Gerard Murphy (born 14 October 1955 in Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland) is an Irish film, television and theatre actor. Due to his imposing stature, he has often portrayed villains.
Gerard began his career on stage with the Glasgow Citizens Theatre. He branched out into television work with roles in Z Cars, Doctor Who, Heartbeat, Father Ted, and The Bill. He narrated the BBC Radio version of Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. Perhaps his best-known film roles are as pirate and spy "The Nord" in Waterworld, and as the corrupt High Court Judge Faden in Batman Begins.
Onstage, Murphy has 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 has played Salieri in a 2007 production of Amadeus directed by Nikolai Foster.
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Gerard Murphy is an actor.