David Threlfall

David Threlfall (born October 12, 1953 in Manchester , England ) is a British film, television and theater actor and director . He became internationally known for his leading role as the alcoholic family man Frank Gallagher , which he played in 11 seasons of the television series Shameless from 2004 to 2013 .

Life

Threlfall was born in 1953 as the son of a plumber. He took an early interest in the theater and appeared in a school production of Arthur Miller's drama Witch Hunt . He dropped out of the Sheffield School of Design after a year to concentrate on acting. He studied for three years at the Manchester Polytechnic theater school .

Since the mid-1970s he has appeared in British film and television productions. Mike Leigh hired Threlfall immediately after graduating in 1977 for the lead role in the television film The Kiss of Death . From 1977 to 1980 Threlfall appeared in nine different theater productions for the Royal Shakespeare Company , in Stratford-upon-Avon ( RST and The Other Place), London ( West End ) and New York City ( Broadway ). As a result, his acting career picked up speed, and twenty more plays with various English ensembles have been added since then. In 1983 he played Vasily Stalin in Jack Gold's television film The Red Monarch . From the end of the 1980s, Threlfall also appeared in major cinema productions such as The Russian House , The Curse of the Whales or The Hour of the Patriots . In the 1993 television film Diana: Her True Story he starred as Charles, Prince of Wales . In the Bible adaptation Maria - The Holy Mother of God he portrayed Joseph of Nazareth . 2001 Threlfall played the administrative lawyer Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger in the television film Die Wannsee Conference .

From 2004 Threlfall took over the role of the alcoholic family man Frank Gallagher in the Channel 4 television series Shameless , which he embodied in a total of 138 episodes by 2013. Since the third season he has sporadically directed a total of 19 episodes of the series . From season six, Threlfall was also executive producer of the series.

After the end of Shameless , Threlfall appeared in the TV series Ripper Street as Abel Croker and Troy - Fall of a City as Priam .

In 2013 he was made an honorary Doctor of Arts by Manchester Metropolitan University in recognition of his services as a film, television and theater actor and director .

Threlfall has been married to Bosnian actress Brana Bajic since 1995 , with whom he has two sons. The family lives in London .

Filmography (selection)

