Peter Gerety
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.
Known For
Top 40 Movies
Changeling
2008
Flight
2012
Public Enemies
2009
Stop-Loss
2008
War of the Worlds
2005
Montana
1998
Boston Strangler
2023
The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond
2008
Inside Man
2006
A Complete Unknown
2024
Get the Gringo
2012
Mrs. Winterbourne
1996
A Most Violent Year
2014
The Star-Crossed Romance of Josephine Cosnowski (a Tale of Gothic Love)
1985
Change in the Air
2018
K-PAX
2001
Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... Be Back by Five
1998
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
2009
Hollywood Ending
2002
Syriana
2005
Charlie Wilson's War
2007
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
2017
The Demon Murder Case
1983
Papa Was a Preacher
1986
Wolf
1994
The Legend of Bagger Vance
2000
Working Man
2019
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
2013
Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss
1988
Second Best
2004
Surviving Picasso
1996
People I Know
2002
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
2001
God's Pocket
2014
Phoebe in Wonderland
2008
The Tender Age
1986
Homicide: The Movie
2000
Things That Hang from Trees
2006
Virgin
2003