Gerard Kearns

Gerard Kearns is an English actor best known as Ian Gallagher in Shameless.

Kearns also starred in the film The Mark of Cain, based on British soldiers' abuse of Iraqi prisoners. It premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in February 2007.

He has also starred in the short films Grandad and The 10th Man and has appeared in a number of TV shows such as The Commander starring Amanda Burton. In 2007, he appeared in the videos for The View's double A-side "The Don" and "Skag Trendy". In 2011, he also featured as a voice over for BBC's GCSE Bitesize Revision, and more recently, he appeared as Pravik in HBO's hit mini-series, Chernobyl.

Kearns was cast in the second series of the BBC 1 daytime show Moving On. The episode "Trust", directed by Illy, tells the story of Kearns's character Jack, who is caught trying to burgle the house of elderly ex-boxer Eddie, played by Roy Marsden.

He has also made several appearances in The Accrington Pals, a play by Peter Whelan, portraying the character Ralph, a young volunteer officer during the First World War. He also starred opposite Matthew Kelly in the West End play Sign of the Times.

Kearns also starred in the BBC drama Our World War, marking the centenary of the First World War and as Halig in the series "The last kingdom."