Gerard Murphy
Known For
Acting
Born
1948-10-14 in Newry, Co. Down, Northern Ireland, UK
Died
2013-08-26
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.
Most Known For
Doctor Who
as Richard Maynarde
Minder
as Kevin O'Hara
Play for Today
Heartbeat
as Billy Trotter
Spooks
as Boris Gulyanov
Batman Begins
as Judge Faden
Waking the Dead
as James Alcock
The Bill
Trial & Retribution
Dalziel & Pascoe
Z-Cars
Waterworld
as Nord
Father Ted
as Pilot
The Afternoon Play
as Clarence Mitchell
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
as Messenger
Vanity Fair
as Lord Steyne
McCallum
Sacred Hearts
as Father Larkin
The Scarlet Pimpernel
as Planchet
Shaping Up
as Colum