Peter Gerety

Peter Gerety

Known for
Acting
Born
May 17, 1940 (age 86)
Birthplace
Providence, Rhode Island, USA

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.

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Filmography

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Handle with Care poster

Handle with Care

Movie

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The Colonel

The Colonel

Movie

2026
Pizza Movie poster

Pizza Movie

Movie · as Grandpa

2024
Revelation

Revelation

Movie · as Joe

2024
A Complete Unknown poster

A Complete Unknown

Movie · as Federal Judge

2023
Boston Strangler poster

Boston Strangler

Movie · as Eddie Corsetti

2023
Citadel poster

Citadel

TV · as Secretary McCullough · 1 ep

2019
Working Man poster

Working Man

Movie · as Allery Parkes

2019
Prodigal Son poster

Prodigal Son

TV · as Archbishop Argento · 1 ep

2018
Change in the Air poster

Change in the Air

Movie · as Arnie Bayberry

2017
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks poster

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Movie · as Paul Lurz

2017
The Good Fight poster

The Good Fight

TV · as Judge Timothy Stanek · 2 eps

2017
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel poster

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

TV · as Clifford · 1 ep

2016
Mercy Street poster

Mercy Street

TV · as Dr. Alfred Summers · 12 eps

2015
Marvel's Daredevil poster

Marvel's Daredevil

TV · as Silke · 1 ep

2015
Sneaky Pete poster

Sneaky Pete

TV · as Otto Bernhardt · 30 eps

2014
God's Pocket poster

God's Pocket

Movie · as McKenna

2014
A Most Violent Year poster

A Most Violent Year

Movie · as Bill O'Leary

2014
Cymbeline poster

Cymbeline

Movie · as Dr. Cornelius

2014
Madam Secretary poster

Madam Secretary

TV · as Caleb Lockwood · 1 ep

2013
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight poster

Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight

Movie · as William Brennan

2012
Get the Gringo poster

Get the Gringo

Movie · as Embassy Guy

2012
Flight poster

Flight

Movie · as Avington Carr

2012
Elementary poster

Elementary

TV · as Frank Da Silva · 2 eps

2011
The Sea Is All I Know poster

The Sea Is All I Know

Movie · as Sonny

2011
Prime Suspect poster

Prime Suspect

TV · as Desmond Timoney · 13 eps

2010
My Dog Tulip poster

My Dog Tulip

Movie · as Mr. Plum / Pugilist (voice)

