years_active birth_place birth_date spouse article_title name occupation
1977 -- present burnage , manchester , lancashire , england , uk 12 october 1953 brana bajic -lrb- m. 1995 -rrb- david threlfall
 david threlfall actor , director
david threlfall

david threlfall -lrb- born 12 october 1953 -rrb- is an english stage , film and television actor and director .
he plays frank gallagher in channel 4 's series `` shameless '' .
he has also directed several episodes of the show .
in april 2014 , he portrayed comedian tommy cooper in a television film entitled '' '' .
in 2014 , he starred alongside jude law in the thriller `` black sea '' .
