David Threlfall

David Threlfall

🎂 12th October 1953 (72 yrs) 📍 Burnage, Manchester, England, UK

Known For

Hot Fuzz

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.

David Threlfall

Movies Featuring David Threlfall

Unforgivable

Unforgivable (2025)

as Brian Mitchell
Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration

Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration (2024)

as Flop (voice)
Dodger Special: Bad Egg

Dodger Special: Bad Egg (2023)

as Sir Charles Rowan
Dodger Special: Train

Dodger Special: Train (2022)

as Sir Charles Rowan
Faith Healer

Faith Healer (2020)

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

Beckett Double Bill (Krapp's Last Tape / The Old Tune) (2020)

as Cream
The Ark

The Ark (2015)

as Noah
Black Sea

Black Sea (2014)

as Peters
Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This

Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This (2014)

as Tommy Cooper
Evidently... John Cooper Clarke

Evidently... John Cooper Clarke (2012)

as Himself
Nowhere Boy

Nowhere Boy (2009)

as George Toogood Smith
Elizabeth: The Golden Age

Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)

as Dr. John Dee
Hot Fuzz

Hot Fuzz (2007)

as Martin Blower
Housewife, 49

Housewife, 49 (2006)

as Will Last
Like Minds

Like Minds (2006)

as John Colbie
Alien Autopsy

Alien Autopsy (2006)

as Jeffrey
The Queen's Sister

The Queen's Sister (2005)

as Prince Philip
Benefit to Mankind

Benefit to Mankind (2004)

as Carl Swannee
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)

as Preserved Killick, Captain's Steward
No Image

Chunky Monkey (2003)

as Donald Leek
Conspiracy

Conspiracy (2001)

as Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger
Mary, Mother of Jesus

Mary, Mother of Jesus (1999)

as Joseph of Nazareth
No Image

Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll (1999)

The Clothes in the Wardrobe

The Clothes in the Wardrobe (1993)

as Syl
Diana: Her True Story

Diana: Her True Story (1993)

as Prince Charles
No Image

A Statement of Affairs (1993)

as Alan
Patriot Games

Patriot Games (1992)

as Inspector Highland
A Murder of Quality

A Murder of Quality (1991)

as Stanley Rode
The Russia House

The Russia House (1990)

as Wicklow
No Image

He's Asking For Me (1990)

as Andy
A Casualty of War

A Casualty of War (1989)

as Tom Rowse
Seeing in the Dark

Seeing in the Dark (1989)

as Tony
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story

Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story (1989)

as Alex
When the Whales Came

When the Whales Came (1989)

as Jack Jenkins
No Image

Paradise Postponed (1986)

as Leslie Titmus
Dog Ends

Dog Ends (1984)

as Robert
Red Monarch

Red Monarch (1983)

as Vasily
King Lear

King Lear (1983)

as Edgar
Rolling Home

Rolling Home (1982)

as Donald
Mike Leigh: Making Plays

Mike Leigh: Making Plays (1982)

as Self
The Brylcreem Boys

The Brylcreem Boys (1979)

as George Hunn
Scum

Scum (1977)

as Archer
The Kiss of Death

The Kiss of Death (1977)

as Trevor
I Want to Be Like You

I Want to Be Like You (1976)

as Steve