Known for Acting
Birthday
October 14, 1948
Place of Birth
Newry, Co. Down, Northern Ireland, UK
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.

Heartbeat

Minder

Doctor Who

Spooks

Waking the Dead

Play for Today

The Bill

Trial & Retribution

Dalziel & Pascoe

Z-Cars

Father Ted

The Afternoon Play

Vanity Fair

The Scarlet Pimpernel

McCallum
My Son, My Son

Charters and Caldicott