Gerard McCarthy is famous to millions as cross dressing bisexual Kris Fisher in Channel 4’s  Hollyoaks, a role that earned him the title of Best TV Actor at the 2007 Irish Entertainment Awards.

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! at The Prince Edward Theatre, London.

Other theatre credits include On Eagle’s Wing (Odyssey Arena, Belfast); Call Me Lee (New End Theatre, London); Snow Queen (Lyric Theatre, Belfast); The Good Friday Trilogy (Bridewell Theatre, London); T.S. Eliot’s Murder In The Cathedral (St. Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast); the 2004 West End revival of Saturday Night Fever (Apollo Victoria Theatre, London) and two panto seasons of giant slaying as Jack in Jack & The Beanstalk (Waterfront Hall, Belfast & Millennium Forum, Derry).

Gerard’s presenting credits include Inside Out for BBC 1, RaveOnAir'06 - LIVE and extensive work for Virgin which includes exclusive backstage coverage at the 2007 V-Festival at Chelmsford and Virgin: Mobile Bites, where his celebrity guests included David Hasselhoff, Kym Ryder, Dermot O’Leary and Peter Stringfellow.

For radio he has provided the dulcet tones of a Fugly Sister in Cinderella for 4Radio and recently recorded The Interpreter by Andrew McIlroy. The Interpreter was chosen as the winning entrant in Channel 4's writing competition The Radio Play's The Thing and was directed By Joyce Branagh.

Gerard has also appeared as a guest on Big Brother's Little Brother, Most
Haunted- Live, Katie & Peter Unleashed, The Friday Night Project and performed with soul legend Sheila Ferguson as part of Children In Need
2006 and again with his Hollyoaks co-stars in 2007.

Gerard is also an ambassador for the Northern Ireland Children's Hospice and the NSPCC.