Gary was born in the U.K and commenced his vocal studies in Tasmania with Penelope Bruce in 1985. In 1989 he completed an arts degree in music at the Victorian College of the Arts studying with Brian Hansford. He has also completed young artist programs with the Victoria State Opera and The Australian Opera. For the past fifteen years Gary has worked as a freelance artist for many of the country's premier companies.

His repertoire includes:
Victoria State Opera: Don Basilio in The Barber of Seville, title role in Don Pasquale, Yakuside in Madama Butterfly, Haly in L'Italiana in Algeri, Ramphis in Aida, Nourabad in The Pearlfishers, Leporello in Don Giovanni and Roo in Summer of the Seventeenth Doll.

Opera Australia: Hobson in Peter Grimes, Nachum in Fiddler on the Roof, Duke of Verona in Romeo & Juliet, Colline in La Bohéme, Don Magnifico in La Cenerentola, Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream (Edinburgh Festival), High Priest of Dagon in Samson et Dalila, Roo in Summer of the Seventeenth Doll and Leporello in Don Giovanni.

OzOpera: Don Basilio in The Barber of Seville, Monterone in Rigoletto, Trooper O'Grady in Midnite and workshops of Tahourdin's The Tempest and Grabowsky's Love in the Age of Therapy.

The Victorian Opera: Don Alfonso in Cosi fan tutte, Gregor in Metamorphosis.

West Australian Opera: Tiger Brown in The Threepenny Opera, Major Murgatroyd in Patience and Nourabad in The Pearlfishers.

Opera Queensland: Dulcamara in The Elixir of Love, Don Magnifico in La Cenerentola. Chamber Made Opera: Eddy in Greek, Kang in Fresh Ghosts and Jinshan in The Possessed.

Melbourne City Opera: Most recently in the title role of Attila in Verdi's rarely performed opera Attila, title role in Don Giovanni, Escamillo in Carmen, Don Basilio in The Barber of Seville and the title roles in The Marriage of Figaro and Falstaff.

Melbourne Opera: Alfio in Cavalleria Rusticana.

IHOS Opera: Westinghouse in Tesla during the 10 Days on the Island Arts Festival in Tasmania.

Stopera: Mr Rochester in the Michael Berkeley/David Malouf Jane Eyreary's concert repertoire includes Handel's Saul, Solomon, Messiah and Israel in Egypt, Orff's Carmina Burana, Bruckner's Te Deum and Mass in F minor, Dvorak's Stabat Mater, Beethoven's 9th Symphony, Phillip Glass' 5th Symphony, Haydn's Harmoniemesse, Rossini's Stabat Mater and Petite Messe Sollenelle, the Requiem's of Verdi and Fauré, Vaughan-Williams' 5 Mystical Songs and Bach's St John Passion.

Gary has been nominated for Melbourne Green Room Awards for his work in Greek, The Possessed and Midnite. He also received a Helpmann Award nomination for The Possessed.