Peter Gerety

Actor May 17 (age 85) Providence, Rhode Island, USA 1983–2024 (41 year career)

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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 Chang…

Known For

Film

Inside Man

Captain Coughlin

Film

Changeling

Dr. Earl W. Tarr

Film

Flight

Avington Carr

Film

War of the Worlds

Hatch Boss / Load Manager

Film

K-PAX

Sal

Film

Public Enemies

Louis Piquett

Film

A Complete Unknown

Federal Judge

Film

Get the Gringo

Embassy Guy

Filmography

Acting (86)

Movies (52)

A Complete Unknown

2024

as Federal Judge

7.1

Revelation

2024

as Joe

Boston Strangler

as Eddie Corsetti

Working Man

as Allery Parkes

Change in the Air

as Arnie Bayberry

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

as Paul Lurz

A Most Violent Year

as Bill O'Leary

Cymbeline

as Dr. Cornelius

God's Pocket

as McKenna

Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight

as William Brennan

Flight

as Avington Carr

Get the Gringo

as Embassy Guy

The Sea Is All I Know

2011

as Sonny

My Dog Tulip

2010

as Mr. Plum / Pugilist (voice)

Public Enemies

as Louis Piquett

Paul Blart: Mall Cop

as Chief Brooks

Play/Stop

as Dad

Changeling

as Dr. Earl W. Tarr

Stop-Loss

as Carlson

The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond

2008

as Mr. Van Hooven

5.3

Phoebe in Wonderland

2008

as Dr. Miles / Humpty Dumpty

Charlie Wilson's War

as Larry Liddle

Inside Man

as Captain Coughlin

Things That Hang from Trees

2006

as Ump

3.9

War of the Worlds

2005

as Hatch Boss / Load Manager

6.5

Syriana

2005

as Leland "Lee" Janus

Runaway

as Mo

Second Best

as Marshall

Looking for Kitty

as Gus Maplethorpe

Virgin

as Mr. Reynolds

Ash Wednesday

as Uncle Handy

Hollywood Ending

as Psychiatrist

People I Know

as Norris Volpe

K-PAX

as Sal

The Curse of the Jade Scorpion

2001

as Ned

6.6

The Legend of Bagger Vance

as Neskaloosa

Homicide: The Movie

as Stuart Gharty

Montana

as Mike

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

as Maurice

Arresting Gena

as Mr. Patterson

Surviving Picasso

as Marcel

Mrs. Winterbourne

as Father Brian

Cagney & Lacey: The Return

as Sgt. Matt Nelson

Wolf

as George

Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss

as Gertz

The Tender Age

as Officer Burke

A Case of Deadly Force

1986

as Bobby Doyle

Papa Was a Preacher

1986

as Billy Kilgore

1.0

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

as Archie

First Affair

as Taxi Driver

The Demon Murder Case

1983

as Officer Andrew Brooks

5.9

Handle With Care

Television (34)

Citadel

2023

as Secretary McCullough

6.8

Prodigal Son

2019

as Archbishop Argento

8.1

The Good Fight

2017

as Judge Timothy Stanek

7.5

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

2017

as Clifford

8.0

Mercy Street

2016

as Dr. Alfred Summers

Marvel's Daredevil

as Silke

Sneaky Pete

as Otto Bernhardt

Madam Secretary

as Caleb Lockwood

Elementary

as Frank Da Silva

Prime Suspect

as Desmond Timoney

Blue Bloods

as Bishop Donovan

The Good Wife

as Judge Timothy Stanek

Mercy

as Jimmy Flanagan

Life on Mars

as Agent Frank Morgan

Brothers and Sisters

as Dennis York

Conviction

as Father McMillan

Kidnapped

The Bedford Diaries

as Harold Harper

Law & Order: Trial by Jury

as Dean Connors

The Jury

The Wire

as Judge Daniel Phelan

8.6

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

as George Hawkins

The Job

as Dick Knight

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Peter Harrison

Third Watch

as Bernie Peterson

Remember WENN

as Chet Randolph

Public Morals

as Neil Fogerty

Central Park West

Homicide: Life on the Street

1993

as Stuart Gharty

8.1

Homicide: Life on the Street

1993

as Stuart Gharty

8.1

Return to Lonesome Dove

1993

as Cowboy

6.9

Law & Order

1990

as Defense Attorney Charles Powell

7.3

American Experience

1988

as Robert Bartlett

6.6