Peter Gerety is an American actor. He played officer, later detective, Stuart Gharty on Homicide: Life on the Street (1996–1999), and Judge Daniel Phelan in The Wire (2002–2008).

Career Gerety is a veteran of stage, screen and television. In early 1992, he performed to critical acclaim on Broadway in Conversations with My Father, starring Judd Hirsch, and in Harold Pinter's Hothouse. He has since performed in many more plays both on and off-Broadway, most recently in Martin McDonagh's The Lieutenant of Inishmore.

In the late 1990s, he joined the cast of the Barry Levinson produced NBC police drama Homicide: Life on the Street. He played FBI Agt. Franklin Morgan in the short-lived American adaptation of Life on Mars. In the final season of Brotherhood as Martin Kilpatrick. He appears in the 2011 NBC series Prime Suspect as Maria Bello's father.

He also appeared in such feature films 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 played Louis Piquett in Public Enemies (2009), directed by Michael Mann, and had a small part in Mel Gibson's Get the Gringo (2011). In 2013, Gerety was playing the role of John Cotter in Nora Ephron's Broadway play Lucky Guy with Tom Hanks. From 2015 to 2019, Gerety played Otto Bernhardt, the patriarch in the Amazon Prime series Sneaky Pete.

Filmography

Film +YearTitleRoleNotes1984The House of GodP.R. Man #11985The Little SisterOfficer Burke1985Papa Was a PreacherBilly Kilgore1991Complex WorldBiker1994WolfGeorge1994Miracle on 34th StreetCop1996Mrs. WinterbourneFather Brian Kilraine1996SleepersJuvenile LawyerUncredited1996Surviving PicassoMarcel1997Arresting GenaMr. Patterson1998MontanaMike1998Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... Be Back by FiveMaurice2000The Legend of Bagger VanceNeskaloosa2001The Curse of the Jade ScorpionNed2001K-PAXSal2002Hollywood EndingPsychiatrist2002Ash WednesdayUncle Handy2002PinocchioFarmer / Mustache Man2002People I KnowNorris Volpe2003VirginMr. Reynolds2004Second BestMarshall2004Looking for KittyGus Maplethorpe2004IndocumentadosO'Brien2005RunawayMo2005War of the WorldsHatch Boss / Load Manager2005SyrianaLeland Janus2006Things That Hang from TreesUmp2006Inside ManCaptain Coughlin2007Charlie Wilson's WarLarry Liddle2008Phoebe in WonderlandDr. Miles / Humpty Dumpty2008Stop-LossCarlson2008LeatherheadsCommissioner2008ChangelingDr. Earl W. Tarr2008The Loss of a Teardrop DiamondMr. Van Hooven2009Paul Blart: Mall CopChief Brooks2009My Dog TulipMr. Plum / Pugilist2009Public EnemiesLouis Piquett2012Get the GringoEmbassy Guy2012FlightAvington Carr2013Muhammad Ali's Greatest FightWilliam Brennan2014God's PocketMcKenna2014CymbelineDr. Cornelius2014A Most Violent YearBill O'Leary2018Change in the AirArnie Bayberry2019Working ManAllery Parkes2023Boston StranglerEddie Corsetti

Television YearTitleRoleNotes1981The House of MirthJack TV movie1983The Demon Murder CaseOfficer Andrew Brooks TV movie1983First AffairTaxi DriverTV movie1984, 1985American PlayhouseArchie / Edwin H. Fearon2 episodes1986A Case of Deadly ForceBobby Doyle TV movie1988Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of BlissGertz TV movie1990The Kennedys of MassachusettsIrish Driver3 episodes1993Return to Lonesome DoveThompkins / Cowboy2 episodes1994Cagney & Lacey: The ReturnSgt. Matt NelsonTV movie1995Central Park WestJohn / Editor5 episodes1995–2003Law & OrderCharles Powell / Dean Connors3 episodes1996Public MoralsNeil FogertyMain cast1996–1998Homicide: Life on the StreetStuart Gharty3 episodes (seasons 4–5),Main cast (seasons 6–7)1998Remember WENNChet RandolphEpisode: "Work Shift"1998Soldier of Fortune, Inc.Marshal Joseph McClintockEpisode: "Who's Who"2000Homicide: The MovieLieutenant Stuart Gharty TV movie2000Third WatchBernie PetersonEpisode: "Just Another Night at the Opera"2000, 2001EdDick Knight2 episodes2002The JobO'MalleyEpisode: "Sacrilege"2002Law & Order: Criminal IntentGeorge DawkinsEpisode: "Anti-Thesis"2002Benjamin FranklinJoseph GallowayMiniseries, main cast2002–2008The WireJudge Daniel PhelanRecurring role (seasons 1–3, 5)2005Law & Order: Trial by JuryDean ConnorsEpisode: "Truth or Consequences"2006The Bedford DiariesDean Harold HarperRecurring role2006ConvictionFather McMillan2 episodes2006KidnappedConrad's FatherEpisode: "Special Delivery"2007The Black DonnellysBob The MouthEpisode: "The Only Thing Sure"2007American ExperienceRobert BartlettEpisode: "Alexander Hamilton"2007–2013Law & Order: Special Victims UnitJudge Harrison4 episodes2008BrotherhoodMartin Kilpatrick6 episodes2009Life on MarsAgent Frank Morgan2 episodes2009–2010Brothers & SistersDennis York Recurring role (season 4)2009–2010MercyJimmy Flanagan Recurring role2010RubiconDavid Hadas3 episodes2010, 2011Blue BloodsBishop Donovan2 episodes2010–2013The Good WifeJudge Timothy Stanek3 episodes2011–2012Prime SuspectDesmond TimoneyMain cast2013–2014ElementaryFrank Da Silva2 episodes2015Madam SecretaryGovernor Caleb LockwoodEpisode: "Standoff"2015DaredevilSilkeEpisode: "Cut Man"2015Public MoralsSergeant Mike MuldoonRecurring role2015–2019Sneaky PeteOtto BernhardtMain cast2016–2017Mercy StreetDr. Alfred SummersMain cast (season 1, season 2 premiere episode)2017The Immortal Life of Henrietta LacksPaul Lurz TV movie2017, 2018The Good FightJudge Timothy Stanek2 episodes2019–2020Ray DonovanJames SullivanRecurring role (season 7)2019, 2021City on a HillAl Farisi2 episodes2021Prodigal SonArchbishop ArgentoEpisode: "Speak of the Devil"2022The Marvelous Mrs. MaiselCliffordEpisode: "Everything is Bellmore"2022The Girl from PlainvilleConrad Roy Sr.Episode: "Star-Crossed Lovers and Things Like That"

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