---
name: "Gerard Kearns"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gerard-kearns"
fi1m_id: "gerard-kearns"
imdb_id: "nm1542551"
tmdb_id: 83817
wikidata_id: "Q15497195"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "4 October 1984"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-07T16:56:35.495793+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."
---

# Gerard Kearns

## Identity

Gerard Kearns

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/gerard-kearns
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** gerard-kearns
- **IMDb ID:** nm1542551
- **TMDB ID:** 83817
- **Wikidata ID:** Q15497195
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Kearns, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15497195, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1542551/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/83817

Actor. Born 4 October 1984 in Mossley, Greater Manchester, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 4 October 1984, Mossley, Greater Manchester, England, UK
- **Active:** 2004–2019
- **Average Fi1m score:** 77, as actor, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 75 (3), 2010s 79 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 79 to 74 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 1 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Action & Adventure 1, Comedy 1, Crime 1, War 1, War & Politics 1
- **Screen time:** 1 hours of reviewed films
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Kearns, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15497195, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1542551/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/83817

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Mark of Cain*](https://film.one/film/the-mark-of-cain.md) (70)

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## Biography

Gerard Kearns is an English actor born on 4 October 1984 in Mossley, Greater Manchester. He played Ian Gallagher in the Channel 4 series *Shameless* from 2004 to 2010.

His film credits include the role of Mark 'Treacle' Tate in *The Mark of Cain* (2007). He has also appeared in *Looking for Eric* (2009), *Trespass Against Us* (2016) and *Peterloo* (2018).

Television roles include Halig in *The Last Kingdom* (2015), Pravik in *Chernobyl* (2019), Tommy Marshall in *The English Game* (2020) and Gary Cobb in *The Day of the Jackal* (2024).

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

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Chernobyl* (2019), Fi1m 86, as Pravik — [page](https://film.one/tv/chernobyl.md)
- *The Last Kingdom* (2015), Fi1m 72, as Halig — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-last-kingdom.md)
- *Red Riding* (2009), Fi1m 80, as Leonard Cole — [page](https://film.one/tv/red-riding.md)
- *The Mark of Cain* (2007), Fi1m 70, as Mark 'Treacle' Tate — [page](https://film.one/film/the-mark-of-cain.md)
- *Shameless* (2004), Fi1m 75, as Ian Gallagher — [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md)

## Complete filmography (26)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Waiting for the Out* (2026), series, as Dad
- *The Day of the Jackal* (2024), series, as Gary Cobb
- *Floodlights* (2022), as Andrew Woodward
- *The Essex Serpent* (2022), series, as Henry Banks
- *The English Game* (2020), series, as Tommy Marshall
- *Chernobyl* (2019), series, as Pravik — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/chernobyl.md)
- *The Mermaid of Mevagissey* (2019), as Mathew
- *Peterloo* (2018), as Chadderton Woman's Husband
- *Trespass Against Us* (2016), as Lester
- *Bunny and Clive* (2016), as Clive
- *The Last Kingdom* (2015), series, as Halig — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-last-kingdom.md)
- *The Great War: The People's Story* (2014), series, as Ted Poole
- *Our World War* (2014), series, as Chas Rowland
- *The Smoke* (2014), series, as Little Al
- *The Town* (2012), series, as Daniel
- *The Rise* (2012), as Charlie
- *Honeymooner* (2010), as Fran Goldman
- *Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974* (2009), as Leonard Cole
- *Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983* (2009), as Leonard Cole
- *Looking for Eric* (2009), as Ryan
- *Moving On* (2009), series, as Jack
- *Red Riding* (2009), series, as Leonard Cole — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/red-riding.md)
- *The Mark of Cain* (2007), as Mark 'Treacle' Tate — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/the-mark-of-cain.md)
- *Shameless* (2004), series, as Ian Gallagher — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md)
- *Foyle's War* (2002), series, as Frank Morgan — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/foyles-war.md)
- *Heartbeat* (1992), series, as Trevor Black

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