Gerard Murphy
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
All Movies (16)
- Lake2014
- Shades of Grey2009 · as Narrator
- Pumpgirl2009 · as Shawshank
- Batman Begins2005 · as Judge Faden
- This Is the Sea1997 · as (voice)
- Tattoo1995 · as Unnamed
- Waterworld1995 · as Nord
- Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis1988 · as Richard
- The Making of Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis1988
- Theban Plays: Oedipus the King1986 · as Messenger
- Sacred Hearts1985 · as Father Larkin
- Shaping Up1980 · as Colum
- Facing The Sun1980 · as Gilberto
- The Best of Friends1980 · as George
- Thank You, Comrades1978 · as Sanin
- Catchpenny Twist1977 · as Roy Fletcher
All TV Shows (16)
- The Afternoon Play2003 · as Clarence Mitchell
- Spooks2002 · as Boris Gulyanov
- Waking the Dead2001 · as James Alcock
- The Scarlet Pimpernel1999 · as Planchet
- Vanity Fair1998 · as Lord Steyne
- McCallum1997
- Father Ted1995 · as Pilot
- Heartbeat1992 · as Billy Trotter
- Charters and Caldicott1985 · as Insp. Snow
- The Bill1984
- Minder1979 · as Kevin O'Hara
- My Son, My Son1979
- Play for Today1970
- ITV Playhouse1967 · as Gilberto
- Doctor Who1963 · as Richard Maynarde
- Z-Cars1962