Gerard was awarded Sir Kenneth Branagh’s Renaissance Scholarship to train as an actor, he later studied screenwriting at the New York Film Academy. From 2019 until 2022, he was an associate at Guildford School of Acting where he taught screen acting on the BA, MA & MFA Acting Courses.

His film & TV credits include: Belfast (Focus Features); Go Dog Go (DreamWorks); Where’s Wally? (DreamWorks); Call The Midwife (BBC); The Fall (BBC/Netflix); Vikings (MGM/Amazon Prime); Titanic: Blood and Steel (Netflix); and Hollyoaks (Channel 4).

Theatre credits include: Daniel in My Night With Reg (Turbine Theatre); Emmett Forrest in Legally Blonde (Opera Garnier, Monte Carlo); David Holthouse in Stalking The Bogeyman (Southwark Playhouse / New York Rep.); Tony in Beautiful Thing (Nottingham Playhouse and Curve, Leicester); Bruce in Blue/Orange (Brighton Theatre Royal); Fenton in The Merry Wives of Windsor (Shakespeare’s Globe); George Bailey in It’s A Wonderful Life (Bridge House Theatre); Jonathan Harker in Jonathan Harker and Dracula (Theatre At The Mill); Tristram in The Miser (Lyric Theatre, Belfast); Carnival Boy in Carousel (Perth Repertory Theatre) and the West End productions of Mamma Mia! (Prince Edward Theatre); Saturday Night Fever (Apollo Victoria Theatre); Cat (The Play!!!) (Ambassadors Theatre) and Tina - The Musical (Aldwych Theatre) in which he originated the role of Tina Turner's husband, Erwin Bach.

Gerard has written a number of episodes of Hollyoaks (Channel 4). Recently, his debut film Just Johnny has been exhibited in film festivals worldwide and picked up Best Short Film Awards at Giffoni Film Festival, Seattle Film Festival & Providence Children’s Film Festival. He currently has TV projects in development with various production companies in the UK, Ireland and Los Angeles.

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