Was in the original Play for Today version of the film Scum as the eloquent Archer. He has notched up a wide range of film and television credits since his 1977 acting debut in "The Kiss of Death" (Mike Leigh). Threlfall graduated from the Manchester Polytechnic School of Theatre. Threlfall has been a supporter of Manchester City since childhood and was the voice over for the film played before every home game during the 2017–18 season. By graduation, he had an audition with Mike Leigh. Then, having consulted a magazine in a public library which listed drama colleges, Threlfall successfully applied to Manchester Polytechnic School of Theatre. A few months of labouring and thinking followed. He studied at Art college in Sheffield (now Sheffield Hallam University), but only stayed for a year. His 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. The family lived in Blackley then moved to the Bradford area of Manchester and then Burnage when he was 8/9. The son of a plumber/builder, Tom Threlfall and his wife, Joyce Foulds, David was born in Crumpsall, Manchester, Lancashire. In 2022 he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Play for his performance in the Martin McDonagh play Hangmen. In 2014, he starred alongside Jude Law in the thriller Black Sea. In April 2014, he portrayed comedian Tommy Cooper in a television film entitled Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This. He has also directed several episodes of the show. He is best known for playing Frank Gallagher in Channel 4's series Shameless. David John Threlfall (born 12 October 1953) is an English stage, film and television actor and director.
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