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