Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
5/17/1940
Place of Birth
Providence, Rhode Island, USA
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
War of the Worlds
as Hatch Boss / Load Manager
Inside Man
as Captain Coughlin
A Complete Unknown
as Federal Judge
Public Enemies
as Louis Piquett
Syriana
as Leland "Lee" Janus
Surviving Picasso
as Marcel
Wolf
as George
Cymbeline
as Dr. Cornelius
Flight
as Avington Carr
First Affair
as Taxi Driver
Second Best
as Marshall
K-PAX
as Sal
A Most Violent Year
as Bill O'Leary
Ash Wednesday
as Uncle Handy
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
as Chief Brooks
Mrs. Winterbourne
as Father Brian
Arresting Gena
as Mr. Patterson
Hollywood Ending
as Psychiatrist
God's Pocket
as McKenna
Working Man
as Allery Parkes