Gerard McCarthy was born on 31 March 1981 and is an actor from Belfast, Northern Ireland.
11 Facts About Gerard McCarthy
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Gerard McCarthy was awarded Sir Kenneth Branagh's Renaissance Scholarship to train at Laine Theatre Arts, graduating in 2002.
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Gerard McCarthy 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.
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Gerard 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.
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On stage, Gerard McCarthy made their Shakespearean debut as Fenton in The Merry Wives of Windsor at Shakespeare's Globe in London.
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The production received widespread critical acclaim and subsequently transferred to New York and Los Angeles with Gerard McCarthy reprising their role in both cities.
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In 2015 Gerard McCarthy returned to their homeland with the one-man show Cat - The Play by Richard Hardwick and Jamie Beamish before commencing a national tour of Jonathan Harvey's Beautiful Thing, in which they played Tony.
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The production received widespread critical and public acclaim with Gerard McCarthy receiving a Best Actor nomination at the Off West End Awards.
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In 2017, Gerard McCarthy has played Emmett Forrest in Leicester Curve's production of Legally Blonde at the Opera Garnier in Monte Carlo.
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Gerard McCarthy began their association with the Northern Ireland Children's Hospice in October 2007 when they overcame their fear of heights by leading a fundraising abseil event, in which they had to climb down Belfast's Europa Hotel.
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In January 2010, Gerard McCarthy led the Belfast4Haiti 5K run in their home city with Olympic gold medallist Dame Mary Peters.