David Threlfall

David Threlfall

Birthday: 1953-10-12

Place of Birth: Burnage, Manchester, England, UK

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.

Movies

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

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

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Alien Autopsy
Alien Autopsy

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

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Patriot Games
Patriot Games

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

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A Murder of Quality
A Murder of Quality

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

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Mary, Mother of Jesus
Mary, Mother of Jesus

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

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The Kiss of Death
The Kiss of Death

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

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Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This
Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This

The life and times of Tommy Cooper...

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Dodger Special: Train
Dodger Special: Train

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

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Dodger Special: Bad Egg
Dodger Special: Bad Egg

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

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The Ark
The Ark

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

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Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Elizabeth: The Golden Age

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

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The Brylcreem Boys
The Brylcreem Boys

Cpl. George Hunn's sentry post is knocked over and he wakes to find he is suffering from frost bite ...

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When the Whales Came
When the Whales Came

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

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Scum
Scum

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

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Seeing in the Dark
Seeing in the Dark

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

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Black Sea
Black Sea

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

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Chunky Monkey
Chunky Monkey

Fitness fanatic, Donald Leek, indulges in a monthly Chunky Monkey experience with, someone vaguely r...

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The Russia House
The Russia House

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

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Housewife, 49
Housewife, 49

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

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Conspiracy
Conspiracy

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

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He's Asking For Me
He's Asking For Me

After a sheltered upbringing in St. Helena, Norah arrives in England and goes to live in London, tak...

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King Lear
King Lear

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

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Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll

The BBC drama about growing up in the turbulent, tuneful '60s. Manchester, England, 1965. "You'll ne...

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Hot Fuzz
Hot Fuzz

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

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Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story

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

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Mike Leigh: Making Plays
Mike Leigh: Making Plays

Writer and Director Mike Leigh discusses the techniques used to create his plays....

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The Queen's Sister
The Queen's Sister

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

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Like Minds
Like Minds

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

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Nowhere Boy
Nowhere Boy

A rebellious teenager, future Beatle John Lennon lives with his Aunt Mimi in working-class mid-1950s...

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Red Monarch
Red Monarch

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

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Diana: Her True Story
Diana: Her True Story

Television film telling the story of Diana, Princess of Wales, based on the publication of the same ...

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A Casualty of War
A Casualty of War

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

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Dog Ends
Dog Ends

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

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Evidently... John Cooper Clarke
Evidently... John Cooper Clarke

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

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The Clothes in the Wardrobe
The Clothes in the Wardrobe

Margaret is a shy, pale, middle-class Englishwoman who is reluctantly engaged to her older, twittish...

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A Statement of Affairs
A Statement of Affairs

A group of six friends, who have known each other since childhood, find their friendship tested when...

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

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

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Faith Healer
Faith Healer

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

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Paradise Postponed
Paradise Postponed

A clergyman noted for his support of left-wing causes, leaves his considerable estate to a Conservat...

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I Want to Be Like You
I Want to Be Like You

Brian idolises his older brother Steve, who has left school and joined the army. The two brothers go...

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Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration
Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration

Round the corner, not far away, Bing is celebrating his birthday – hooray! Experience your favourite...

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Unforgivable
Unforgivable

The Mitchell family deal with the devastating aftermath of an act of sexual abuse committed by a mem...

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Rolling Home
Rolling Home

Mr Wyman is an elderly man whose increasingly unreliable memory has landed him in a geriatric ward. ...

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Benefit to Mankind
Benefit to Mankind

With a history of depression, a bloodstream full of booze, and a high-pressure job in medical resear...

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