Peter Gerety
54 movies · 34 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 17, 1940 (age 86)
- Place of birth
- Providence, Rhode Island, USA
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
Peter Gerety: movies and TV shows
Acting (88)
- Upcoming
- Upcoming
- 2026 Pizza Movie
as Grandpa
- 2024 A Complete Unknown
as Federal Judge
- 2024 Revelation
as Joe
- 2023
- 2023 Boston Strangler
as Eddie Corsetti
- 2019
- 2019 Working Man
as Allery Parkes
- 2018 Change in the Air
as Arnie Bayberry
- 2017 The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
as Paul Lurz
- 2017
- 2017
- 2016
- 2015
- 2015
- 2014 A Most Violent Year
as Bill O'Leary
- 2014
- 2014 Cymbeline
as Dr. Cornelius
- 2014 God's Pocket
as McKenna
- 2013 Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
as William Brennan
- 2012
- 2012 Get the Gringo
as Embassy Guy
- 2012 Flight
as Avington Carr
- 2011
- 2011 The Sea Is All I Know
as Sonny
- 2010
- 2010 My Dog Tulip
as Mr. Plum / Pugilist (voice)
- 2009
- 2009
- 2009 Public Enemies
as Louis Piquett
- 2009 Paul Blart: Mall Cop
as Chief Brooks
- 2009 Play/Stop
as Dad
- 2008 Changeling
as Dr. Earl W. Tarr
- 2008
- 2008 The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond
as Mr. Van Hooven
- 2008 Stop-Loss
as Carlson
- 2008 Phoebe in Wonderland
as Dr. Miles / Humpty Dumpty
- 2007 Charlie Wilson's War
as Larry Liddle
- 2006
- 2006
- 2006
- 2006 Inside Man
as Captain Coughlin
- 2006 Things That Hang from Trees
as Ump
- 2006
- 2005 Syriana
as Leland "Lee" Janus
- 2005 War of the Worlds
as Hatch Boss / Load Manager
- 2005 Runaway
as Mo
- 2005
- 2004
- 2004 Looking for Kitty
as Gus Maplethorpe
- 2004 Second Best
as Marshall
- 2003 Virgin
as Mr. Reynolds
- 2002 People I Know
as Norris Volpe
- 2002 Ash Wednesday
as Uncle Handy
- 2002
- 2002 Hollywood Ending
as Psychiatrist
- 2001 K-PAX
as Sal
- 2001
- 2001
- 2001
- 2000 The Legend of Bagger Vance
as Neskaloosa
- 2000
- 2000 Homicide: The Movie
as Stuart Gharty
- 1999
- 1999
- 1998 Montana
as Mike
- 1998
- 1997 Arresting Gena
as Mr. Patterson
- 1996
- 1996 Surviving Picasso
as Marcel
- 1996 Mrs. Winterbourne
as Father Brian
- 1996
- 1995
- 1994 Cagney & Lacey: The Return
as Sgt. Matt Nelson
- 1994 Wolf
as George
- 1993
- 1993
- 1990
- 1988
- 1988 Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss
as Gertz
- 1986 Papa Was a Preacher
as Billy Kilgore
- 1986 A Case of Deadly Force
as Bobby Doyle
- 1986 The Tender Age
as Officer Burke
- 1985
- 1983 First Affair
as Taxi Driver
- 1983 The Demon Murder Case
as Officer Andrew Brooks
- 1982