Gerard Murphy

Born: 1948-10-14

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.


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as Judge Faden
Released: 2005-06-10

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

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Waterworld

as Nord
Released: 1995-07-28

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

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Sacred Hearts

as Father Larkin
Released: 1985-11-01

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

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This Is the Sea

as (voice)
Released: 1997-09-15

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

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Stray

as Old Man
Released: 2018-07-22

In a cold and remote landscape, two strangers struggle to repair their broken pasts. A young man...

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Catchpenny Twist

as Roy Fletcher
Released: 1977-12-05

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

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Pumpgirl

as Shawshank
Released: 2009-04-02

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

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Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

as Messenger
Released: 1986-09-16

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

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Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis

as Richard
Released: 1988-12-07

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

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Facing The Sun

as Gilberto
Released: 1980-08-12

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

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Commission

as uncredited
Released: 1994-01-01

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Lake

as uncredited
Released: 2014-05-02

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

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Doctor Who

as Richard Maynarde
First aired: 1963-11-23

The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores...

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Minder

as Kevin O'Hara
First aired: 1979-10-29

This comedy drama series featured Terry McCann, a former boxer with a conviction for G.B.H., and...

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Play for Today

as uncredited
First aired: 1970-10-15

Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and...

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Waking the Dead

as James Alcock
First aired: 2001-06-18

A detective team apply new techniques to old crimes as they solve cold cases.

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Trial & Retribution

as uncredited
First aired: 1997-10-19

Trial & Retribution is a feature-length ITV police procedural television drama series that began...

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Heartbeat

as Billy Trotter
First aired: 1992-04-10

Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly...

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Dalziel & Pascoe

as uncredited
First aired: 1996-03-16

British crime drama based on the "Dalziel and Pascoe" series of books by Reginald Hill, set in...

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Spooks

as Boris Gulyanov
First aired: 2002-05-13

Tense drama series about the different challenges faced by the British Security Service as they...

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Father Ted

as Pilot
First aired: 1995-04-21

A crazy comedy about three rather strange parish priests exiled to Craggy Island, a remote...

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Vanity Fair

as uncredited
First aired: 1998-11-01

Becky Sharp is a beautiful, clever and poor girl determined to earn a higher place in society at...

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Z-Cars

as uncredited
First aired: 1962-01-02

Z-Cars or Z Cars is a British television drama series centred on the work of mobile uniformed...

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The Scarlet Pimpernel

as Planchet
First aired: 1999-01-24

A series of television drama programmes loosely based on Baroness Emmuska Orczy's series of...

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The Bill

as uncredited
First aired: 1984-10-16

The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the...

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Charters and Caldicott

as Insp. Snow
First aired: 1985-01-10

Charters and Caldicott is a 1985 BBC mystery series featuring the characters Charters and...

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McCallum

as uncredited
First aired: 1997-01-13

McCallum is a British television series that was produced by STV Productions. Dr Iain McCallum...

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McCallum

as DI Bracken
First aired: 1997-01-13

McCallum is a British television series that was produced by STV Productions. Dr Iain McCallum...

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