Gerard Murphy
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Doctor Who
Richard Maynarde
1963
Series
Play for Today
1970
Series
Minder
Kevin O'Hara
1979
Series
Heartbeat
Billy Trotter
1992
Series
Spooks
Boris Gulyanov
2002
Series
The Bill
1984
Series
Waking the Dead
James Alcock
2001
Series
Z-Cars
1962
Series
ITV Playhouse
Gilberto
1967
Film
Batman Begins
Judge Faden
2005
Film
Waterworld
Nord
1995
Series
Father Ted
Pilot
1995
Series
The Afternoon Play
Clarence Mitchell
2003
Series
Vanity Fair
Lord Steyne
1998
Series
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Planchet
1999
Series
McCallum
1997
My Son, My Son
1979
Series
Charters and Caldicott
Insp. Snow
1985
Film
This Is the Sea
(voice)
1997
Film
Sacred Hearts
Father Larkin
1985
Film
The Making of Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis
1988
Film
Shades of Grey
Narrator
2009
Film
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
Messenger
1986
Film
Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis
Richard
1988
Film
Catchpenny Twist
Roy Fletcher
1977
Film
Shaping Up
Colum
1980
Film
Facing The Sun
Gilberto
1980
Film
Pumpgirl
Shawshank
2009
Film
The Best of Friends
George
1980
Tattoo
Unnamed
1995
Film
Lake
2014