Gerard Murphy
Born: 1948-10-14 in Newry, Co. Down, Northern Ireland, UK
Died: 2013-08-26
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2014
2009
- Pumpgirl as Shawshank
- Shades of Grey as Narrator
2005
- Batman Begins as Judge Faden
2003
- The Afternoon Play as Clarence Mitchell
2002
- Spooks as Boris Gulyanov
2001
- Waking the Dead as James Alcock
1999
- The Scarlet Pimpernel as Planchet
1998
- Vanity Fair as Lord Steyne
1997
- Trial & Retribution
- McCallum
- This Is the Sea as (voice)
1996
1995
- Waterworld as Nord
- Father Ted as Pilot
- Tattoo as Unnamed
1992
- Heartbeat as Billy Trotter
1988
1986
- Theban Plays: Oedipus the King as Messenger
1985
- Sacred Hearts as Father Larkin
- Charters and Caldicott as Insp. Snow
1984
1980
- Shaping Up as Colum
- The Best of Friends as George
- Facing The Sun as Gilberto
1979
- Minder as Kevin O'Hara
- My Son, My Son
1977
- Catchpenny Twist as Roy Fletcher
1970
1963
- Doctor Who as Richard Maynarde