David Threlfall
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.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 15.862 |
Birthday | 1953-10-12 |
Place of Birth | Burnage, Manchester, England, UK |
Also Known As |
2003
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
7.2/3114
After an abrupt and violent encounter with a French warship inflicts severe damage upon his ship, a captain of the British Royal Navy begins a chase o...
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Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
2006
Alien Autopsy
5.6/121
Humouristic reconstruction of the 1995 scandal when two British lads were accused of having faked a documentary from the Roswell incident in 1947.
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Alien Autopsy
1992
Patriot Games
6.7/1594
When CIA Analyst Jack Ryan interferes with an IRA assassination, a renegade faction targets Jack and his family as revenge.
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Patriot Games
1991
A Murder of Quality
5.5/20
At the request of his old war time colleague Ailsa Brimley, George Smiley agrees to look into the murder of Stella Rode. Brimley had only just receive...
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A Murder of Quality
1999
Mary, Mother of Jesus
4.4/13
Mary, Mother of Jesus is a 1999 made-for-television Biblical film that retells the story of Jesus through the eyes of Mary, his mother.
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Mary, Mother of Jesus
1977
The Kiss of Death
6.3/11
Trevor is an extremely shy undertaker's assistant. He always tags along with his good friend Ronnie, when he goes to the pub with his girlfriend Sandr...
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The Kiss of Death
2014
Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This
6.9/13
The life and times of Tommy Cooper
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Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This
2022
Dodger Special: Train
0/0
Dodger reunites with Fagin's gang, and they try their boldest plan yet - a train robbery!
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Dodger Special: Train
2023
Dodger Special: Bad Egg
0/0
When a heist goes wrong, Dodger is given his harshest punishment yet - school!
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Dodger Special: Bad Egg
2015
The Ark
5.8/10
Noah, a farmer and family man, is instructed by an angel to build an ark in the middle of a desert in order to save both his family and the faithful f...
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The Ark
2007
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
6.717/1201
When Queen Elizabeth's reign is threatened by ruthless familial betrayal and Spain's invading army, she and her shrewd adviser must act to safeguard t...
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Elizabeth: The Golden Age
1979
The Brylcreem Boys
0/0
Cpl. George Hunn's sentry post is knocked over and he wakes to find he is suffering from frost bite of the face. Sent to hospital he is put on a ward...
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The Brylcreem Boys
1989
When the Whales Came
6.4/13
A pair of children befriend an eccentric old man, who lives isolated on the far shore of their island home. But it turns out that the old man knows a...
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When the Whales Came
1977
Scum
7.3/43
A hard and shocking story of life in a British borstal for young offenders.
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Scum
1989
Seeing in the Dark
0/0
Tony has begun to panic that life may be passing him by. As his friends forge ahead, he feels stuck in a dead end job and trapped by his relationship...
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Seeing in the Dark
2014
Black Sea
6.3/1082
A rogue submarine captain pulls together a misfit crew to go after a sunken treasure rumored to be lost in the depths of the Black Sea. As greed and d...
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Black Sea
2003
Chunky Monkey
2/1
Fitness fanatic, Donald Leek, indulges in a monthly Chunky Monkey experience with, someone vaguely resembling movie-songstress, Julie Andrews, who he'...
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Chunky Monkey
1990
The Russia House
6.1/287
Barley Scott Blair, a Lisbon-based editor of Russian literature who unexpectedly begins working for British intelligence, is commissioned to investiga...
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The Russia House
2006
Housewife, 49
6.2/14
Downtrodden wife and mother Nella's life takes an unexpected turn for the better after she joins the Women's Voluntary Service office in Barrow-in-Fur...
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Housewife, 49
2001
Conspiracy
7.268/397
At the Wannsee Conference on January 20, 1942, senior Nazi officials meet to determine the manner in which the so-called "Final Solution to the Jewish...
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Conspiracy
1990
He's Asking For Me
0/0
After a sheltered upbringing in St. Helena, Norah arrives in England and goes to live in London, taken under the wing of her Uncle and his business as...
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He's Asking For Me
1983
King Lear
6.5/9
An aging King invites disaster when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters and rejects his one loving, but honest one.
