Gerard McCarthy

Gerard McCarthy Is an actor from Belfast Northern Ireland McCarthy was born in Belfast and attended St Marys Christian Brothers Grammar School They came out as nonbinary in 2022 Gerard McCarthy was awarded Sir Kenneth Branaghs Renaissance Scholarship to train at Laine Theatre Arts graduating in 2002 They currently play Kevin McSwain in BBC 2s 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 12part 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 Hirsts History Channel series Vikings starring Gabriel Byrne McCarthy also played Rory Thompson in Samson Films Belonging to Laura a modernday adaptation of Oscar Wildes Lady Windermeres Fan directed by Karl Golden which was nominated for Best Single Drama at the IFTA Awards McCarthy is known for his awardwinning 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