
Gerard Murphy
Known for: Acting
Born: 1948-10-14 – 2013-08-26 (aged 64)
From: Newry, Co. Down, Northern Ireland, UK
Gerard Murphy was a Northern Irish actor of film, television and theatre fame. His most famous film roles included that of The Nord in Kevin Costner's ambitious Waterworld and the corruot Judge Faden in Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins. On television, he was famous for playing Richard Maynarde in the 1988 Doctor Who 25th anniversary serial Silver Nemesis and for the role of the airplane pilot in the classic Father Ted episode Flight Into Danger from 1996. He died of prostate cancer at the age of 64 in August 2013.
Filmography (32)
MOVIELake2014
MOVIEShades of Grey2009as Narrator
MOVIE★ 5.0Pumpgirl2009as Shawshank
MOVIE★ 7.7Batman Begins2005as Judge Faden
TV★ 6.5The Afternoon Play2003as Clarence Mitchell
TV★ 7.7Spooks2002as Boris Gulyanov
TV★ 7.2Waking the Dead2001as James Alcock
TV★ 7.7The Scarlet Pimpernel1999as Planchet
TV★ 7.6Vanity Fair1998as Lord Steyne
MOVIE★ 6.0This Is the Sea1997as (voice)
TV★ 7.5McCallum1997- MOVIETattoo1995as Unnamed
MOVIE★ 6.2Waterworld1995as Nord
TV★ 8.2Father Ted1995as Pilot
TV★ 7.2Heartbeat1992as Billy Trotter
MOVIE★ 7.1Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis1988as Richard
MOVIEThe Making of Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis1988
MOVIE★ 4.5Theban Plays: Oedipus the King1986as Messenger
MOVIE★ 4.8Sacred Hearts1985as Father Larkin
TV★ 6.3Charters and Caldicott1985as Insp. Snow
TV★ 6.8The Bill1984
MOVIEShaping Up1980as Colum
MOVIEFacing The Sun1980as Gilberto
MOVIEThe Best of Friends1980as George
TV★ 7.2Minder1979as Kevin O'Hara- TV★ 5.0My Son, My Son1979
- MOVIEThank You, Comrades1978as Sanin
MOVIECatchpenny Twist1977as Roy Fletcher
TV★ 6.6Play for Today1970
TV★ 7.0ITV Playhouse1967as Gilberto
TV★ 7.9Doctor Who1963as Richard Maynarde
TV★ 7.3Z-Cars1962