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Gerard Horan

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Gerard Horan
The lives of two eccentric metal detectorists, who spend their days plodding along ploughed tracks and open fields, hoping to disturb the tedium by unearthing the fortune of a lifetime.
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Gerard Horan was born in Stockport, Cheshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Beauty and the Beast (2017), Detectorists (2014) and Belfast (2021).
BornDecember 29
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    Kevin Kline, Ewan McGregor, Emma Thompson, Stanley Tucci, Ian McKellen, Audra McDonald, Emma Watson, Josh Gad, Dan Stevens, Luke Evans, and Gugu Mbatha-Raw in Beauty and the Beast (2017)
    Beauty and the Beast
    7.1
    • Jean the Potter
    • 2017
    Mackenzie Crook, Gerard Horan, Toby Jones, Pearce Quigley, Laura Checkley, Divian Ladwa, Aimee-Ffion Edwards, and Orion Ben in Detectorists (2014)
    Detectorists
    8.6
    TV Series
    • Terry
    • Terry Seymour
    Judi Dench, Ciarán Hinds, Jude Hill, Lewis McAskie, Caitríona Balfe, and Jamie Dornan in Belfast (2021)
    Belfast
    7.2
    • Mackie
    • 2021
    Kenneth Branagh, Keanu Reeves, Denzel Washington, Kate Beckinsale, Michael Keaton, Robert Sean Leonard, and Emma Thompson in Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
    Much Ado About Nothing
    7.3
    • Borachio
    • 1993

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    Actor

    • Go Away!
      • David
      • Post-production
    • Mark Gatiss and Polly Walker in Bookish (2025)
      Bookish
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Baseheart
      • 2025
    • Ben Miller in Death in Paradise (2011)
      Death in Paradise
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Roy Palmer
      • 2025
    • Father Brown (2013)
      Father Brown
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Teddy Sadwick
      • 2025
    • Break Clause (2024)
      Break Clause
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Alan
      • 2024
    • Darren Boyd, Stephen Merchant, Clare Perkins, Eleanor Tomlinson, Jessica Gunning, and Rhianne Barreto in The Outlaws (2021)
      The Outlaws
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Hilgard
      • 2021–2024
    • Claude Perron, Sophie Thompson, Hannah Onslow, Toby Regbo, Nicolas Van Beveren, Lauren McQueen, Edward Bluemel, Benjamin Wainwright, and Harriet Slater in Belgravia: The Next Chapter (2024)
      Belgravia: The Next Chapter
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Enright
      • 2024
    • Mackenzie Crook, Gerard Horan, Toby Jones, Pearce Quigley, Laura Checkley, Divian Ladwa, Aimee-Ffion Edwards, and Orion Ben in Detectorists (2014)
      Detectorists
      8.6
      TV Series
      • Terry
      • Terry Seymour
      • 2014–2022
    • James McAvoy, Helen McCrory, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ruth Wilson, Cristela Alonzo, Brian Fisher, Kit Connor, and Dafne Keen in His Dark Materials (2019)
      His Dark Materials
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Bureaucrat Nemo
      • 2022
    • Judi Dench, Derek Jacobi, David Bradley, Jennifer Saunders, Russell Tovey, Jesse Akele, and Bally Gill in Allelujah (2022)
      Allelujah
      6.0
      • Mr Earnshaw
      • 2022
    • Monica Dolan, Eddie Marsan, and Karl Pilkington in The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe (2022)
      The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe
      7.2
      TV Mini Series
      • Prosecution Barrister
      • 2022
    • Judi Dench, Ciarán Hinds, Jude Hill, Lewis McAskie, Caitríona Balfe, and Jamie Dornan in Belfast (2021)
      Belfast
      7.2
      • Mackie
      • 2021
    • David Tennant in Des (2020)
      Des
      7.6
      TV Mini Series
      • Commander Gerald Lookwood
      • 2020
    • Judi Dench, Colin Farrell, Josh Gad, Nonso Anozie, Lara McDonnell, Tamara Smart, and Ferdia Shaw in Artemis Fowl (2020)
      Artemis Fowl
      4.3
      • Dr. Po
      • 2020
    • Kenneth Branagh, Judi Dench, and Ian McKellen in All Is True (2018)
      All Is True
      6.3
      • Ben Jonson
      • 2018
    • Settling (2018)
      Settling
      TV Mini Series
      • Rob
      • 2018

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    Detectorists: Series 2
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    • Alternative name
      • Gerry Horan
    • Born
      • December 29
      • Stockport, Cheshire, England, UK
    • Other works
      Gerard Horan appeared in March 2002 in Sheffield, England as the Duke of Clarence in Kenneth Branagh's Richard III at the Crucible Theatre.

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      Graduated from London's prestigious Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Was in attendance at the same time as Kenneth Branagh, who graduated a year before him (1982).

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      Gerard James Pertwee Horan
    • What is Gerard Horan known for?
      Belfast, Belgravia: The Next Chapter, Beauty and the Beast, and Detectorists

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