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Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

33

Gender

Male

Birthday

1948-10-14

Day of Death

2013-08-26 (65 years old)

Place of Birth

Newry, Co. Down, Northern Ireland, UK

Also Known As

Jerry Murphy

Gerry Murphy

Gerard Murphy

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.

Known For

Acting

Batman Begins

2005

Batman Begins

as

Judge Faden

This Is the Sea

1997

This Is the Sea

as

(voice)

Lake

2014

Lake

as

Waterworld

1995

Waterworld

as

Nord

Pumpgirl

2009

Pumpgirl

as

Shawshank

Sacred Hearts

1985

Sacred Hearts

as

Father Larkin

Stray

2018

Stray

as

Old Man

Facing The Sun

1980

Facing The Sun

as

Gilberto

Catchpenny Twist

1977

Catchpenny Twist

as

Roy Fletcher

Shaping Up

1980

Shaping Up

as

Colum

Tattoo

1995

Tattoo

as

Unnamed

Father Ted

Father Ted

as

Pilot

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

as

Richard Maynarde

Heartbeat

Heartbeat

as

Billy Trotter

Minder

Minder

as

Kevin O'Hara

Waking the Dead

Waking the Dead

as

James Alcock

McCallum

McCallum

as

DI Bracken

Vanity Fair

Vanity Fair

as

Lord Steyne

Spooks

Spooks

as

Boris Gulyanov

Production

Crew

Directing