Gerard Kearns
Born (1984-10-04) 4 October 1984
Mossley, Greater Manchester, England
OccupationActor
Years active2003–present
Spouse
Sarah Kearns
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(m. 2017)​
Children2

Gerard Kearns (born 4 October 1984) is an English actor. He is best known for playing Ian Gallagher in the British version of the comedy-drama series Shameless.

Career

Kearns starred in the film The Mark of Cain, for Film4 Productions, based on British soldiers' abuse of Iraqi prisoners. It premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in February 2007.

He has also starred in the short films Grandad and The 10th Man[1] and has appeared in a number of TV shows such as The Commander starring Amanda Burton, and a main role as Ian Gallagher in Shameless for seven series, from 2004 to 2010.

In 2007, he appeared in the videos for The View's double A-side "The Don" and "Skag Trendy". In 2011, he also featured as a voice over for BBC's GCSE Bitesize Revision.

Kearns was cast in the second series of the BBC 1 daytime show Moving On. The episode "Trust", directed by Illy, tells the story of Kearns's character Jack, who is caught trying to burgle the house of elderly ex-boxer Eddie, played by Roy Marsden.

He has also made several appearances in The Accrington Pals, a play by Peter Whelan, portraying the character Ralph, a young volunteer officer during the First World War. He also starred opposite Matthew Kelly in the West End play Sign of the Times.[2]

Kearns also starred in the BBC drama Our World War, marking the centenary of the First World War and as Halig in the series The Last Kingdom.[3]

Personal life

From Mossley,[4] near Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, he was educated in Oldham at St Augustine's Catholic School.[5] He later studied at Ashton Sixth Form College in Ashton-under-Lyne. He is a supporter of Manchester City F.C.[6]

He has been married to Sarah Kearns since 30 December 2017. Together they have two sons, Aidan and James.

Filmography

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2004 Holby City Russell Coulter episode "Out of Control"
2004 Heartbeat Trevor Black episode "Muck and Brass"
2004–2010 Shameless Ian Gallagher Main, 80 episodes
2005 Doctors Revs episode "0–60"
2007 Foyle's War Frank Morgan episode "Casualties of War"
2007 The Commander Terry Donnolly episode "Windows of the Soul"
2009 Red Riding Leonard Cole episodes "1974" and "1983"
2011 Moving On (TV series) Jack 1 episode
2012 The Town Daniel 3 episodes
2014 The Smoke Little Al 8 episodes
2014 Our World War Chas Rowland episode "War Machine"
2015–2017 The Last Kingdom Halig 5 episodes
2019 Chernobyl (miniseries) Pravik 2 episodes
2020 The English Game Tommy Marshall Main, six part series
2022 The Essex Serpent (TV series) Henry Banks 6 episodes
2022 Floodlights Andy Woodward Main[7]

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2005 Grandad Vincent Short
2006 The 10th Man The 10th Man Short
2007 The Mark of Cain Mark 'Treacle' Tate
2009 Looking for Eric Ryan
2010 Honeymooner Fran
2012 The Rise Charlie
2016 Trespass Against Us Lester

References

  1. ↑ "Gerard Kearns | United Agents".
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 7 September 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ↑ "BBC – Our World War – Media Centre".
  4. ↑ "Actor in clear over driver ID: 'Mr Kearns, originally from Mossley'", Oldham Evening Chronicle, 12 April 2011. Accessed 4 May 2017
  5. ↑ "From Shameless to Shakespeare: 'I’d no interest at all in Shakespeare at St Augustine’s school'", Manchester Evening News, 27 March 2014. Accessed 4 May 2017
  6. ↑ "Shameless – A day in the life: 'I’m a Man City fan and I play a big United supporter'", Manchester Evening News, 18 April 2010. Accessed 4 May 2017
  7. ↑ "BBC Two announces new factual drama Floodlights". bbc.co.uk/mediacentre. Retrieved 3 April 2022.

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