Born 1948 (age 64) · Newry, Co. Down, Northern Ireland, UK
Appears in 31 titles

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

Batman Begins
7.7
Batman Begins
2005
as Judge Faden
Waterworld
6.2
Waterworld
1995
as Nord
This Is the Sea
6.0
This Is the Sea
1997
as (voice)
Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis
7.1
Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis
1988
as Richard
Sacred Hearts
4.8
Sacred Hearts
1985
as Father Larkin
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
4.5
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
1986
as Messenger
Pumpgirl
5.0
Pumpgirl
2009
as Shawshank
Lake
Lake
2014
Facing The Sun
Facing The Sun
1980
as Gilberto
Catchpenny Twist
Catchpenny Twist
1977
as Roy Fletcher
The Best of Friends
The Best of Friends
1980
as George
Shaping Up
Shaping Up
1980
as Colum
Tattoo
1995
as Unnamed
Shades of Grey
Shades of Grey
2009
as Narrator