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.
Acted in
Stray
2018
as Old Man
Lake
2014
Pumpgirl
2009
as Shawshank
Batman Begins
2005
as Judge Faden
The Afternoon Play
2003
Spooks
2002
as Boris Gulyanov
Waking the Dead
2001
as James Alcock
The Scarlet Pimpernel
1999
as Planchet
Vanity Fair
1998
as Lord Steyne
Trial & Retribution
1997
This Is the Sea
1997
as (voice)
McCallum
1997
McCallum
1997
as DI Bracken
Dalziel & Pascoe
1996
Waterworld
1995
as Nord
Father Ted
1995
as Pilot
Commission
1994
Heartbeat
1992
as Billy Trotter
Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis
1988
as Richard
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
1986
as Messenger
Sacred Hearts
1985
as Father Larkin
Charters and Caldicott
1985
as Insp. Snow
The Bill
1984
Shaping Up
1980
as Colum
Facing The Sun
1980
as Gilberto
The Best of Friends
1980
as George
Minder
1979
as Kevin O'Hara
My Son, My Son
1979
Catchpenny Twist
1977
as Roy Fletcher
Play for Today
1970
Doctor Who
1963
as Richard Maynarde
Z-Cars
1962