Gerard Murphy (Irish actor)
| Gerard Murphy | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Eamon Gerard Murphy 14 October 1948 Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland |
| Died | 26 August 2013 (aged 64) Cambridge, England |
| Cause of death | Prostate cancer |
| Education |
Abbey Christian Brothers' Grammar School Queen's University Belfast |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1972 – 2013 |
Eamon Gerard Murphy (14 October 1948 – 26 August 2013) was a Northern Irish film, television and theatre actor.
Born in 1948 in Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland, Murphy began his career on stage with the Glasgow Citizens Theatre. He branched out into television work with roles in Z-Cars, Doctor Who, Minder, Heartbeat, Father Ted, Dalziel and Pascoe and The Bill. He narrated the BBC Radio version of Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.
His film roles include the pirate and spy "The Nord" in Waterworld, and as the corrupt High Court Judge Faden in Batman Begins.
Onstage, Murphy portrayed Hector in Alan Bennett's The History Boys, a role previously played by Richard Griffiths, in a national tour co-produced by the West Yorkshire Playhouse and Theatre Royal, Bath and directed by Christopher Luscombe.
In addition, he played Salieri in a 2007 production of Amadeus directed by Nikolai Foster. Although suffering in 2012 from spinal cord compression due to prostate cancer, Murphy appeared in Glasgow Citizens Theatre's production of Krapp's Last Tape by Samuel Beckett.
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