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.
86 acting credits
Acting · 86
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Law & Order
1990
Blue Bloods
2010
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
The Good Wife
2009
Elementary
2012
The Wire
2002
Marvel's Daredevil
2015
Third Watch
1999
American Experience
1988
The Good Fight
2017
Citadel
2023
Madam Secretary
2014
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
Brothers and Sisters
2006
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
2017
Sneaky Pete
2015
Ed
2000
Prodigal Son
2019
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
2005
Life on Mars
2008
Conviction
2006
War of the Worlds
2005
Remember WENN
1996
Mercy
2009
A Complete Unknown
2024
Pizza Movie
2026
Kidnapped
2006
The Jury
2004
Inside Man
2006
The Job
2001
Central Park West
1995
Flight
2012
Public Enemies
2009
Prime Suspect
2011
Changeling
2008
Return to Lonesome Dove
1993
Mercy Street
2016
K-PAX
2001
The Bedford Diaries
2006
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
2009
A Most Violent Year
2014
Syriana
2005
Get the Gringo
2012
Public Morals
1996
Wolf
1994
The Legend of Bagger Vance
2000
Boston Strangler
2023
Charlie Wilson's War
2007
God's Pocket
2014
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
2017
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
2001
Stop-Loss
2008
Mrs. Winterbourne
1996
Homicide: The Movie
2000
Montana
1998
Second Best
2004
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
2013
Surviving Picasso
1996
Cymbeline
2014
People I Know
2002
Hollywood Ending
2002
The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond
2008
Phoebe in Wonderland
2008
Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... Be Back by Five
1998
Arresting Gena
1997
Runaway
2005
Working Man
2019
Looking for Kitty
2004
Things That Hang from Trees
2006
Ash Wednesday
2002
Change in the Air
2018
A Case of Deadly Force
1986
Virgin
2003
Cagney & Lacey: The Return
1994
My Dog Tulip
2010
The Demon Murder Case
1983
First Affair
1983
The Tender Age
1986
The Star-Crossed Romance of Josephine Cosnowski (a Tale of Gothic Love)
1985
Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss
1988
Papa Was a Preacher
1986
Revelation
2024
Handle With Care
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The Sea Is All I Know
2011
Play/Stop
2009