Gerard "Gerry" Stembridge (born 1958, County Limerick, Ireland) is an Irish writer, director and actor.^[1] He was educated at CBS Sexton Street in Limerick and later at Castleknock College. While attending University College Dublin, he was auditor of the Literary and Historical Society.^[2] He taught English and drama at Mount Temple Comprehensive School in Clontarf.

Radio

He reached significant prominence in Ireland when he co-created the satirical comedy radio programme Scrap Saturday with Dermot Morgan.^[1] It became one of the most popular programmes on RTÉ Radio.

Film career

Stembridge wrote the screenplay for Ordinary Decent Criminal (which starred Kevin Spacey and Linda Fiorentino). He co-wrote Nora, a film about James Joyce and Nora Barnacle which starred Ewan McGregor and Susan Lynch. He has directed such films as Guiltrip, Black Day at Black Rock, Alarm and About Adam.^[1]

Playwright

A selection of his plays include

• 1992
• Betrayals
• Ceaucescu's Ear (Teatru Míc in Bucharest)
• Daniel's Hands (City Arts Centre, Dublin)
• Denis and Rose (Civic Theatre, Dublin)
• The Gay Detective (Project Arts Centre, Dublin)
• Love Child
• Melting Penguins
• That Was Then (Abbey Theatre, Dublin).
• The Leaving

Novels

Stembridge's latest novel The Effect of Her was published in 2013. He is also the author of three earlier novels: Unspoken (Old Street Press), Counting Down^[3] and According to Luke^[4] (both Penguin Ireland).