Peter Gerety
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.
Movie Appearances
K-PAX
as Sal
2001
Syriana
as Leland "Lee" Janus
2005
Inside Man
as Captain Coughlin
2006
Wolf
as George
1994
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
as Ned
2001
Boston Strangler
as Eddie Corsetti
2023
Homicide: The Movie
as Stuart Gharty
2000
Mrs. Winterbourne
as Father Brian
1996
Runaway
as Mo
2005
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
as Chief Brooks
2009
Montana
as Mike
1998
Papa Was a Preacher
as Billy Kilgore
1986
Get the Gringo
as Embassy Guy
2012
My Dog Tulip
as Mr. Plum / Pugilist (voice)
2010
Second Best
as Marshall
2004
The Sea Is All I Know
as Sonny
2011
Play/Stop
as Dad
2009
Flight
as Avington Carr
2012
The Demon Murder Case
as Officer Andrew Brooks
1983
God's Pocket
as McKenna
2014
TV Appearances
The Job
2001
Third Watch
as Bernie Peterson
1999
Brothers and Sisters
as Dennis York
2006
The Wire
as Judge Daniel Phelan
2002
Kidnapped
2006
The Bedford Diaries
as Harold Harper
2006
Ed
as Dick Knight
2000
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
as Dean Connors
2005
Central Park West
1995
Return to Lonesome Dove
as Cowboy
1993
Homicide: Life on the Street
as Stuart Gharty
1993
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as George Hawkins
2001