Baker
First aired: 2015-04-06

Based on the extraordinary true story of Alec Jeffreys' discovery of DNA fingerprinting and its...

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Paradise Postponed

as Leslie Titmuss
First aired: 1986-09-15

This British series, based on books by John Mortimer, follows the rise of Leslie Titmuss from...

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Men of the World

as Lenny Smart
First aired: 1994-03-14

Men of the World is a BBC sitcom which starred David Threlfall and John Simm.

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A Dinner of Herbs

as Hal Royce (older)
First aired: 2000-11-24

After taking his young son Roddy to a remote Northumberland village, Peter Greenbank meets a...

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Nightingales

as Bell
First aired: 1990-02-27

Nightingales is a British situation comedy set around the antics of three security guards...

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Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll

as Norman
First aired: 1999-09-05

Ellie and Arden Brooks seem to be destined to play out their lives behind a Manchester chip shop...

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Funny Woman

as George Parker
First aired: 2023-02-09

A young woman from Blackpool finds her voice in the male dominated world of the 1960s comedy,...

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What Remains

as Len Harper
First aired: 2013-08-25

When the decomposed body of Melissa Young is found by a couple in their new flat, Detective Len...

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Midwinter of the Spirit

as Rev Huw Owens
First aired: 2015-09-23

Country vicar Merrily Watkins just happens to be one of the few women priests working as an...

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The Marksman

as Weaver
First aired: 1987-12-04

Twelve-year-old Gordon Weaver is killed on waste-ground in Liverpool. His grandfather, Doyle,...

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