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There are a variety of fictional characters appearing in the American comedy-drama television series Shameless, created by Paul Abbott. The series was first broadcast on January 9, 2011 on the Showtime network. It is based on the UK series of the same name.

Shameless is set in Chicago's South Side and tells the story of an alcoholic father, Frank Gallagher, and his six children who take care of each other and create better lives despite Frank's poor influence. Abbott grew up in a family in the United Kingdom much like that portrayed in the UK series.

Francis "Frank" Gallagher (William H. Macy and, in flashbacks, Jacob DeMonte-Finn) aged 53, is the father of six children. He is a deadbeat alcoholic and drug addict who relies on his children to get by. He also swindles the state welfare system and taught this type of opportunistic deceit to his children. 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. 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. They dated for about 2 weeks before he dropped out of school and they got married.

Frank has sex with almost any available woman to support himself. For instance, he begins a relationship with Sheila Jackson when he discovers that she gets maximum disability benefits for her agoraphobia. 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. Despite that, he refers to Ian as his son. Frank is also the grandfather of Chuckie, Frances, Fred, and Carl's unnamed twins (caused by another scam by Frank).

Phillip Gallagher has not been a contender in any CBUB matches.