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Peter Gerety
Acting
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

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999

Law & Order
1990

Law & Order
1990

The Wire
2002

Elementary
2012

The Good Wife
2009

Blue Bloods
2010

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001

Third Watch
1999

Marvel's Daredevil
2015

Brothers and Sisters
2006

The Good Fight
2017

Homicide: Life on the Street
1993

Madam Secretary
2014

Sneaky Pete
2015

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
2017

Prodigal Son
2019

Citadel
2023

Life on Mars
2008

War of the Worlds
2005

A Complete Unknown
2024

Inside Man
2006

The Job
2001

Flight
2012

Public Enemies
2009

K-PAX
2001

Syriana
2005

Changeling
2008

Charlie Wilson's War
2007

Paul Blart: Mall Cop
2009
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