Gerard Kearns

Gerard Kearns is an English actor from Mossley who became known for a long-running television role. He played Ian Gallagher in Shameless across seven series, from 2004 to 2010. On film, he starred in The Mark of Cain, made for Film4 Productions and drawn from the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by British soldiers, which had its premiere in February 2007 at the International Film Festival Rotterdam. He also appeared in two short films, Grandad and The 10th Man. His television credits include The Commander, alongside Amanda Burton, the BBC daytime series Moving On, and the First World War centenary drama Our World War, and he played Halig in The Last Kingdom. On stage he appeared in Peter Whelan's The Accrington Pals as Ralph and in Sign of the Times, opposite Matthew Kelly, in the West End. He also featured in music videos for The View and did voice work for the BBC's GCSE Bitesize Revision.