His career started when he won Kenneth Branagh’s Renaissance Scholarship in 2000 to train at Laine Theatre Arts. In 2002 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 in 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 T4 On The Beach, 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 Marsh & 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 winning entrant in Channel 4’s writing competition The Radio Play’s The Thing, directed by Joyce Branagh.Gerard has also appeared as a guest on Big Brother’s Little Brother, This Morning, Blue Peter, Most Haunted, Katie & Peter: Unleashed, The Friday Night Project, Children In Need and The Almost Perfect Guide To Life. Gerard is also an ambassador for the Northern Ireland Children's Hospice and the NSPCC.