Gerard McCarthy
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| Born | Gerard McCarthy March 31, 1981 Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Occupation | Television actor |
| Years active | 2005-present |
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Gerard McCarthy (born 31 March 1981) is a BS award nominated Northern Irish actor, known for his work on British television.
He is best recognised for his BS award nominated role as Kris Fisher in the British TV drama Hollyoaks.[1]
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[edit] Career
McCarthy's acting career began when he was awarded Kenneth Branagh’s Renaissance Scholarship to train at Laine Theatre Arts, graduating in 2002[2]. He made his professional debut in Perth Repertory Theatre’s production of Carousel before joining the cast of the smash hit West End musical Mamma Mia!.[citation needed] before transferring into the West End production of Saturday Night Fever, directed by Arlene Philips.
McCarthy is also an ambassador for the NSPCC and The Northern Ireland's Children Hospice and on 6th October he overcame his fear of heights whilst doing an abseil in Belfast to raise funds.
He gave an electric live musical performance with soul legend Sheila Ferguson as part of Children in Need 2006 [3] and performed a Mark Bolan medley with Hollyoaks co-stars Kevin Sacre, Loui Batley & Summer Strallen as part of Children in Need 2007..
He won the Best Irish TV Actor gong at the 2007 Irish Entertainment Awards and was shortlisted for Best Newcomer in the 2007 The British Soap Awards. He was also nominated in the Best Newcomer category at The Inside Soap Awards 2007.
Gerard's work as a presenter includes Mobile Bites for Virgin, BBC One's Inside Out, Rave On Air 2006 - LIVE! and he co-hosted this year's V Festival at Chelmsford with Claire Anstey.
Other notable appearances in 2007 include: guest judging Dancing On Ice- The Tour when it skated into Belfast's Odyssey Arena, he was also a resident on the judging panel of the Belfast CityBeat contest Young Star Search, made an appearance on Big Brother's Little Brother with Dermot O'Leary, filmed a Most Haunted Halloween Special and appeared as a guest on Katie & Peter: Unleashed with co-star Roxanne McKee.
He is currently contracted to Hollyoaks until Dec. 2008.
[edit] Awards and Nominations
2007 Irish Entertainment Awards - Best Actor (Winner)
2007 British Soap Awards - Best Newcomer (Nominated)
[edit] Love Life
Although not confirmed, he is thought to be dating Blue Peter's Zoe Salmon and was seen sitting beside her at An Audience without Jeremy Beadle.
He has been previously linked to a number of Hollyoaks stars, including Jennifer Biddall, who played his on-screen love interest Jessica Harris, and Loui Batley, who plays Sarah Barnes. It was later confirmed that Gerard & Loui dated for 5 months.
Whilst on Big Brothers Little Brother, Dermot O'Leary asked him what it was like to play a cross dresser. Gerard told him that he was pleasantly surprised at girl's reactions and said that his fellow Hollyoaks star Roxanne McKee loved men in make up.
Gerard has also been linked to TV star Ulrika Jonsson[4] and Coronation Street's Kym Ryder [5].
[edit] References
- ^ Cast » Hollyoaks » Channel 4
- ^ BBC News Online. Actor becoming new soap 'bad boy' (stm). Retrieved on 2007-06-05.
- ^ Who is Gerard McCarthy. Retrieved on 2007-06-05.
- ^ The Belfast Telegraph. Dirty dancing. Retrieved on 2007-06-05.
- ^ The People. Kym And Her Hollyblokes.
