Peter Gerety
Acting
Born May 17, 1940, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
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.
Filmography
- 2026Pizza Movie — Grandpa
- 2024A Complete Unknown — Federal Judge
- 2024Revelation — Joe
- 2023Boston Strangler — Eddie Corsetti
- Citadel — Secretary McCullough
- Prodigal Son — Archbishop Argento
- 2019Working Man — Allery Parkes
- 2018Change in the Air — Arnie Bayberry
- The Good Fight — Judge Timothy Stanek
- 2017The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks — Paul Lurz
- The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel — Clifford
- Mercy Street — Dr. Alfred Summers
- Marvel's Daredevil — Silke
- Sneaky Pete — Otto Bernhardt
- 2014A Most Violent Year — Bill O'Leary
- 2014Cymbeline — Dr. Cornelius
- 2014God's Pocket — McKenna
- Madam Secretary — Caleb Lockwood
- 2013Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight — William Brennan
- Elementary — Frank Da Silva
- 2012Flight — Avington Carr
- 2012Get the Gringo — Embassy Guy
- Prime Suspect — Desmond Timoney
- 2011The Sea Is All I Know — Sonny
- Blue Bloods — Bishop Donovan
- 2010My Dog Tulip — Mr. Plum / Pugilist (voice)
- Mercy — Jimmy Flanagan
- 2009Paul Blart: Mall Cop — Chief Brooks
- 2009Play/Stop — Dad
- 2009Public Enemies — Louis Piquett
- The Good Wife — Judge Timothy Stanek
- 2008Changeling — Dr. Earl W. Tarr
- Life on Mars — Agent Frank Morgan
- 2008Phoebe in Wonderland — Dr. Miles / Humpty Dumpty
- 2008Stop-Loss — Carlson
- 2008The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond — Mr. Van Hooven
- 2007Charlie Wilson's War — Larry Liddle
- Brothers and Sisters — Dennis York
- Conviction — Father McMillan
- 2006Inside Man — Captain Coughlin
- Kidnapped
- The Bedford Diaries — Harold Harper
- 2006Things That Hang from Trees — Ump
- Law & Order: Trial by Jury — Dean Connors
- 2005Runaway — Mo
- 2005Syriana — Leland "Lee" Janus
- 2005War of the Worlds — Hatch Boss / Load Manager
- 2004Looking for Kitty — Gus Maplethorpe
- 2004Second Best — Marshall
- The Jury
- 2003Virgin — Mr. Reynolds
- 2002Ash Wednesday — Uncle Handy
- 2002Hollywood Ending — Psychiatrist
- 2002People I Know — Norris Volpe
- The Wire — Judge Daniel Phelan
- 2001K-PAX — Sal
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent — George Hawkins
- 2001The Curse of the Jade Scorpion — Ned
- The Job
- Ed — Dick Knight
- 2000Homicide: The Movie — Stuart Gharty
- 2000The Legend of Bagger Vance — Neskaloosa
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Peter Harrison
- Third Watch — Bernie Peterson
- 1998Montana — Mike
- 1998Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... Be Back by Five — Maurice
- 1997Arresting Gena — Mr. Patterson
- 1996Mrs. Winterbourne — Father Brian
- Public Morals — Neil Fogerty
- Remember WENN — Chet Randolph
- 1996Surviving Picasso — Marcel
- Central Park West
- 1994Cagney & Lacey: The Return — Sgt. Matt Nelson
- 1994Wolf — George
- Homicide: Life on the Street — Stuart Gharty
- Return to Lonesome Dove — Cowboy
- Law & Order — Defense Attorney Charles Powell, Defense Attorney Dean Connors
- American Experience — Robert Bartlett
- 1988Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss — Gertz
- 1986A Case of Deadly Force — Bobby Doyle
- 1986Papa Was a Preacher — Billy Kilgore
- 1986The Tender Age — Officer Burke
- 1985The Star-Crossed Romance of Josephine Cosnowski (a Tale of Gothic Love) — Archie
- 1983First Affair — Taxi Driver
- 1983The Demon Murder Case — Officer Andrew Brooks
- American Playhouse — Archie, Officer Burke, Gertz
- Handle with Care
- The Colonel