Peter Gerety

Acting · Born 1940-05-17 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA

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.

Filmography

• K-PAX as Sal
• Inside Man as Captain Coughlin
• Mrs. Winterbourne as Father Brian
• Changeling as Dr. Earl W. Tarr
• War of the Worlds as Hatch Boss / Load Manager
• A Complete Unknown as Federal Judge
• Syriana as Leland "Lee" Janus
• Wolf as George
• The Curse of the Jade Scorpion as Ned
• Boston Strangler as Eddie Corsetti

TV

• Third Watch as Bernie Peterson
• The Wire as Judge Daniel Phelan
• Homicide: Life on the Street as Stuart Gharty
• Blue Bloods as Bishop Donovan
• Elementary as Frank Da Silva
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Peter Harrison
• Marvel's Daredevil as Silke
• The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel as Clifford
• Prodigal Son as Archbishop Argento
• The Job