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King Lear
1999
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
0/0
The BBC drama about growing up in the turbulent, tuneful '60s. Manchester, England, 1965. "You'll never meet anybody worth knowing working at the Chip...
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Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
2007
Hot Fuzz
7.562/7470
Former London constable Nicholas Angel finds it difficult to adapt to his new assignment in the sleepy British village of Sandford. Not only does he m...
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Hot Fuzz
1989
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
6.6/5
A biographical portrayal of Simon Wiesenthal, famous Nazi Hunter. From his imprisonment in a Nazi Concentration Camp, the film follows his liberation...
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Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
1982
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
0/0
Writer and Director Mike Leigh discusses the techniques used to create his plays.
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Mike Leigh: Making Plays
2005
The Queen's Sister
5.5/4
An in-depth biopic of Princess Margaret from the days following her father's death in 1952 until the 1970s. She was known to be a flamboyant royal but...
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The Queen's Sister
2006
Like Minds
6.3/104
A forensic psychologist must determine if a minor should be charged with murder.
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Like Minds
2009
Nowhere Boy
7.176/797
The drama tells the story of John Lennon's teenage years in Liverpool and the start of his journey to becoming a successful musician. The story also e...
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Nowhere Boy
1983
Red Monarch
4.7/9
British comedy satirising Stalin's inner circle as an absolute monarchs court. In the face of rampant abuse of power and poisonous distrust some still...
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Red Monarch
1993
Diana: Her True Story
1.7/3
Television film telling the story of Diana, Princess of Wales, based on the publication of the same name by Andrew Morton.
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Diana: Her True Story
1989
A Casualty of War
0/0
David Threlfall stars as Tom Rowse, a retired British secret service agent turned thriller novelist who is brought back into the world of espionage fo...
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A Casualty of War
1984
Dog Ends
0/0
A middle-aged man is feeling the strain of looking after his elderly grandfather, who is demanding and needs a lot of medical treatment. Then a neighb...
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Dog Ends
2012
Evidently... John Cooper Clarke
0/0
A look at the life of John Cooper Clarke. From his rise as a 'punk poet', through his heroin addiction, and finally to his comeback.
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Evidently... John Cooper Clarke
1993
The Summer House
5.3/6
Margaret (Lena Headey) is a shy, pale, middle-class Englishwoman who is reluctantly engaged to her older, twittish neighbor Syl Monro (David Threlfall...
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The Summer House
1993
A Statement of Affairs
0/0
A group of six friends, who have known each other since childhood, find their friendship tested when one of their number is found dead, leading to the...
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A Statement of Affairs
2020
Beckett Double Bill (Krapp's Last Tape / The Old Tune)
0/0
Krapp’s Last Tape: James Hayes uses his natural Irish accent to deliver the best known of these works, a meditation on ageing. He plays the eponymous...
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Beckett Double Bill (Krapp's Last Tape / The Old Tune)
2020
Faith Healer
0/0
The Fantastic Francis Hardy travels the most remote corners of Wales, Scotland and Ireland attempting to heal those who wish to be healed. His wife Gr...
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Faith Healer
1986
Paradise Postponed
7/1
A clergyman noted for his support of left-wing causes, leaves his considerable estate to a Conservative member of parliament. Adaptation of the novel...
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Paradise Postponed
1976
I Want to Be Like You
0/0
Brian idolises his older brother Steve, who has left school and joined the army. The two brothers go for an evening out and end up in a local coffee s...
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I Want to Be Like You
2024
Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration
0/0
Round the corner, not far away, Bing is celebrating his birthday – hooray! Experience your favourite Bing episodes and join in with new interactive ga...
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Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration
Untitled Jimmy McGovern Drama
0/0
Centres around the Mitchell family, who are dealing with the devastating aftermath of an act of abuse, and the knowledge that it was perpetrated by a...
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Untitled Jimmy McGovern Drama
1982
Rolling Home
0/0
Mr Wyman is an elderly man whose increasingly unreliable memory has landed him in a geriatric ward. Here he is visited by his daughters Val and Molly,...
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