
Peter Gerety
Acting • Born 1940-05-17
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.
Filmography
86 credits
K-PAX
Movie • 2001
Sal

Syriana
Movie • 2005
Leland "Lee" Janus

Inside Man
Movie • 2006
Captain Coughlin

Wolf
Movie • 1994
George

The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
Movie • 2001
Ned

Boston Strangler
Movie • 2023
Eddie Corsetti

Homicide: The Movie
Movie • 2000
Stuart Gharty

Mrs. Winterbourne
Movie • 1996
Father Brian

Runaway
Movie • 2005
Mo

Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Movie • 2009
Chief Brooks

Montana
Movie • 1998
Mike

Papa Was a Preacher
Movie • 1986
Billy Kilgore

Get the Gringo
Movie • 2012
Embassy Guy

My Dog Tulip
Movie • 2010
Mr. Plum / Pugilist (voice)

Second Best
Movie • 2004
Marshall

The Sea Is All I Know
Movie • 2011
Sonny

Play/Stop
Movie • 2009
Dad

Flight
Movie • 2012
Avington Carr

The Demon Murder Case
Movie • 1983
Officer Andrew Brooks

God's Pocket
Movie • 2014
McKenna

Hollywood Ending
Movie • 2002
Psychiatrist

A Most Violent Year
Movie • 2014
Bill O'Leary

The Star-Crossed Romance of Josephine Cosnowski (a Tale of Gothic Love)
Movie • 1985
Archie

The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond
Movie • 2008
Mr. Van Hooven

The Legend of Bagger Vance
Movie • 2000
Neskaloosa

Changeling
Movie • 2008
Dr. Earl W. Tarr

Cymbeline
Movie • 2014
Dr. Cornelius

Looking for Kitty
Movie • 2004
Gus Maplethorpe

Stop-Loss
Movie • 2008
Carlson

People I Know
Movie • 2002
Norris Volpe

Virgin
Movie • 2003
Mr. Reynolds

Phoebe in Wonderland
Movie • 2008
Dr. Miles / Humpty Dumpty

Change in the Air
Movie • 2018
Arnie Bayberry

Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... Be Back by Five
Movie • 1998
Maurice

Working Man
Movie • 2019
Allery Parkes

Charlie Wilson's War
Movie • 2007
Larry Liddle

Ash Wednesday
Movie • 2002
Uncle Handy

The Tender Age
Movie • 1986
Officer Burke

Public Enemies
Movie • 2009
Louis Piquett

War of the Worlds
Movie • 2005
Hatch Boss / Load Manager

Surviving Picasso
Movie • 1996
Marcel

Cagney & Lacey: The Return
Movie • 1994
Sgt. Matt Nelson

Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
Movie • 2013
William Brennan

A Case of Deadly Force
Movie • 1986
Bobby Doyle

Things That Hang from Trees
Movie • 2006
Ump

First Affair
Movie • 1983
Taxi Driver

Revelation
Movie • 2024
Joe

Handle With Care
Movie

Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss
Movie • 1988
Gertz

A Complete Unknown
Movie • 2024
Federal Judge

Arresting Gena
Movie • 1997
Mr. Patterson

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Movie • 2017
Paul Lurz

The Job
TV • 2001

Third Watch
TV • 1999
Bernie Peterson

Brothers and Sisters
TV • 2006
Dennis York

The Wire
TV • 2002
Judge Daniel Phelan

Kidnapped
TV • 2006

The Bedford Diaries
TV • 2006
Harold Harper

Ed
TV • 2000
Dick Knight

Law & Order: Trial by Jury
TV • 2005
Dean Connors

Central Park West
TV • 1995

Return to Lonesome Dove
TV • 1993
Cowboy

Homicide: Life on the Street
TV • 1993
Stuart Gharty

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV • 2001
George Hawkins

Public Morals
TV • 1996
Neil Fogerty

The Jury
TV • 2004

Mercy
TV • 2009
Jimmy Flanagan

Citadel
TV • 2023
Secretary McCullough

Prime Suspect
TV • 2011
Desmond Timoney

Blue Bloods
TV • 2010
Bishop Donovan

Elementary
TV • 2012
Frank Da Silva

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Peter Harrison

Marvel's Daredevil
TV • 2015
Silke

Mercy Street
TV • 2016
Dr. Alfred Summers

The Good Wife
TV • 2009
Judge Timothy Stanek

The Good Fight
TV • 2017
Judge Timothy Stanek

Sneaky Pete
TV • 2015
Otto Bernhardt

Law & Order
TV • 1990
Defense Attorney Charles Powell

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
TV • 2017
Clifford

Law & Order
TV • 1990
Defense Attorney Dean Connors

Life on Mars
TV • 2008
Agent Frank Morgan

Conviction
TV • 2006
Father McMillan

Prodigal Son
TV • 2019
Archbishop Argento

American Experience
TV • 1988
Robert Bartlett

Remember WENN
TV • 1996
Chet Randolph

Madam Secretary
TV • 2014
Caleb Lockwood