Gerard Kearns (born 4 October 1984) is an English actor. He is best known as

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in '' Shameless''.

Career

Kearns starred in the film ''

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'', for

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, based on British soldiers'

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i prisoners. It premiered at the

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in February 2007. He has also starred in the short films ''Grandad'' and ''The 10th Man'' and has appeared in a number of TV shows such as '' The Commander'' starring

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. 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

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daytime show '' Moving On''. The episode "Trust", directed by

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, tells the story of Kearns's character Jack, who is caught trying to burgle the house of elderly ex-boxer Eddie, played by

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. 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''. Kearns also starred in the BBC drama ''

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'', marking the centenary of the First World War and as Halig in the series ''

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''.

Personal life

From

Mossley Mossley (/ˈmɒzli/) is a town and civil parish in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England, in the upper Tame Valley and the foothills of the Pennines, southeast of Oldham and east of Manchester. The historic counties of Lancashire, Cheshire ...

, near

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, Greater Manchester, he was educated in

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. He later studied at

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in Ashton-under-Lyne. He is a supporter of

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Accessed 4 May 2017 He has been married to Sarah Kearns since 30 December 2017. Together they have two sons, Aidan and James.

Filmography

Television

Film

References

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kearns, Gerard 1984 births English male television actors Living people People from Mossley Male actors from Manchester 21st-century English male actors English male film actors