Peter Gerety
Acting
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
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Pizza Movie
2026
A Complete Unknown
2024
Revelation
Revelation
2024
Citadel
2023
Boston Strangler
2023
Prodigal Son
2019
Working Man
2019
Change in the Air
2018
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
2017
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
2017
The Good Fight
2017
Mercy Street
2016
Sneaky Pete
2015
Marvel's Daredevil
2015
A Most Violent Year
2014
Madam Secretary
2014
Cymbeline
2014
God's Pocket
2014
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
2013
Elementary
2012
Get the Gringo
2012
Flight
2012
Prime Suspect
2011
The Sea Is All I Know
2011
Blue Bloods
2010
My Dog Tulip
2010
Mercy
2009
The Good Wife
2009
Public Enemies
2009
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
2009
Play/Stop
Play/Stop
2009
Changeling
2008
Life on Mars
2008
The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond
2008
Stop-Loss
2008
Phoebe in Wonderland
2008
Charlie Wilson's War
2007
Brothers and Sisters
2006
Kidnapped
2006
The Bedford Diaries
2006
Inside Man
2006
Things That Hang from Trees
2006
Conviction
2006
Syriana
2005
War of the Worlds
2005
Runaway
2005
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
2005
The Jury
2004
Looking for Kitty
2004
Second Best
2004
Virgin
2003
People I Know
2002
Ash Wednesday
2002
The Wire
2002
Hollywood Ending
2002
K-PAX
2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
2001
The Job
2001
The Legend of Bagger Vance
2000
Ed
2000
Homicide: The Movie
2000
Third Watch
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Montana
1998
Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... Be Back by Five
1998
Arresting Gena
1997
Public Morals
1996
Surviving Picasso
1996
Mrs. Winterbourne
1996
Remember WENN
1996
Central Park West
1995
Cagney & Lacey: The Return
1994
Wolf
1994
Return to Lonesome Dove
1993
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
Law & Order
1990
American Experience
1988
Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss
1988
Papa Was a Preacher
1986