---
name: "Gerard Murphy"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gerard-murphy-151943"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "14 October 1948"
died: "26 August 2013"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-19T08:35:18.807925+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Gerard Murphy

Actor. Born 14 October 1948 in Newry, Co. Down, Northern Ireland, UK. Died 26 August 2013.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 14 October 1948, Newry, Co. Down, Northern Ireland, UK
- **Died:** 26 August 2013
- **Active:** 1995–2005
- **Also known as:** Jerry Murphy, Gerry Murphy, Eamon Gerard Murphy
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 74 (3), 2000s 81 (1)
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Action 2, Drama 2, Adventure 1, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Science Fiction 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $638m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Murphy_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2132927, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0614283/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/151943

## Streaming the US now

- **Hulu:** [*Waterworld*](https://film.one/film/waterworld.md) (61)

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## Biography

Gerard Murphy was a Northern Irish actor who worked in film, television and theatre. Born Eamon Gerard Murphy on 14 October 1948 in Newry, County Down, he began his career on stage with the Glasgow Citizens Theatre and maintained a long association with the Royal Shakespeare Company as an associate artist.

His film roles include Nord in *Waterworld* (1995) and Judge Faden in *Batman Begins* (2005). On television he appeared in *Doctor Who* (as Richard Maynarde in the 1988 serial *Silver Nemesis*), *Father Ted*, *The Bill*, *Spooks* and other series. He also narrated the BBC Radio adaptation of *The Lord of the Rings*. Murphy died on 26 August 2013 in Cambridge, England.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Batman Begins* (2005), Fi1m 81, as Judge Faden — [page](https://film.one/film/batman-begins.md)
- *Vanity Fair* (1998), Fi1m 72, as Lord Steyne — [page](https://film.one/tv/vanity-fair.md)
- *Father Ted* (1995), Fi1m 89, as Pilot — [page](https://film.one/tv/father-ted.md)
- *Waterworld* (1995), Fi1m 61, as Nord — [page](https://film.one/film/waterworld.md)

## Complete filmography (33)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Lake* (2014), Actor
- *Shades of Grey* (2009), as Narrator
- *Pumpgirl* (2009), as Shawshank
- *Batman Begins* (2005), as Judge Faden — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/batman-begins.md)
- *The Afternoon Play* (2003), series, as Clarence Mitchell
- *Spooks* (2002), series, as Boris Gulyanov — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/spooks.md)
- *Waking the Dead* (2001), series, as James Alcock
- *The Scarlet Pimpernel* (1999), series, as Planchet
- *Vanity Fair* (1998), series, as Lord Steyne — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/vanity-fair.md)
- *This Is the Sea* (1997), as (voice)
- *McCallum* (1997), series, Actor
- *Dalziel and Pascoe* (1996), series, as Steven Burlow
- *Tattoo* (1995), as Unnamed
- *Waterworld* (1995), as Nord — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/waterworld.md)
- *Father Ted* (1995), series, as Pilot — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/tv/father-ted.md)
- *Heartbeat* (1992), series, as Billy Trotter
- *Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis* (1988), as Richard
- *The Making of Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis* (1988), Actor
- *Theban Plays: Oedipus the King* (1986), as Messenger
- *Sacred Hearts* (1985), as Father Larkin
- *Charters and Caldicott* (1985), series, as Insp. Snow
- *The Bill* (1984), series, Actor
- *Shaping Up* (1980), as Colum
- *Facing The Sun* (1980), as Gilberto
- *The Best of Friends* (1980), as George
- *Minder* (1979), series, as Kevin O'Hara
- *My Son, My Son* (1979), series, Actor
- *Thank You, Comrades* (1978), as Sanin
- *Catchpenny Twist* (1977), as Roy Fletcher
- *Play for Today* (1970), series, Actor
- *ITV Playhouse* (1967), series, as Gilberto
- *Doctor Who* (1963), series, as Richard — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who.md)
- *Z-Cars* (1962), series, Actor

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