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David Threlfall's career - Radio Times, January 2004 |
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Jane Rackham casts an eye over the accomplished actor's varied career.
"Whenever you read a review of David
Threlfall's
performance,
no matter what the role,
there's
always a superlative in it:
"Brilliant",
"memorable",
"excellent",
"marvellous" and
"commanding",
that sort of thing.
Threlfall can expect to be
heaped with even more accolades with the arrival
on our screens this week of Shameless,
in which
he plays Frank Gallagher,
a feckless,
self-deluding,
42-year-old drunken father.
"Frank has a very
short-term outlook," says
Threlfall,
50.
"If the
dustbin man gave him a philosophy,
he'd try that
out.
He's lost,
but redeemable."
Born in Manchester,
Threlfall was expected to
go into his father's building business,
but he chose
art college and then drama school instead, becoming a leading RSC player in the late 70s.
He
was first seen on
TV in a 1977 Play for
Today,
Kiss
of Death,
and although he thinks of himself as
primarily a theatrical actor,
he's been in countless
films and
TV dramas,
including Paradise Postponed,
Patriot Games and
Nicholas
Nickleby.
He's intensely private,
refusing to talk
about where or with whom he lives.
But with such
glowing descriptions about his acting,
he can afford
to let his work speak for itself."
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Now take a look at our full Shameless guide.
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