David John Threlfall was born on 12 October 1953 and is an English stage, film and television actor and director.
19 Facts About David Threlfall
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David Threlfall is best known for playing Frank Gallagher in Channel 4's series Shameless.
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David Threlfall's introduction to drama came from school and two English teachers, Alan Johnson and Frank Casey, at Wilbraham High School, where he was a contemporary of the younger Lorraine Ashbourne.
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David Threlfall studied at Art college in Sheffield, but only stayed for a year.
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David Threlfall has notched up a wide range of film and television credits since his 1977 acting debut in "The Kiss of Death".
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David Threlfall had regular roles in the situation comedies Nightingales and Men of the World, and guest appearances in dramas such as Cutting It, The Knock, CI5: The New Professionals and Spooks.
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David Threlfall played Prince Charles in Diana: Her True Story and his father Prince Philip in The Queen's Sister.
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David Threlfall played the central character of Frank Gallagher in Paul Abbott's Shameless, shown on Channel 4 for 11 series between 2004 and 2013.
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David Threlfall had a small role in the 2006 film Alien Autopsy and played the character Martin Blower in the 2007 film Hot Fuzz, acting alongside Simon Pegg and Nick Frost.
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David Threlfall starred in an episode of The Whistle Blowers.
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David Threlfall voiced the part of Iago in Othello for the Arcangel audio production of same.
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David Threlfall voiced the detective Paolo Baldi in BBC Radio 4's Baldi.
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David Threlfall read Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness for a radio adaptation.
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David Threlfall played Jack in When the Whales Came, opposite Paul Scofield and Helen Mirren.
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David Threlfall is a director of ATS started by Amanda Redman 24 years ago to help give young actors who cannot afford full time Drama School fees get exposure to training from industry professionals.
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David Threlfall was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Manchester Metropolitan University on 15 July 2013.
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David Threlfall has a SWET Award, 2 TONY nominations and an EMMY Nomination, The Clarence Derwent Award, 5 RTS Awards and a BAFTA for Housewife49 with Victoria Wood.
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David Threlfall has been married to Bosnian actress Brana Bajic since 1995.
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David Threlfall has said that despite his Shameless character being a chain smoker, in real life he is a non-smoker who has a dislike for nicotine.