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David Threlfall

Burnage, Manchester, England, UK

Gender

Male

Birthday

1953-10-12

Popularity

1.1

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.

Movie Credits

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

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7.2

2003

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Alien Autopsy

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5.7

2006

Alien Autopsy

Patriot Games

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6.7

1992

Patriot Games

A Murder of Quality

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5.7

1991

A Murder of Quality

Mary, Mother of Jesus

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4.1

1999

Mary, Mother of Jesus

The Kiss of Death

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6.5

1977

The Kiss of Death

Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This

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6.9

2014

Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This

Dodger Special: Train

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0.0

2022

Dodger Special: Train

Dodger Special: Bad Egg

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0.0

2023

Dodger Special: Bad Egg

The Ark

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5.7

2015

The Ark

Elizabeth: The Golden Age

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6.7

2007

Elizabeth: The Golden Age

The Brylcreem Boys

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0.0

1979

The Brylcreem Boys

When the Whales Came

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6.4

1989

When the Whales Came

Scum

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7.3

1977

Scum

Seeing in the Dark

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0.0

1989

Seeing in the Dark

Black Sea

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6.3

2014

Black Sea

Chunky Monkey

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4.5

2003

Chunky Monkey

The Russia House

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6.1

1990

The Russia House

He's Asking For Me

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0.0

1990

He's Asking For Me

Housewife, 49

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6.0

2006

Housewife, 49

Conspiracy

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7.3

2001

Conspiracy

King Lear

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6.7

1983

King Lear

Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll

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0.0

1999

Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll

Hot Fuzz

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7.6

2007

Hot Fuzz

Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story

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5.9

1989

Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story

Mike Leigh: Making Plays

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8.0

1982

Mike Leigh: Making Plays

The Queen's Sister

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5.7

2005

The Queen's Sister

Like Minds

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6.4

2006

Like Minds

Nowhere Boy

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7.2

2009

Nowhere Boy

Red Monarch

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5.4

1983

Red Monarch

Diana: Her True Story

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3.0

1993

Diana: Her True Story

A Casualty of War

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0.0

1989

A Casualty of War

Dog Ends

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0.0

1984

Dog Ends

Evidently... John Cooper Clarke

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9.0

2012

Evidently... John Cooper Clarke

The Clothes in the Wardrobe

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6.0

1993

The Clothes in the Wardrobe

A Statement of Affairs

‌

10.0

1993

A Statement of Affairs

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

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0.0

2020

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

Faith Healer

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0.0

2020

Faith Healer

Paradise Postponed

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7.0

1986

Paradise Postponed

I Want to Be Like You

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0.0

1976

I Want to Be Like You

Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration

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0.0

2024

Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration

Unforgivable

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7.8

2025

Unforgivable

Rolling Home

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0.0

1982

Rolling Home

Benefit to Mankind

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0.0

2004

Benefit to Mankind

The Millionaire and the Murder Mansion

‌

0.0

2009

The Millionaire and the Murder Mansion

Tv Credits

Men of the World

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7.7

1994

Men of the World

Shameless

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7.5

2004

Shameless

Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll

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7.0

1999

Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll

Nightingales

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7.0

1990

Nightingales

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

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7.7

1982

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

Paradise Postponed

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6.0

1986

Paradise Postponed

Cutting It

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7.0

2002

Cutting It

The Marksman

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10.0

1987

The Marksman

Nightsleeper

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6.8

2024

Nightsleeper

Wolfe

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5.6

2021

Wolfe

What Remains

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7.3

2013

What Remains

Code of a Killer

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7.2

2015

Code of a Killer

Midwinter of the Spirit

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6.6

2015

Midwinter of the Spirit

Funny Woman

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6.9

2023

Funny Woman

Ripper Street

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7.4

2012

Ripper Street

Art That Made Us

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5.5

2022

Art That Made Us

Urban Myths

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7.3

2017

Urban Myths

In the Beginning

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6.1

2000

In the Beginning

Passenger

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5.8

2024

Passenger

The Gathering Seed

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10.0

1983

The Gathering Seed

Spooks

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7.7

2002

Spooks

Have I Got a Bit More News for You

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7.2

Have I Got a Bit More News for You

The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin

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6.4

2024

The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin

Play for Today

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6.6

1970

Play for Today

Objects of Affection

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8.0

1982

Objects of Affection

Titmuss Regained

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8.0

1991

Titmuss Regained

Have I Got News for You

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7.1

1990

Have I Got News for You

The Death of Bunny Munro

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5.9

2025

The Death of Bunny Munro

Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire

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7.6

2006

Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire

Playhouse

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7.0

1974

Playhouse

A Dinner of Herbs

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6.4

2000

A Dinner of Herbs

ScreenPlay

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6.0

1986

ScreenPlay

Screen Two

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7.1

1985

Screen Two

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7.1

1985

Screen Two

Second City Firsts

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0.0

1973

Second City Firsts

Jumping The Queue

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3.3

1989

Jumping The Queue

Celebrity Mastermind

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6.0

2003

Celebrity Mastermind

Here I Stand...

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0.0

1977

Here I Stand...

Troy: Fall of a City

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5.8

2018

Troy: Fall of a City