Shameless

David Threlfall (Actor) .. Frank Gallagher

Born: October 12, 1953 in Manchester

Best Known For: Playing foul-mouthed Frank Gallagher in Shameless.

Early-life: Born in Manchester on October 12, 1953. He has a brother; their father was a plumber. David never wanted to be an actor, his first love was football, but thanks to a little encouragement from teachers, he trod the boards in a school production of The Crucible. After a short stint at art college in Sheffield, and a few months labouring, he became a student at Manchester Polytechnic School of Drama. His breakthrough role came in the gritty 1977 drama Scum.

Career: Aside from a lean period at the back end of the 1990s, Threlfall has rarely been out of work. His small-screen work includes roles in Mike Leigh's Kiss of Death, a 1984 staging of King Lear (opposite Laurence Olivier), Conspiracy and The Queen's Sister. His most famous on-screen character is that of chain-smoking patriarch Frank Gallagher, a role he held in Channel 4 drama Shameless between 2004 and 2013. Other projects include The Russia House, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, Housewife 49, Hot Fuzz, Nowhere Boy and The Ark. He was also made a surprisingly good Tommy Cooper in the ITV biopic Not Like That, Like This.

Quote: On acting: 'I just like getting up and pretending. It's the game of pretending you're other people, that's the liberating thing.'

Trivia: He supports Manchester City. He received an honorary doctorate from Manchester Metropolitan University in 2013.

Robbie Conway (Actor) .. Aidan Croker

Ciaran Griffiths (Actor) .. Micky Maguire

Aaron McCusker (Actor) .. Jamie Maguire

Elliott Tittensor (Actor) .. Carl Gallagher

Pauline McLynn (Actor) .. Libby Croker

Nicky Evans (Actor) .. Shane Maguire

Born: April 20, 1979 in Bradford

Karen Bryson (Actor) .. Avril Powell

Emmanuel Ighodaro (Actor) .. Jackson Powell

Rebecca Atkinson (Actor) .. Karen Maguire

Tina Malone (Actor) .. Mimi Maguire

Born: January 30, 1963 in Liverpool

Best Known For: Shameless.

Early-life: Tina Malone was born in Liverpool on January 30, 1963. She attended Liverpool Institute High School for Girls and showed a passion for acting. After some minor TV roles, she landed parts in Brookside and Blonde Fist, as well as appearing in Victoria Wood's dinnerladies, before landing a part as the terrifying Mimi Maguire in Shameless in 2005.

Career: Malone has been praised for her acting but her own personality came to the fore when she was a contestant on Celebrity Big Brother in 2009, where she was one of the more popular housemates. Since then, she has also received recognition for her extraordinary weight loss - having a gastric balloon fitted to help her lose four stone in weight. She has been outspoken about her bipolar disorder and health problems. She also runs a theatre school in Liverpool.

Quote: 'You can go on forever about ‘my metabolism slower than yours.' The point is: you need to exercise to speed up your metabolism and then you can eat anything you want in life. But just have a bite, not the whole box which is what I've done for 15 years.'

Trivia: In December 2013, at the age of 50, she gave birth to a daughter.

Valerie Lilley (Actor) .. Patty Croker

Alice Barry (Actor) .. Lillian Tyler

Sally Carman-Duttine (Actor) .. Kelly Maguire

Kira Martin (Actor) .. Letitia Powell

Qasim Akhtar (Actor) .. Chesney Karib

Natalie Garner (Actor) .. Tilly

Annie Wallace (Actor) .. Miss Heller

Born: May 06, 1965 in Aberdeen, Scotland

Best Known For: Playing Sally St Claire in Hollyoaks.

Early-life: Born May 6, 1965 in Aberdeen, Scotland. She was a member of the National Youth Theatre in 1981. Annie quit acting for a while to work in computer science and sound engineering. She worked as a research assistant for Coronation Street, where she advised for and inspired the character of Hayley Cropper. This experience inspired Annie to go to drama school and she graduated from the Manchester School of Theatre in 2004.

Career: After graduating, Wallace appeared in a number of Manchester theatre productions, including Withnail and I and Wyrd Sisters. In 2008, she was a voice actor for the computer game Broken Sword 2.5: The Return of the Templars. Wallace made her TV debut as the headmistress Miss Heller in an episode of Shameless. She also played a barmaid in the film Dream On (2013). In 2015, Wallace joined the cast of Hollyoaks as the teacher Sally St Clair, which made her the first transgender person in history to play a transgender character in a British soap opera. She also became the first transgender actress to be nominated for a BAFTA award after receiving a nomination for Best Actress - Television at the BAFTA Scotland Awards 2016.

Quote: 'Yes, my transgender is a part of me but it doesn't define me. Everybody has the right to be themselves.'

Trivia: She is also a musician, having written and recorded two albums with John Beresford.

Keith Harris (Actor) .. Himself

Kevin Erlis (Writer)

Lawrence Till (Producer)

Paul Norton Walker (Director)

9:55 pm - 10:55 pm, Thursday, April 30 on That's TV (56)

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Season 8, Episode 13

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