Gerard Murphy
Acting
Biography
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.
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Movies (16)
Lake2014
Shades of Grey2009Narrator
Pumpgirl2009Shawshank
Batman Begins2005Judge Faden
This Is the Sea1997(voice)- Tattoo1995Unnamed
Waterworld1995Nord
Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis1988Richard
The Making of Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis1988
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King1986Messenger
Sacred Hearts1985Father Larkin
Shaping Up1980Colum
Facing The Sun1980Gilberto- The Best of Friends1980George
- Thank You, Comrades1978Sanin
Catchpenny Twist1977Roy Fletcher
Shows (16)
The Afternoon Play2003Clarence Mitchell
Spooks2002Boris Gulyanov
Waking the Dead2001James Alcock
The Scarlet Pimpernel1999Planchet
Vanity Fair1998Lord Steyne
McCallum1997
Father Ted1995Pilot
Heartbeat1992Billy Trotter
Charters and Caldicott1985Insp. Snow
The Bill1984
Minder1979Kevin O'Hara- My Son, My Son1979
Play for Today1970
ITV Playhouse1967Gilberto
Doctor Who1963Richard Maynarde
Z-Cars1962