
Acting
Born May 17, 1940 · Providence, Rhode Island, USA
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.

A Complete Unknown
2024
Revelation
2024

Boston Strangler
2023

Working Man
2019

Change in the Air
2018

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
2017

A Most Violent Year
2014

Cymbeline
2014

God's Pocket
2014

Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
2013

Get the Gringo
2012

Flight
2012

The Sea Is All I Know
2011

My Dog Tulip
2010

Public Enemies
2009

Paul Blart: Mall Cop
2009
Play/Stop
2009

Changeling
2008

The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond
2008

Stop-Loss
2008

Phoebe in Wonderland
2008

Charlie Wilson's War
2007

Inside Man
2006

Things That Hang from Trees
2006

Syriana
2005

War of the Worlds
2005

Runaway
2005

Looking for Kitty
2004

Second Best
2004

Virgin
2003

People I Know
2002

Ash Wednesday
2002

Hollywood Ending
2002

K-PAX
2001

The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
2001

The Legend of Bagger Vance
2000

Homicide: The Movie
2000

Montana
1998

Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... Be Back by Five
1998

Arresting Gena
1997

Surviving Picasso
1996

Mrs. Winterbourne
1996

Cagney & Lacey: The Return
1994

Wolf
1994

Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss
1988

Papa Was a Preacher
1986
A Case of Deadly Force
1986

The Tender Age
1986

The Star-Crossed Romance of Josephine Cosnowski (a Tale of Gothic Love)
1985

First Affair
1983

The Demon Murder Case
1983