Portrait of Gerard Murphy

Gerard Murphy

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.

Born: October 14, 1948

Place of Birth: Newry, Co. Down, Northern Ireland, UK

Filmography

2014
2009
Shades of Grey

as Narrator

2009
Pumpgirl

as Shawshank

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
1998
Vanity Fair

as Lord Steyne

1997
This Is the Sea

as (voice)

1995
Waterworld

as Nord

1995
Father Ted

as Pilot

1992
Heartbeat

as Billy Trotter

1985
Sacred Hearts

as Father Larkin

1985
1980
Shaping Up

as Colum

1980
Facing The Sun

as Gilberto

1980
1979
Minder

as Kevin O'Hara

1977
Catchpenny Twist

as Roy Fletcher

1963
Doctor Who

as Richard Maynarde

1962