- Born
- Birth nameGerard Adams
- Height6′ 2″ (1.88 m)
- Gerry Adams was born on October 6, 1948 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. He is an actor, known for Kneecap (2024), Untitled WIPS Project and The Disappeared (2013). He has been married to Collette McArdle since 1971. They have one child.
- SpouseCollette McArdle(1971 - present) (1 child)
- Beard
- His glasses
- His voice was banned from being broadcast on television by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on October 19, 1988, as it would "deny terrorists the oxygen of publicity." This ban was later lifted by Prime Minister John Major on September 17, 1994.
- Has never admitted to belonging to the Irish Republican Army, but was interned on suspicion during the 1970s.
- He was a Member of Parliament for Belfast West from 1983-1992, and from 1997 to present.
- One of 10 surviving children in a West Belfast family.
- Attended St. Mary's Christian Brothers School in West Belfast.
- Hugging trees has a calming effect on me. I'm talking about enormous trees that will be there when we are all dead and gone. I've hugged trees in every part of this little island.
- [on imprisoned Kurdish labor leader Abdullah Ocalan] Persuading enemies that there are alternative ways to resolve long-standing differences takes patience and a willingness to engage in dialogue, but most important it requires leadership. Ocalan has demonstrated that leadership. Despite incarceration he has forged a roadmap to peace that commits the Kurdish people to democracy and freedom and tolerance. I commend him for his leadership and vision and urge the Turkish government to release him.
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