• 1975: Second City Firsts (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1977: The Kiss of Death (TV movie)
• 1977: Here I Stand ... (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1977: Scum (TV movie)
• 1982: The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (mini-series, 4 episodes)
• 1982: Objects of Affection (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1983: King Lear (TV movie)
• 1983: The Red Monarch ( Red Monarch , TV movie)
• 1983: The Gathering Seed (TV series, 6 episodes)
• 1986: Lenny Henry Tonite (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1986: Paradise Postponed (miniseries, 11 episodes)
• 1987: The Marksman (miniseries, 3 episodes)
• 1989: Right, Not Revenge ( Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story , TV movie)
• 1989: Jumping the Queue (TV series, 2 episodes)
• 1989: When the Whales Came
• 1989: Dangerous Comeback ( Frederick Forsyth Presents , TV series, 1 episode)
• 1990: The Russia House (The Russia House)
• 1990–1993: Nightingales (TV series, 13 episodes)
• 1991: Titmuss Regained (miniseries, 3 episodes)
• 1991: A Murder of Quality (TV movie)
• 1992: The Patriot Games
• 1993: Diana: Her True Story (TV movie)
• 1993: Fighting for Gemma (TV movie)
• 1994–1995: Men of the World (TV series, 12 episodes)
• 1996: Thief Takers (TV series, 2 episodes)
• 1999: Sex, Chips & Rock n 'Roll (miniseries, 6 episodes)
• 1999: Maria - The Holy Mother of God ( Mary, Mother of Jesus , TV movie)
• 1999: The Black Dog (short film)
• 1999: The Professionals - The Next Generation ( CI5: The New Professionals , TV series, 1 episode)
• 1999: 1000 AD (TV film, speaking role)
• 2000: In the Beginning (miniseries, 2 episodes)
• 2000: A Dinner of Herbs (miniseries, 2 episodes)
• 2001: Blind Men (TV movie)
• 2001: Chunky Monkey
• 2001: The Wannsee Conference ( Conspiracy , TV film)
• 2003: Master & Commander : The Far Side of the World
• 2004-2013: Shameless (TV series, 138 episodes)
• 2004: The Last Detective (TV series, 1 episode)
• 2004: Cutting It (TV series, 1 episode)
• 2005: Spooks - In the sights of MI5 ( Spooks , TV series, 1 episode)
• 2005: The Queen's Sister (TV movie)
• 2006: The Romantics (miniseries, 1 episode)
• 2006: Alien Autopsy - Das All to make friends (Alien Autopsy)
• 2006: Kindred Souls (Like Minds)
• 2006: Afterlife (TV series, 1 episode)
• 2006: The Battle for Rome (miniseries)
• 2006: Rome and its great rulers ( Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire , miniseries)
• 2006: Housewife, 49 (TV movie)
• 2007: Hot Fuzz - Two deviated professionals (Hot Fuzz)
• 2007: Elizabeth : The Golden Age
• 2007: The Whistleblowers (TV series, 1 episode)
• 2009: Nowhere Boy
• 2013: What Remains (TV series, 4 episodes)
• 2014: Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This (TV movie)
• 2014: Black Sea
• 2015: The Ark (TV movie)
• 2015: Code of a Killer (miniseries, 2 episodes)
• 2015: Midwinter of the Spirit (TV series, 3 episodes)
• 2016: Ripper Street (TV series, 6 episodes)
• 2017: Urban Myths (miniseries, 1 episode)
• 2018: Troy - Fall of a City ( Troy: Fall of a City , TV series, 8 episodes)
• 2020: Isolation Stories (Miniseries, 1 Episode)

Theater (selection)

• 1978: Sons of Light (Warehouse, London)
• 1978: Savage Amusement (Warehouse, London)
• 1978: AR (Warehouse, London)
• 1978: Shout Across the River (Warehouse, London)
• 1979: The Merry Wives of Windsor (Royal Shakespeare Theater, Stratford-upon-Avon)
• 1979: Cymbeline (Royal Shakespeare Theater, Stratford-upon-Avon)
• 1979: The Suicide (The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon)
• 1979: Julius Caesar (Royal Shakespeare Theater, Stratford-upon-Avon)
• 1980: The Merry Wives of Windsor (Theater Royal, Newcastle-upon-Tyne)
• 1980: Julius Caesar (Theater Royal, Newcastle-upon-Tyne)
• 1980: The Suicide (Gulbenkian Studio, Newcastle-upon-Tyne)
• 1980: The Merry Wives of Windsor (Aldwych Theater, London)
• 1980–1981: The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (Aldwych Theater, London)
• 1980: The Suicide (Warehouse, London)
• 1981–1982: The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (Plymouth Theater, New York)
• 1984: The Party (The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon)
• 1985: The Party (Gulbenkian Studio, Newcastle-upon-Tyne)
• 1996–1997: The Rehearsal (Criterion Center Stage Right, New York)
• 2016: Don Quixote (Swan Theater, Stratford-upon-Avon)
• 2018–2019: Don Quixote (Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon)

Web links

• David Threlfall in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• David Threlfall in the Internet Broadway Database (English)
• David Threlfall at shakespeare.org.uk

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Gerard Gilbert: David Threlfall interview: The actor takes a forensic approach in Code of a Killer as he leaves Shameless's Frank Gallagher behind . In: independent.co.uk of March 8, 2015.
2. ↑ 2013 Honorary Graduates . In: mmu.ac.uk, accessed June 3, 2020.
3. ↑ ^{a b} Shameless star David Threlfall: I couldn't live like Frank..I can't drink more than four pints . In: Daily Mirror, January 26, 2010
4. ↑ Don Quixote . In: rsc.org.uk, accessed on June 3, 2020.