Gerard Murphy
Known For
Acting
Born
October 14, 1948
Place of Birth
Newry, Co. Down, Northern Ireland, UK
Died
August 26, 2013

Gerard Murphy

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.

Known For

Doctor Who
7.9

Doctor Who

1963 · TV

Minder
7.2

Minder

1979 · TV

Play for Today
6.6

Play for Today

1970 · TV

Heartbeat
7.2

Heartbeat

1992 · TV

Spooks
7.7

Spooks

2002 · TV

Batman Begins
7.7

Batman Begins

2005 · Movie

Z-Cars
7.3

Z-Cars

1962 · TV

The Bill
6.8

The Bill

1984 · TV

Waking the Dead
7.2

Waking the Dead

2001 · TV

ITV Playhouse
7.0

ITV Playhouse

1967 · TV

Father Ted
8.2

Father Ted

1995 · TV

Waterworld
6.2

Waterworld

1995 · Movie

Vanity Fair
7.6

Vanity Fair

1998 · TV

The Afternoon Play
6.5

The Afternoon Play

2003 · TV

Sacred Hearts
4.8

Sacred Hearts

1985 · Movie

McCallum
7.5

McCallum

1997 · TV

The Scarlet Pimpernel
7.7

The Scarlet Pimpernel

1999 · TV

This Is the Sea
6.0

This Is the Sea

1997 · Movie

Shaping Up

Shaping Up

1980 · Movie

The Best of Friends

The Best of Friends

1980 · Movie

Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis
7.1

Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis

1988 · Movie

Facing The Sun

Facing The Sun

1980 · Movie

Charters and Caldicott
6.3

Charters and Caldicott

1985 · TV

Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
4.5

Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

1986 · Movie

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