Threlfall was John Lennon 's uncle George in Nowhere Boy .
In 2006 , he played the domineering husband of wartime diarist Nella Last , in the TV drama Housewife , 49Film credits include John le Carrï¿½ 's The Russia House , Patriot Games , Master and Commander : The Far Side of the World and Elizabeth : The Golden Age , alongside Cate Blanchett .
David Threlfall