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Gerard McCarthy Is an actor from Belfast, Northern Ireland.
McCarthy was born in Belfast and attended St. Mary's Christian Brothers' Grammar School. They came out as non-binary in 2022
Gerard McCarthy was awarded Sir Kenneth Branagh's Renaissance Scholarship to train at Laine Theatre Arts, graduating in 2002.
They currently play Kevin McSwain in BBC 2's BAFTA nominated drama The Fall, starring Gillian Anderson.
On Netflix, they can be seen alongside Sir Derek Jacobi, Neve Campbell and Joely Richardson as Ashley Stokes in Titanic: Blood & Steel, an epic 12-part series charting the extraordinary construction of RMS Titanic in the shipyards of Edwardian Belfast. The series was nominated for 5 IFTA Awards including Best Series.
They played Brondsted in the first episode of Michael Hirst's History Channel series Vikings, starring Gabriel Byrne.
McCarthy also played Rory Thompson in Samson Films' Belonging to Laura, a modern-day adaptation of Oscar Wilde's Lady Windermere's Fan directed by Karl Golden, which was nominated for Best Single Drama at the IFTA Awards.
McCarthy is known for his award-winning performance as Kris Fisher on the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks from 2006 to 2010, for which he was nominated in the Best Newcomer category at the British Soap Awards and the National Television Awards.
Filmography
all 11
Movies 7
TV Shows 4
Writer 1

Belfast (2021)

Just Johnny (2021)

A Nightingale Falling (2014)

The Fall (2013)

Vikings (2013)

Titanic: Blood and Steel (2012)

Call the Midwife (2012)

The Merry Wives of Windsor (2011)

Belonging to Laura (2009)
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Known ForActing
GenderNon-binary
Birthday1981-03-31 (44 years old)
Birth PlaceBelfast, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
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