Gerard Murphy

Gerard Murphy

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.

  • Popularity : 1.427
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1948-10-14
  • Place of Birth : Newry, Co. Down, Northern Ireland, UK
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Gerard Murphy Movies

  • 2005
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    Batman Begins
    Batman Begins

    7.7 2005 HD

    Driven by tragedy, billionaire Bruce Wayne dedicates his life to uncovering and defeating the corruption that plagues his home, Gotham City. Unable...

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  • 1997
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    This Is the Sea
    This Is the Sea

    5.7 1997 HD

    The film is set in Northern Ireland shortly after 1994 cease-fire. Hazel is a Protestant and Malachy a Catholic. Romance between them is threatened...

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  • 2014
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    Lake
    Lake

    1 2014 HD

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

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  • 1995
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    Waterworld
    Waterworld

    6.2 1995 HD

    In a futuristic world where the polar ice caps have melted and made Earth a liquid planet, a beautiful barmaid rescues a mutant seafarer from a...

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  • 1994
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    Commission
    Commission

    1 1994 HD

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  • 2009
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    Pumpgirl
    Pumpgirl

    5 2009 HD

    The dark story of three people who become playthings of the devil: a man, Shawshank, human enough but with a glee for spoiling people’s lives....

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  • 1988
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    Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis
    Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis

    7.2 1988 HD

    The arrival of a mysterious comet heralds impending danger from enemies both old and new. As Ace helps the Doctor defend Earth, she is confronted...

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  • 1985
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    Sacred Hearts
    Sacred Hearts

    4 1985 HD

    A tough nun (Anna Massey) demands belief and obedience from convent schoolgirls (Katrin Cartlidge, Oona Kirsch) in World War II England.

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  • 2018
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    Stray
    Stray

    3.8 2018 HD

    In a cold and remote landscape, two strangers struggle to repair their broken pasts. A young man is on parole after serving time for attempting to...

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  • 1986
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    Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
    Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

    2 1986 HD

    Plagues are ravaging Thebes, and the blind fortune-teller Tieresias tells Oedipus, the King, that the gods are unhappy. The murder of the former king...

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  • 1980
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    Facing The Sun
    Facing The Sun

    1 1980 HD

    Winsome art critic Peter visits married artists Gilberto and Vera in Brazil for Christmas. Gilberto and Peter are more than friends though, and...

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  • 1977
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    Catchpenny Twist
    Catchpenny Twist

    1 1977 HD

    Roy and Martyn want to write the next Irish winner for the Eurovision Song Contest. So who thinks they are working for British Army Intelligence? And...

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  • 1980
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    The Best of Friends
    The Best of Friends

    1 1980 HD

    What is friendship? Why do two grown men behave like egomaniac children or flustered prima donnas? And when they meet unexpectedly after ten years,...

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  • 1980
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    Shaping Up
    Shaping Up

    1 1980 HD

    Chrissie and Colum are to be married tomorrow. Happy? ' I feel sick', says Colum. ' I feel sick', says Chrissie-but there could be another reason for...

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  • 1999
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    The Scarlet Pimpernel
    The Scarlet Pimpernel

    7.2 1999 HD

    A series of television drama programmes loosely based on Baroness Emmuska Orczy's series of novels, set in 1793 during the French Revolution. It...

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  • 1997
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    McCallum
    McCallum

    7.3 1997 HD

    McCallum is a British television series that was produced by STV Productions. Dr Iain McCallum was the original lead character, played by John...

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  • 1995
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    Father Ted
    Father Ted

    8.11 1995 HD

    A crazy comedy about three rather strange parish priests exiled to Craggy Island, a remote island off the Irish west coast.

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  • 1963
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    Doctor Who
    Doctor Who

    7.864 1963 HD

    The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling...

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  • 1984
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    The Bill
    The Bill

    6.6 1984 HD

    The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the streets of London. From bomb threats to armed robbery and...

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  • 1962
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    Z-Cars
    Z-Cars

    7 1962 HD

    Z-Cars or Z Cars is a British television drama series centred on the work of mobile uniformed police in the fictional town of Newtown, based on...

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  • 1992
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    Heartbeat
    Heartbeat

    7 1992 HD

    Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines.

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  • 1996
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    Dalziel & Pascoe
    Dalziel & Pascoe

    6.3 1996 HD

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

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  • 1979
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    Minder
    Minder

    6.7 1979 HD

    This comedy drama series featured Terry McCann, a former boxer with a conviction for G.B.H., and Arthur Daley, a second-hand car dealer with an eye...

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  • 2001
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    Waking the Dead
    Waking the Dead

    7.2 2001 HD

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

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  • 1997
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    Trial & Retribution
    Trial & Retribution

    6.2 1997 HD

    Trial & Retribution is a feature-length ITV police procedural television drama series that began in 1997. It was devised and written by Lynda La...

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  • 1970
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    Play for Today
    Play for Today

    5.9 1970 HD

    Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more...

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  • 2003
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    The Afternoon Play
    The Afternoon Play

    1 2003 HD

    The Afternoon Play is a series of individual plays which sometimes appear on BBC One during weekday afternoons. The first series began on 27 January...

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  • 1979
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    My Son, My Son
    My Son, My Son

    5 1979 HD

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  • 1985
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    Charters and Caldicott
    Charters and Caldicott

    6 1985 HD

    Charters and Caldicott is a 1985 BBC mystery series featuring the characters Charters and Caldicott from the film The Lady Vanishes. It featured six...

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  • 1997
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    McCallum
    McCallum

    7.3 1997 HD

    McCallum is a British television series that was produced by STV Productions. Dr Iain McCallum was the original lead character, played by John...

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  • 1998
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    Vanity Fair
    Vanity Fair

    7.8 1998 HD

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

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  • 2002
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    Spooks
    Spooks

    7.6 2002 HD

    Tense drama series about the different challenges faced by the British Security Service as they work against the clock to safeguard the nation. The...

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