Name
Gerard Murphy
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1948-10-14
Deathday
2013-08-26 (65 years old)
Place of Birth
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
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- 2005 Batman Begins as Judge Faden
- 1997 This Is the Sea as (voice)
- 2014 Lake
- 1995 Waterworld as Nord
- 2009 Pumpgirl as Shawshank
- 1988 Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis as Richard
- 1985 Sacred Hearts as Father Larkin
- 1986 Theban Plays: Oedipus the King as Messenger
- 1980 Facing The Sun as Gilberto
- 1977 Catchpenny Twist as Roy Fletcher
- 1980 The Best of Friends as George
- 1980 Shaping Up as Colum
- 1995 Tattoo as Unnamed
- 1988 The Making of Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis
- 2009 Shades of Grey as Narrator
- 1978 Thank You, Comrades as Sanin
- 1999 The Scarlet Pimpernel ( 6 episodes ) as Planchet
- 1997 McCallum ( 14 episodes )
- 1995 Father Ted ( 1 episode ) as Pilot
- 1963 Doctor Who ( 3 episodes ) as Richard
- 1984 The Bill ( 1 episode )
- 1962 Z-Cars ( 2 episodes )
- 1992 Heartbeat ( 1 episode ) as Billy Trotter
- 1979 Minder ( 1 episode ) as Kevin O'Hara
- 2001 Waking the Dead ( 2 episodes ) as James Alcock
- 1970 Play for Today ( 1 episode )
- 1979 My Son, My Son ( 8 episodes )
- 1985 Charters and Caldicott ( 6 episodes ) as Insp. Snow
- 2002 Spooks ( 1 episode ) as Boris Gulyanov
- 2003 The Afternoon Play ( 1 episode ) as Clarence Mitchell
- 1998 Vanity Fair ( 3 episodes ) as Lord Steyne
- 1967 ITV Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Gilberto
- 1996 Dalziel and Pascoe ( 2 episodes ) as Steven Burlow
