Gerard Murphy
Acting
Born: 1948-10-14 in Newry, Co. Down, Northern Ireland, UK
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.
Known For
Batman Begins
Judge Faden
Waterworld
Nord
Doctor Who
Richard
Father Ted
Pilot
Spooks
Boris Gulyanov
The Bill
Waking the Dead
James Alcock
Heartbeat
Billy Trotter
Minder
Kevin O'Hara
Dalziel and Pascoe
Steven Burlow
Vanity Fair
Lord Steyne
Play for Today
This Is the Sea
(voice)
Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis
Richard
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Planchet
Z-Cars
Sacred Hearts
Father Larkin
McCallum
Charters and Caldicott
Insp. Snow
ITV Playhouse
Gilberto
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
Messenger
The Afternoon Play
Clarence Mitchell
Pumpgirl
Shawshank
Lake
Facing The Sun
Gilberto
Catchpenny Twist
Roy Fletcher
The Best of Friends
George
Shaping Up
Colum
The Making of Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis
Shades of Grey
Narrator