Gerard Monaco is a British actor who trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
[1] He has since had roles in movies including Dame Jane Campion's Bright Star[2] Jerry Bruckheimer's Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (directed by Rob Marshall), and Starter for Ten.
Monaco's theatre career includes Lindsay Posner's 2009 revival of Arthur Miller's A View From the Bridge, in which Monaco made his West End debut playing Marco, opposite Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Ken Stott and Hayley Atwell.
[3] He has appeared in a number of plays at London's National Theatre, including Steven Pimlott's final production, Tennessee Williams's The Rose Tattoo starring Zoë Wanamaker (Pimlott died in the second week of rehearsals and artistic director Nicholas Hytner took over as director).
In 2007, Monaco was nominated for the BBC New Talent New Filmmaker Award for his short film The Crusader, which he wrote and directed.