Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
May 17, 1940
Place of Birth:
Providence, Rhode Island, USA
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Peter Gerety
Biography
Peter Gerety (born May 17, 1940) is an American actor. On television, he played officer, later detective, Stuart Gharty on Homicide: Life on the Street (1996–1999), Judge Daniel Phelan in The Wire (2002–2008), and Otto Bernhardt in Sneaky Pete (2015–2019).
In film, Gerety has appeared in notable films such as K-Pax, People I Know, The Curse of the Jade Scorpion, Hollywood Ending, Wolf, Charlie Wilson's War, Surviving Picasso, War of the Worlds, Things That Hang from Trees, Inside Man, and Changeling. He is also an accomplished stage actor, appearing in numerous plays on and off-Broadway.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Revelation | Joe |
| 2024 | A Complete Unknown | Federal Judge |
| 2023 | Boston Strangler | Eddie Corsetti |
| 2019 | Working Man | Allery Parkes |
| 2018 | Change in the Air | Arnie Bayberry |
| 2014 | God's Pocket | McKenna |
| 2014 | A Most Violent Year | Bill O'Leary |
| 2014 | Cymbeline | Dr. Cornelius |
| 2013 | Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight | William Brennan |
| 2012 | Get the Gringo | Embassy Guy |
| 2012 | Flight | Avington Carr |
| 2011 | The Sea Is All I Know | Sonny |
| 2010 | My Dog Tulip | Mr. Plum / Pugilist (voice) |
| 2009 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | Chief Brooks |
| 2009 | Play/Stop | Dad |
| 2009 | Public Enemies | Louis Piquett |
| 2008 | The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond | Mr. Van Hooven |
| 2008 | Changeling | Dr. Earl W. Tarr |
| 2008 | Stop-Loss | Carlson |
| 2008 | Phoebe in Wonderland | Dr. Miles / Humpty Dumpty |
| 2007 | Charlie Wilson's War | Larry Liddle |
| 2006 | Inside Man | Captain Coughlin |
| 2006 | Things That Hang from Trees | Ump |
| 2005 | Syriana | Leland "Lee" Janus |
| 2005 | Runaway | Mo |
| 2005 | War of the Worlds | Hatch Boss / Load Manager |
| 2004 | Second Best | Marshall |
| 2004 | Looking for Kitty | Gus Maplethorpe |
| 2003 | Virgin | Mr. Reynolds |
| 2002 | Hollywood Ending | Psychiatrist |
| 2002 | People I Know | Norris Volpe |
| 2002 | Ash Wednesday | Uncle Handy |
| 2001 | K-PAX | Sal |
| 2001 | The Curse of the Jade Scorpion | Ned |
| 2000 | Homicide: The Movie | Stuart Gharty |
| 2000 | The Legend of Bagger Vance | Neskaloosa |
| 1998 | Montana | Mike |
| 1998 | Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... Be Back by Five | Maurice |
| 1997 | Arresting Gena | Mr. Patterson |
| 1996 | Mrs. Winterbourne | Father Brian |
| 1996 | Surviving Picasso | Marcel |
| 1994 | Wolf | George |
| 1994 | Cagney & Lacey: The Return | Sgt. Matt Nelson |
| 1988 | Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss | Gertz |
| 1986 | Papa Was a Preacher | Billy Kilgore |
| 1986 | The Tender Age | Officer Burke |
| 1986 | A Case of Deadly Force | Bobby Doyle |
| 1985 | The Star-Crossed Romance of Josephine Cosnowski (a Tale of Gothic Love) | Archie |
| 1983 | The Demon Murder Case | Officer Andrew Brooks |
| 1983 | First Affair | Taxi Driver |
| Handle With Care |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Citadel | Secretary McCullough |
| 2019 | Prodigal Son | Archbishop Argento |
| 2017 | The Good Fight | Judge Timothy Stanek |
| 2017 | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | Clifford |
| 2016 | Mercy Street | Dr. Alfred Summers |
| 2015 | Marvel's Daredevil | Silke |
| 2015 | Sneaky Pete | Otto Bernhardt |
| 2014 | Madam Secretary | Caleb Lockwood |
| 2012 | Elementary | Frank Da Silva |
| 2011 | Prime Suspect | Desmond Timoney |
| 2010 | Blue Bloods | Bishop Donovan |
| 2009 | Mercy | Jimmy Flanagan |
| 2009 | The Good Wife | Judge Timothy Stanek |
| 2008 | Life on Mars | Agent Frank Morgan |
| 2006 | Brothers and Sisters | Dennis York |
| 2006 | Kidnapped | |
| 2006 | The Bedford Diaries | Harold Harper |
| 2006 | Conviction | Father McMillan |
| 2005 | Law & Order: Trial by Jury | Dean Connors |
| 2004 | The Jury | |
| 2002 | The Wire | Judge Daniel Phelan |
| 2001 | The Job | |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | George Hawkins |
| 2000 | Ed | Dick Knight |
| 1999 | Third Watch | Bernie Peterson |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Peter Harrison |
| 1996 | Public Morals | Neil Fogerty |
| 1996 | Remember WENN | Chet Randolph |
| 1995 | Central Park West | |
| 1993 | Return to Lonesome Dove | Cowboy |
| 1993 | Homicide: Life on the Street | |
| 1993 | Homicide: Life on the Street | Stuart Gharty |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Defense Attorney Charles Powell |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Defense Attorney Dean Connors |
| 1988 | American Experience | Robert Bartlett |