Frank learns through two paternity tests that he is indeed Liam's father but not Ian, who is the result of an affair. She agrees to sign the check on the condition that he give up their youngest child Liam so that she and her new girlfriend can raise him. Frank attempts to cash a settlement check only to find that he needs it to be signed by his estranged wife Monica and tracks her down. The older Gallagher children resent him while the younger ones still have faith in him. In season 1, he is introduced as an alcoholic deadbeat who neglects his children after his wife abandons the family. He pays little attention to his children but displays care and concern for them in drastic circumstances, having shown on occasion that he does indeed love his children, and at times proves himself to be a better parent than Monica or his own mother. Although Frank preaches self-righteously about political and social issues, he spends most of his time developing schemes to cheat the system and takes advantage of others to make money. The children do not think highly of him and refer to him primarily by his first name, though there have been occasions where they have called him 'Dad'. Frank is also the grandfather of Chuckie, Frances, Fred, and Carl's unnamed twins (caused by another scam by Frank). Despite that, he refers to Ian as his son. He is the biological father of Sammi, Fiona, Lip, Debbie, Carl, and Liam, but not to Ian, who is presumed to be the son of Frank's brother Clayton, making him Frank's nephew as well as the children's half-brother and cousin. For instance, he begins a relationship with Sheila Jackson when he discovers that she gets maximum disability benefits for her agoraphobia. They dated for about 2 weeks before he dropped out of school and they got married.įrank has sex with almost any available woman to support himself. As mentioned by one of his sons, Lip, Frank is intelligent and finished high school before he attended college to study psychology, where he met Monica. Since Frank refuses to work and most of the children are underage, the family lives far below the federal poverty threshold for a family of their size.

He also swindles the state welfare system and taught this type of opportunistic deceit to his children. He is a deadbeat alcoholic and drug addict who relies on his children to get by.

Macy and, in flashbacks, Jacob DeMonte-Finn) is the father of six children. Gallagher family Frank Gallagher įrancis 'Frank' Gallagher ( William H. G Parts of her body are seen in season 8.F Portrayed by Luca Oriel during seasons 5 and 6 and by Damien Diaz in season 8.E Portrayed by Dove Cameron in season 2 and Danika Yarosh in seasons 4 and 5.D Portrayed by twins Brennan Kane and Blake Alexander Johnson during seasons 1 to 2, by twins Brandon and Brenden Sims from season 2 to season 7, and by Christian Isaiah since season 8.C Portrayed by Jane Levy in season 1 and Emma Greenwell in seasons 2 through 6.B Credited only in the episodes he/she appears.A Credited as 'Special Guest Star' in the opening title.

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