Peter Gerety
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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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · Peter Harrison
Law & Order
1990 · Defense Attorney Charl...
Blue Bloods
2010 · Bishop Donovan
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · George Hawkins
The Good Wife
2009 · Judge Timothy Stanek
Elementary
2012 · Frank Da Silva
The Wire
2002 · Judge Daniel Phelan
Marvel's Daredevil
2015 · Silke
Madam Secretary
2014 · Caleb Lockwood
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993 · Stuart Gharty
The Good Fight
2017 · Judge Timothy Stanek
Third Watch
1999 · Bernie Peterson
Brothers and Sisters
2006 · Dennis York
American Experience
1988 · Robert Bartlett
American Playhouse
1982 · Archie
Citadel
2023 · Secretary McCullough
Sneaky Pete
2015 · Otto Bernhardt
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
2017 · Clifford
Prodigal Son
2019 · Archbishop Argento
War of the Worlds
2005 · Hatch Boss / Load Mana...
A Complete Unknown
2024 · Federal Judge
Ed
2000 · Dick Knight
Inside Man
2006 · Captain Coughlin
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
2005 · Dean Connors
Conviction
2006 · Father McMillan
Life on Mars
2008 · Agent Frank Morgan
Pizza Movie
2026 · Grandpa
Flight
2012 · Avington Carr
Public Enemies
2009 · Louis Piquett
Mercy
2009 · Jimmy Flanagan
Remember WENN
1996 · Chet Randolph
Changeling
2008 · Dr. Earl W. Tarr
Kidnapped
2006
K-PAX
2001 · Sal
The Job
2001
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
2009 · Chief Brooks
The Jury
2004
A Most Violent Year
2014 · Bill O'Leary
Central Park West
1995
Charlie Wilson's War
2007 · Larry Liddle
Return to Lonesome Dove
1993 · Cowboy
Prime Suspect
2011 · Desmond Timoney
Syriana
2005 · Leland "Lee" Janus
Mercy Street
2016 · Dr. Alfred Summers
The Legend of Bagger Vance
2000 · Neskaloosa
Stop-Loss
2008 · Carlson
Boston Strangler
2023 · Eddie Corsetti
Get the Gringo
2012 · Embassy Guy
Wolf
1994 · George
The Bedford Diaries
2006 · Harold Harper
Second Best
2004 · Marshall
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
2001 · Ned
God's Pocket
2014 · McKenna
The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond
2008 · Mr. Van Hooven
Mrs. Winterbourne
1996 · Father Brian
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
2017 · Paul Lurz
Public Morals
1996 · Neil Fogerty
The Tender Age
1986 · Officer Burke
Hollywood Ending
2002 · Psychiatrist
Phoebe in Wonderland
2008 · Dr. Miles / Humpty Dum...
People I Know
2002 · Norris Volpe
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
2013 · William Brennan
Virgin
2003 · Mr. Reynolds
Cymbeline
2014 · Dr. Cornelius
Montana
1998 · Mike
Homicide: The Movie
2000 · Stuart Gharty
Surviving Picasso
1996 · Marcel
The Demon Murder Case
1983 · Officer Andrew Brooks
Change in the Air
2018 · Arnie Bayberry
My Dog Tulip
2010 · Mr. Plum / Pugilist (v...
Working Man
2019 · Allery Parkes
Cagney & Lacey: The Return
1994 · Sgt. Matt Nelson
Things That Hang from Trees
2006 · Ump
Runaway
2005 · Mo
Ash Wednesday
2002 · Uncle Handy
Looking for Kitty
2004 · Gus Maplethorpe
Papa Was a Preacher
1986 · Billy Kilgore
Handle With Care
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Arresting Gena
1997 · Mr. Patterson
Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss
1988 · Gertz
First Affair
1983 · Taxi Driver
Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... Be Back by Five
1998 · Maurice
The Sea Is All I Know
2011 · Sonny
The Star-Crossed Romance of Josephine Cosnowski (a Tale of Gothic Love)
1985 · Archie