Peter Gerety
Actor
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
Flight
as Avington Carr 2012
Inside Man
as Captain Coughlin 2006
Public Enemies
as Louis Piquett 2009
Changeling
as Dr. Earl W. Tarr 2008
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
as Chief Brooks 2009
K-PAX
as Sal 2001
Get the Gringo
as Embassy Guy 2012
Charlie Wilson's War
as Larry Liddle 2007
A Most Violent Year
as Bill O'Leary 2014
Syriana
as Leland "Lee" Janus 2005
A Complete Unknown
as Federal Judge 2024
Wolf
as George 1994
The Legend of Bagger Vance
as Neskaloosa 2000
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
as Ned 2001
Boston Strangler
as Eddie Corsetti 2023
Hollywood Ending
as Psychiatrist 2002