Gerard Murphy

Gerard Murphy

Birthday: 1948-10-14

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.

Movies

Batman Begins
Batman Begins

Driven by tragedy, billionaire Bruce Wayne dedicates his life to uncovering and defeating the corrup...

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This Is the Sea
This Is the Sea

The film is set in Northern Ireland shortly after 1994 cease-fire. Hazel is a Protestant and Malachy...

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Lake
Lake

Isolated in the wilderness, a man deals with the loss of his wife....

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Waterworld
Waterworld

In a futuristic world where the polar ice caps have melted and made Earth a liquid planet, a beautif...

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Pumpgirl
Pumpgirl

The dark story of three people who become playthings of the devil: a man, Shawshank, human enough bu...

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Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis
Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis

The arrival of a mysterious comet heralds impending danger from enemies both old and new. As Ace hel...

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Sacred Hearts
Sacred Hearts

A tough nun (Anna Massey) demands belief and obedience from convent schoolgirls (Katrin Cartlidge, O...

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Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

Plagues are ravaging Thebes, and the blind fortune-teller Tieresias tells Oedipus, the King, that th...

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Facing The Sun
Facing The Sun

Winsome art critic Peter visits married artists Gilberto and Vera in Brazil for Christmas. Gilberto ...

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Catchpenny Twist
Catchpenny Twist

Roy and Martyn want to write the next Irish winner for the Eurovision Song Contest. So who thinks th...

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The Best of Friends
The Best of Friends

What is friendship? Why do two grown men behave like egomaniac children or flustered prima donnas? A...

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Shaping Up
Shaping Up

Chrissie and Colum are to be married tomorrow. Happy? ' I feel sick', says Colum. ' I feel sick', sa...

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Tattoo
Tattoo

Music video directed by Adam Curtis, featuring Gerard Murphy. Taken from the Gang of Four 1995 album...

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The Making of Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis
The Making of Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis

In a special documentary made for public television in the United States, Eric Luskin goes behind th...

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Shades of Grey
Shades of Grey

The War Games saw the end of black-and-white Doctor Who. This documentary examines the artistic limi...

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