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