2010
Blue Bloods poster

Blue Bloods

TV · as Bishop Donovan · 2 eps

2009
Paul Blart: Mall Cop poster

Paul Blart: Mall Cop

Movie · as Chief Brooks

2009
Play/Stop

Play/Stop

Movie · as Dad

2009
Public Enemies poster

Public Enemies

Movie · as Louis Piquett

2009
Mercy poster

Mercy

TV · as Jimmy Flanagan · 6 eps

2009
The Good Wife poster

The Good Wife

TV · as Judge Timothy Stanek · 3 eps

2008
The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond poster

The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond

Movie · as Mr. Van Hooven

2008
Changeling poster

Changeling

Movie · as Dr. Earl W. Tarr

2008
Stop-Loss poster

Stop-Loss

Movie · as Carlson

2008
Phoebe in Wonderland poster

Phoebe in Wonderland

Movie · as Dr. Miles / Humpty Dumpty

2008
Life on Mars poster

Life on Mars

TV · as Agent Frank Morgan · 2 eps

2007
Charlie Wilson's War poster

Charlie Wilson's War

Movie · as Larry Liddle

2006
Inside Man poster

Inside Man

Movie · as Captain Coughlin

2006
Things That Hang from Trees poster

Things That Hang from Trees

Movie · as Ump

2006
Brothers and Sisters poster

Brothers and Sisters

TV · as Dennis York · 11 eps

2006
Kidnapped poster

Kidnapped

TV · 1 ep

2006
The Bedford Diaries poster

The Bedford Diaries

TV · as Harold Harper · 8 eps

2006
Conviction poster

Conviction

TV · as Father McMillan · 2 eps

2005
Syriana poster

Syriana

Movie · as Leland "Lee" Janus

2005
Runaway poster

Runaway

Movie · as Mo

2005
War of the Worlds poster

War of the Worlds

Movie · as Hatch Boss / Load Manager

2005
Law & Order: Trial by Jury poster

Law & Order: Trial by Jury

TV · as Dean Connors · 1 ep

2004
Second Best poster

Second Best

Movie · as Marshall

2004
Looking for Kitty poster

Looking for Kitty

Movie · as Gus Maplethorpe

2004
The Jury poster

The Jury

TV · 1 ep

2003
Virgin poster

Virgin

Movie · as Mr. Reynolds

2002
Hollywood Ending poster

Hollywood Ending

Movie · as Psychiatrist

2002
People I Know poster

People I Know

Movie · as Norris Volpe

2002
Ash Wednesday poster

Ash Wednesday

Movie · as Uncle Handy

2002
The Wire poster

The Wire

TV · as Judge Daniel Phelan · 14 eps

2001
K-PAX poster

K-PAX

Movie · as Sal

2001
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion poster

The Curse of the Jade Scorpion

Movie · as Ned

2001
The Job poster

The Job

TV · 1 ep

2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent poster

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

TV · as George Hawkins · 1 ep

2000
Homicide: The Movie poster

Homicide: The Movie

Movie · as Stuart Gharty

2000
The Legend of Bagger Vance poster

The Legend of Bagger Vance

Movie · as Neskaloosa

2000
Ed poster

Ed

TV · as Dick Knight · 2 eps

1999
Third Watch poster

Third Watch

TV · as Bernie Peterson · 1 ep

1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

TV · as Peter Harrison · 4 eps

1998
Montana poster

Montana

Movie · as Mike

1998
Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... Be Back by Five poster

Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... Be Back by Five

Movie · as Maurice

1997
Arresting Gena poster

Arresting Gena

Movie · as Mr. Patterson

1996
Mrs. Winterbourne poster

Mrs. Winterbourne

Movie · as Father Brian

1996
Surviving Picasso poster

Surviving Picasso

Movie · as Marcel

1996
Public Morals poster

Public Morals

TV · as Neil Fogerty · 13 eps

1996
Remember WENN poster

Remember WENN

TV · as Chet Randolph · 1 ep

1995
Central Park West poster

Central Park West

TV · 5 eps

1994
Wolf poster

Wolf

Movie · as George

1994
Cagney & Lacey: The Return poster

Cagney & Lacey: The Return

Movie · as Sgt. Matt Nelson

1993
Return to Lonesome Dove poster

Return to Lonesome Dove

TV · as Cowboy · 4 eps

1993
Homicide: Life on the Street poster

Homicide: Life on the Street

TV · as Stuart Gharty · 48 eps

1990
Law & Order poster

Law & Order

TV · as Defense Attorney Charles Powell, Defense Attorney Dean Connors · 2 eps

1988
Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss poster

Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss

Movie · as Gertz

1988
American Experience poster

American Experience

TV · as Robert Bartlett · 1 ep

1986
Papa Was a Preacher poster

Papa Was a Preacher

Movie · as Billy Kilgore

1986
The Tender Age poster

The Tender Age

Movie · as Officer Burke

1986
A Case of Deadly Force poster

A Case of Deadly Force

Movie · as Bobby Doyle

1985
The Star-Crossed Romance of Josephine Cosnowski (a Tale of Gothic Love) poster

The Star-Crossed Romance of Josephine Cosnowski (a Tale of Gothic Love)

Movie · as Archie

1983
The Demon Murder Case poster

The Demon Murder Case

Movie · as Officer Andrew Brooks

1983
First Affair poster

First Affair

Movie · as Taxi Driver

1982
American Playhouse poster

American Playhouse

TV · as Archie, Officer Burke, Gertz · 1 ep