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name: "Gerard Horan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gerard-horan"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "11 November 1962"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 66
updated: "2026-09-17T02:59:33.635915+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Gerard Horan

Actor. Born 11 November 1962 in Stockport, Cheshire, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 11 November 1962, Stockport, Cheshire, England, UK
- **Active:** 1985–present
- **Also known as:** Gerard James Pertwee Horan, Gerry Horan

## Biography

Gerard Horan is a British actor. Born Gerard James Pertwee Horan on 11 November 1962 in Stockport, Cheshire, he trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, graduating in 1983.

He is known for playing Terry Seymour in the comedy drama series *Detectorists* (2014–2022) and Leslie "Charisma" Appleby in *London's Burning* (1986–1989 and 1994). Early television credits include Reginald in the miniseries *The Singing Detective* (1986). Horan has appeared in films including *My Beautiful Laundrette* (1985), *Much Ado About Nothing* (1993), *Mary Shelley's Frankenstein* (1994), *Cinderella* (2015), *Beauty and the Beast* (2017), *Murder on the Orient Express* (2017) and *Belfast* (2021). He has worked frequently with director Kenneth Branagh.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Allelujah* (2023), Fi1m 50, as Mr Earnshaw — [page](https://film.one/film/allelujah.md)
- *Artemis Fowl* (2020), Fi1m 32, as Dr. Po — [page](https://film.one/film/artemis-fowl.md)
- *Detectorists* (2014), Fi1m 87, as Terry Seymour — [page](https://film.one/tv/detectorists.md)
- *Much Ado About Nothing* (1993), Fi1m 78, as Borachio — [page](https://film.one/film/much-ado-about-nothing.md)
- *My Beautiful Laundrette* (1985), Fi1m 85, as Telephone Man — [page](https://film.one/film/my-beautiful-laundrette.md)

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *The Singing Detective* (1986), Actor

## Also known for

- *Beauty and the Beast* (2017), Jean the Potter
- *Murder on the Orient Express* (2017), Aynesworth
- *Cinderella* (2015), Lord Veneering
- *Doctor Who* (2005), Clark / Father of Mine
- *Outlander* (2014), Quartermaster John O'Sullivan
- *The Bank Job* (2008), Roy Given
- *His Dark Materials* (2019), Bureaucrat Nemo
- *Belfast* (2021), Mackie

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