Gerard James Pertwee Horan (born 11 November 1962) is a British actor. He is known for playing Terry Seymour, the leader of the DMDC (Danebury Metal Detectoring Club), in the BAFTA award-winning comedy drama Detectorists and for playing Firefighter Leslie "Charisma" Appleby in London's Burning from 1986 to 1989 and again in 1994.
Partial filmography
My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) as Telephone Man The Singing Detective (1986, TV Mini-Series) as Reginald Dibbs London's Burning: The Movie (1986, TV Pilot Film) as Leslie 'Charisma' Appleby Hidden City (1987) as Young Man in Tunnel Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987) as Restaurant Manager London's Burning (1988-1989, 1994, TV Series) as Leslie 'Charisma' Appleby Tank Malling (1989) as Car Park Attendant Chicago Joe and the Showgirl (1990) as John Wilkins Lovejoy (1992, TV Series) as Toni The Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1991, TV Series) as John Hood Much Ado About Nothing (1993) as Borachio A Touch of Frost (1994, TV Series) as Ray Butler Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994) as Claude Immortal Beloved (1994) as Nikolaus Johann van Beethoven In the Bleak Midwinter (1995) as Carnforth Greville (Rosencrantz, Guildenstern, Horatio, and Barnardo) Different for Girls (1995) as Sergeant Harry Les Misérables (1998) as Digne Gendarme Wycliffe (1998, TV Series) as DS Chaplin Harbour Lights as Tony Simpson Hot Money (2001, TV Movie) as Don Watmore The Last Great Wilderness (2002) as Contract killer Nicholas Nickleby (2002) as Ned Cheeryble Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (2002) as Utterson Bright Young Things (2003) as Race Official My Family (2004, TV Series) as Mr. Addiss Agatha Christie's Marple (2004, Episode: A Murder Is Announced) as Detective Sergeant Fletcher Imagine Me & You (2005) as Trevor Oliver Twist (2005) as Farmer Doc Martin (2005, TV Series) as Eddie Rix As You Like It (2006) as Denis Dalziel and Pascoe episode "Guardian Angel" as Jim Webster Doctor Who (2007, Episodes: "Human Nature" and "The Family of Blood") as Mr Clark / Father of Mine Kingdom (2007-2009, TV Series) as DC Yelland Lark Rise to Candleford (2008, TV Series) as Mr Paxton The Bank Job (2008) as Det. Sgt. Roy Given Lewis (2010) as DC Hooper Appropriate Adult (2011, TV Mini-Series) as Howard Ogden My Week with Marilyn (2011) as Trevor DCI Banks (2011) as Les Holt Gambit (2012) as Mr. Knowles WPC 56 (2013) as Desk Sergeant Peter Pratt Midsomer Murders (2014, TV Series) as Ewan Evans Walter (2014, TV Movie) as D.S. Geoffrey Pollard Da Vinci's Demons (2014-2015, TV Series) as Rodrigo Detectorists (2014-2017, 2022, TV Series) as Terry Seymour Cinderella (2015) as Lord Veneering Beauty and the Beast (2017) as Monsieur Jean Potts Murder on the Orient Express (2017) as Aynesworth All Is True (2018) as Ben Jonson Artemis Fowl (2020) as Doctor Po Belfast (2021) as Mackie Allelujah (2022) as Mr. Earnshaw Death in Paradise (2025)
Stage appearances (incomplete list) Jerusalem (2009 and 2022) as Wesley The Vote (2015) as Alan The Ferryman (2017) as Father Horrigan The Nativity at the National Theatre. Firewing (2026) at the Hampstead Theatre.
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