David Threlfall Filmography

Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: Lead actor, onscreen from the late '80s. ~ All Movie Guide...Read More

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Elizabeth: The Golden Age

Actors: Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Clive Owen, Rhys Ifans, Jordi Mollà

Synopsis: Actress Cate Blanchett returns to her Oscar-nominated role and director Shekhar Kapur steps back into the director's chair for this belated sequel to the critically acclaimed 1998 biopic Elizabeth that explores the 16th century romance between the "Virgin Queen" and noted adventurer Sir Walter Read More

10/12/07
Alien Autopsy

Actors: Ant McPartlin, Declan Donnelly, Bill Pullman, Götz Otto, Morwenna Banks

Synopsis: Director Jonny Campbell teams with screenwriter William Davies for this satirical look at the notorious, purportedly genuine "Alien Autopsy" video that fascinated viewers worldwide before being exposed as an elaborately staged hoax in 1995. Aired in America by the Fox network, the Alien Autopsy Read More

4/14/06
Murderous Intent

Actors: Eddie Redmayne, Tom Sturridge, Toni Collette, Richard Roxburgh, Patrick Malahide

Synopsis: A murder lifts the lid on some disturbing actions among the pupils at a well-respected school in this drama. Nigel (Tom Sturridge), a student at an exclusive British private school, has been found murdered, and police detective McKenzie (Richard Roxburgh) has been assigned to investigate. Alex Read More

2006
Housewife, 49

Actors: Victoria Wood, David Threlfall, Christopher Harper

Synopsis: The wartime diaries of Nella Last provide the foundation for this story about a woman who struggled for personal liberation as the world waged a violent war for freedom. Written by a starring popular British comedienne Victoria Wood, this BAFTA-winning drama highlights how a widespread war Read More

2006
The Queen's Sister

Actors: Lucy Cohu, Toby Stephens, David Threlfall, Meredith MacNeill

Synopsis: The life of flamboyant crowned head Princess Margaret is explored in this lavish biopic starring Lucy Cohu and Toby Stephens. Beginning with the death of her father in 1952 and spanning through her notorious exploits in the 1970s, the film follows Princess Margaret (Cohu) as she ignites scandal by Read More

2006
Chunky Monkey

Actors: David Schofield, Nicola Stapleton, Alison Steadman, David Threlfall, Stephen Mangan

2004
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Actors: Russell Crowe, Paul Bettany, Billy Boyd, James D'Arcy, Lee Ingleby

Synopsis: Director Peter Weir's first turn behind the camera since 1998's critically acclaimed The Truman Show, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World is based on two Napoleanic War-era adventure novels in author Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin series, Master and Commander and The Far Side of the Read More

11/14/03
Conspiracy

Actors: Kenneth Branagh, Stanley Tucci, David Threlfall, Colin Firth

Synopsis: In January of 1942, 15 of Adolf Hitler's right-hand men gathered together for a special meeting in Wannsee, in which over the course of two hours they debated the pros and cons of Hitler's latest directive and the best way to implement it. By the time they left, they had laid the practical Read More

2001
In the Beginning

Actors: Martin Landau, Jacqueline Bisset, Eddie Cibrian, Frederick Weller

Synopsis: A kind of "best-of" account of the books of Genesis and Exodus, this two-part NBC miniseries aired in November 2000. Part One, set in the desert, covers the stories of Abraham (Martin Landau), Sarah (Jacqueline Bisset), Isaac (Sean Pertwee), Rebeccah (Diana Rigg), Esau (Andrew Grainger), and Jacob Read More

2000
Mary, Mother of Jesus

Actors: Pernilla August, Christian Bale, David Threlfall, Geraldine Chaplin, Melinda Kinnaman

Synopsis: "The Greatest Story Ever Told, As Seen Through a Mother's Eyes." Coproduced by Eunice Kennedy Shriver and her son Bobby Shriver, this reverent retelling of the Biblical story of the Madonna stars Melinda Kinnaman as young Mary, Perrilla August as the older Mary, David Threlfall as Joseph, and Toby Read More

1999
The Summer House

Actors: Jeanne Moreau, Joan Plowright, Julie Walters, Lena Headey, David Threlfall

Synopsis: Martin Sherman adapted Alice Thomas Ellis' novel for this comedy about a suburban Englishwoman who's about to settle on marriage with her mother-dominated next door neighbor until everyone's comfortable life is disrupted by a visit from her exotic and flamboyant friend Lili (Jeanne Moreau, in a Read More

1993
Diana: Her True Story

Actors: Serena Scott Thomas, David Threlfall, Jemma Redgrave, Anne Stallybrass, Elizabeth Garvie

Synopsis: This British television docu-drama dishes up the turbulent royal marriage of Charles and Lady Di. The story is based on Andrew Morton's tell-all book and is considered the most accurate version of the situation. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1993
Patriot Games

Actors: Harrison Ford, Anne Archer, Patrick Bergin, Sean Bean, Thora Birch

Synopsis: In Patriot Games, Harrison Ford plays former CIA agent Jack Ryan, taking over from Alec Baldwin, who had played author Tom Clancy's brainy protagonist in Hunt for Red October. This time around, Ryan foils an attempted assassination, thereby incurring the wrath of a maniacal Irish radical (Sean Bean Read More

6/5/92
The Russia House

Actors: Sean Connery, Michelle Pfeiffer, Roy Scheider, James Fox, Klaus Maria Brandauer, John Mahoney

Synopsis: "Barley" Scott Blair (Sean Connery) is an alcoholic book editor from a bargain-basement publishing house in Great Britain who'd rather be drinking in Lisbon than attending a book dealers' show in Russia. So he's surprised when a CIA agent (Mac McDonald) pulls him from his boozy holiday. It seems Read More

12/19/90
A Casualty of War

Actors: Shelley Hack, David Threlfall, Alan Howard, Bill Bailey, Amanda Burton

Synopsis: Frederick Forsyth's novel is the basis for this made-for-television movie about British agents attempting to halt arms-smuggling between the IRA (Irish Republican Army) and Libya. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide Read More

1990
When the Whales Came

Actors: Paul Scofield, David Threlfall, Helen Mirren, David Suchet, Helen Pearce

Synopsis: In this English drama, set during World War I, a strange, deaf man, known to all as "The Birdman" (Paul Scofield), must enlist the help of young Daniel Pender (Max Rennie) and Gracie Jenkins (Helen Pearce) to prevent the narwhal whales from suffering abuse at the hands of the local islanders. Read More

10/20/89
King Lear

Actors: Diana Rigg, Dorothy Tutin, Laurence Olivier, Anna Calder-Marshall

Synopsis: Shakespeare's tragedy, made for British television, is given a full-blooded rendition here with the great Laurence Olivier in the title role and a stellar cast to support him, in the tale of a king torn apart by the ambition and treachery within his family and by his own pride. ~ Mark Hockley, All Read More

1984
Red Monarch

Actors: Colin Blakely, David Suchet, Carroll Baker, Ian Hogg, Nigel Stock

Synopsis: Presented in a series of ostensibly farcical or irreverent episodes without any particular connection to each other, and based on short stories written by Yuri Krotkov's own personal knowledge of Stalin, the Red Monarch sketches the infamous Russian dictator as something of a buffoon suffering Read More

1983
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

Actors: Roger Rees, Emily Richard, David Threlfall, John Woodvine, Jane Downs

Synopsis: Filmed in 1982, this Tony award winning production of Charles Dickens classic Nicholas Nickleby clocks in with an intimidating running time of nine hours, though it is considered to be one of the best adaptations of the original novel. Roger Rees plays the young Nicholas, who, along with his Read More

1982