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Season 3, Episode 2
Lip gets a job at a hotel, and is soon collaborating on a towel-stealing scam with one of his colleagues. However, his new friend has a secret agenda - which has dire consequences for Kash. Kev's sister moves in with Frank and Sheila, who are surprised by their guest's voracious sexual appetite
General
Movie/Drama
Cast & Crew
Jody Latham
(Actor)
.. Lip Gallagher
David Threlfall
(Actor)
.. Frank Gallagher
Sally Carman-Duttine
(Actor)
.. Kelly-Marie Ball
Maggie O'Neill
(Actor)
.. Sheila Jackson
Dean Lennox Kelly
(Actor)
.. Kev Ball
Maxine Peake
(Actor)
.. Veronica Fisher
Christopher Bisson
(Actor)
.. Kash Karib
Jack Deam
(Actor)
.. Marty Fisher
Bryan Dick
(Actor)
.. Jack Wyatt
Paul Abbott
(Executive producer)
George Faber
(Executive producer)
Charlie Pattinson
(Executive producer)
Matt Jones
(Executive producer)
John Griffin
(Producer)
Catherine Morshead
(Director)
Danny Brocklehurst
(Writer)
More Information
Did You Know..
Jody Latham
(Actor)
.. Lip Gallagher
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.
Sally Carman-Duttine
(Actor)
.. Kelly-Marie Ball
Maggie O'Neill
(Actor)
.. Sheila Jackson
Born:
November 15, 1962
in
Buckinghamshire
Best Known For:
EastEnders and Shameless.
Early-life:
Margaret O'Neill was born in Buckinghamshire on November 15, 1962. She was educated at a convent school and was inspired by a sixth-form drama teacher to take up acting. She went on to train at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. In 1985, she appeared in the video for Simply Red's Holding Back the Years, before making her stage debut in Moving Pictures at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds.
Career:
O'Neill made her big-screen debut in Mona Lisa (1986) and two years later starred in Gorillas in the Mist. Better known for her TV work, she has made guest appearances in a number of programmes and had recurring roles in Take Me Home, Peak Practice, Shameless and EastEnders.
Quote:
"Some people feel guilty if they're not doing something with their day. Not me. I'm a slacker."
Trivia:
She enjoys pilates, yoga and reading.
Dean Lennox Kelly
(Actor)
.. Kev Ball
Maxine Peake
(Actor)
.. Veronica Fisher
Born:
July 14, 1974
in
Bolton
Best Known For:
Playing Twinkle in dinnerladies and Martha Costello in Silk.
Early-life:
Born on July 14, 1974, in Bolton, Greater Manchester, to Brian, a lorry driver father and Glynis, a careworker mother. Maxine studied at Westhoughton High School and Canon Slade School before joining Bolton's Octagon Youth Theatre at the age of 13. She also honed her craft at the Royal Exchange Manchester and the University of Salford before moving to London at 21 where she trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (Rada). She claims comedienne Marti Caine was an inspiration to her.
Career:
Early TV appearances included The Ward, Hetty Wainthropp Investigates and Picking Up The Pieces. Roles in Jonathan Creek and Coronation Street boosted her profile, but it was Victoria Wood's sitcom dinnerladies that really put her on the showbiz map. She also received acclaim for Clocking Off and sublime comedy Early Doors before landing the part of Veronica in Shameless. In recent years she's been much in demand, starring in Messiah, See No Evil: The Moors Murders, Little Dorrit, Red Riding and The Street. She is currently starring in the BBC legal drama Silk. Maxine has also enjoyed an extensive stage career, with roles in Hamlet, Robin Hood, Leaves of Glass, The Children's Hour, and The Deep Blue Sea. In 2012 she wrote her first radio play about Leeds cyclist Beryl Burton.
Quote:
"I remember feeling, at drama school, that if you were male and working class you were a bit of a poet, a working class hero. But if you were female, you were just a bit gobby and a bit brassy and common."
Trivia:
She provided vocals for 1612 Underture, the Eccentronic Research Council's 2012 concept album.
Christopher Bisson
(Actor)
.. Kash Karib
Born:
July 21, 1975
in
Wythenshawe, Manchester
Best Known For:
Coronation Street and Emmerdale.
Early-life:
Christopher Paul Bisson was born in Wythenshawe, Manchester, on July 21, 1975. His parents are from Trinidad. His first acting break came as a teenager when he was cast as JJ in Children's Ward.
Career:
Bisson went on to star in TV movie Prime Suspect 5: Errors of Judgement and an episode of crime drama The Cops. In 1999, he made his movie debut in East is East (1999) and his first appearance as Vikram Desai in Coronation Street. He stayed in Weatherfield until December 2002. His other TV credits include a recurring part in Shameless and guest roles on Holby City, Where the Heart Is, New Street Law and Casualty. In 2009, he joined the cast of Emmerdale, playing Jai Sharma, a role he continues to play.
Quote:
On his Emmerdale character: "I'm just glad that my real life story hasn't been anywhere near as trying as the one I've been portraying on screen."
Trivia:
He appeared in the second series of I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!
Jack Deam
(Actor)
.. Marty Fisher
Bryan Dick
(Actor)
.. Jack Wyatt
Born:
July 10, 1978
in
Carlisle
Best Known For:
Playing Ernie Wise in Eric & Ernie.
Early-life:
Bryan Dick was born in Carlisle on July 10, 1978. He wanted to become a dancer when he was younger and learned to play several musical instruments as a child. Supported by his parents and older brother, he went to stage school, and soon landed the first of several TV roles that made him a highly respected child actor before taking time off to concentrate on music. He saved up enough money to return to stage school aged 20, and shortly afterwards began attracting the attention of casting agents.
Career:
Dick's first starring role was in the ITV miniseries The Life and Times of Henry Pratt in 1992. Since then he has made guest appearances in a number of well-known TV shows, including Clocking Off, The Bill, Dalziel & Pascoe, Foyle's War, Blackpool, Bleak House, Shameless and Lewis. In 2011, he played Ernie Wise in the acclaimed BBC drama Eric & Ernie. On the big screen, Dick has starred in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, Blood and Chocolate, and Colour Me Kubrick.
Quote:
"You can't love me like my big black jumper."
Trivia:
On the stage, Dick played Mozart in a 2007 production of Peter Shaffer's Amadeus at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield.
Paul Abbott
(Executive producer)
George Faber
(Executive producer)
Charlie Pattinson
(Executive producer)
Matt Jones
(Executive producer)
John Griffin
(Producer)
Catherine Morshead
(Director)
Danny Brocklehurst
(Writer)
