Gerard Murphy
Birthday
1948/10/14
Day of death
2013/08/26 (64 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Newry, Co. Down, Northern Ireland, UK
Also know as
Jerry Murphy, Gerry 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.
Acting
(2005) Batman Begins
as Judge Faden
(1997) This Is the Sea
as (voice)
(2014) Lake
as ---
(1995) Waterworld
as Nord
(1994) Commission
as ---
(2009) Pumpgirl
as Shawshank
(1988) Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis
as Richard
(1985) Sacred Hearts
as Father Larkin
(2018) Stray
as Old Man
(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
(1999) The Scarlet Pimpernel
as Planchet
(1997) McCallum
as ---
(1995) Father Ted
as Pilot
(1963) Doctor Who
as Richard Maynarde
(1984) The Bill
as ---
(1962) Z-Cars
as ---
(1992) Heartbeat
as Billy Trotter
(1996) Dalziel & Pascoe
as ---
(1979) Minder
as Kevin O'Hara
(2001) Waking the Dead
as James Alcock
(1997) Trial & Retribution
as ---
(1970) Play for Today
as ---
(2003) The Afternoon Play
as ---
(1979) My Son, My Son
as ---
(1985) Charters and Caldicott
as Insp. Snow
(1997) McCallum
as DI Bracken
(1998) Vanity Fair
as Lord Steyne
(2002) Spooks
as Boris Gulyanov