David Threlfall

David originated the role of Smike in Nicholas Nickleby (1980, London) and went on to reprise his critically acclaimed performance on Broadway, for which he received a Tony Award nomination; Don Quixote (2016/19). Additional theater: Bed of Roses, Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me, The Rehearsal (Roundabout), The War at Home (James Duff), The Traveller (Jean-Claude Van Itallie), Hamlet, Blue/Orange, Oedipus, The Count of Monte Cristo, Present Laughter, Peer Gynt, Hedda Gabler, Beckett’s The Old Tune, Faith Healer. TV: Frank Gallagher on the original “Shameless” (5 RTS Awards), “Housewife 49,” Sam Beckett in “Waiting for Andre” (Sky), “Ripper Street,” “Troy,” “Tommy Cooper,” “The Queen’s Sister,” “Conspiracy” (HBO), “Paradise Postponed,” Edgar in Laurence Olivier’s “King Lear,” “Dodger” (2022), “Funny Woman” (2022). Film: Master and Commander, Nowhere Boy, Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Chunky Monkey, Patriot Games, The Russia House, Black Sea, Hot Fuzz.