Acting · Newry, Co. Down, Northern Ireland, UK · Born October 14, 1948
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.
MovieLake
2014
MovieShades of Grey
2009
as Narrator
MoviePumpgirl
2009
as Shawshank
MovieBatman Begins
2005
as Judge Faden
TVThe Afternoon Play
2003
as Clarence Mitchell
TVSpooks
2002
as Boris Gulyanov
TVWaking the Dead
2001
as James Alcock
TVThe Scarlet Pimpernel
1999
as Planchet
TVVanity Fair
1998
as Lord Steyne
MovieThis Is the Sea
1997
as (voice)
TVMcCallum
1997
Tattoo
1995
as Unnamed
MovieWaterworld
1995
as Nord
TVFather Ted
1995
as Pilot
TVHeartbeat
1992
as Billy Trotter
MovieDoctor Who: Silver Nemesis
1988
as Richard
MovieThe Making of Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis
1988
MovieTheban Plays: Oedipus the King
1986
as Messenger
MovieSacred Hearts
1985
as Father Larkin
TVCharters and Caldicott
1985
as Insp. Snow
TVThe Bill
1984
MovieShaping Up
1980
as Colum
MovieFacing The Sun
1980
as Gilberto
MovieThe Best of Friends
1980
as George
TVMinder
1979
as Kevin O'Hara
My Son, My Son
1979
Thank You, Comrades
1978
as Sanin
MovieCatchpenny Twist
1977
as Roy Fletcher
TVPlay for Today
1970
TVITV Playhouse
1967
as Gilberto
TVDoctor Who
1963
as Richard Maynarde
TVZ-Cars
1962
