Peter Gerety

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Peter Gerety
OccupationActor
Years active1961–present

Peter Gerety is an American actor. He is best known as 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.[1] He has since performed in many more plays both on and off-Broadway, most recently in Martin McDonagh's The Lieutenant of Inishmore.[2]

In the late 1990s, he joined the cast of the

Prime Suspect as Maria Bello
's father.

He also appeared in such feature films as

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. In 2017, Gerety plays Otto Bernhardt, the patriarch of the Amazon Prime series Sneaky Pete.[5]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1984 The House of God P.R. Man #1
1985 The Little Sister Officer Burke
1985 Papa Was a Preacher Billy Kilgore
1991 Complex World Biker
1994 Wolf George
1994 Miracle on 34th Street Cop
1996 Mrs. Winterbourne Father Brian Kilraine
1996 Sleepers Juvenile Lawyer Uncredited
1996 Surviving Picasso Marcel
1997 Arresting Gena Mr. Patterson
1998 Montana Mike
1998 Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... Be Back by Five Maurice
2000 The Legend of Bagger Vance Neskaloosa
2001 The Curse of the Jade Scorpion Ned
2001 K-PAX Sal
2002 Hollywood Ending Psychiatrist
2002 Ash Wednesday Uncle Handy
2002 Pinocchio Farmer / Mustache Man
2002 People I Know Norris Volpe
2003 Virgin Mr. Reynolds
2004 Second Best Marshall
2004 Looking for Kitty Gus Maplethorpe
2004 Indocumentados O'Brien
2005 Runaway Mo
2005 War of the Worlds Hatch Boss / Load Manager
2005 Syriana Leland Janus
2006 Things That Hang from Trees Ump
2006 Inside Man Captain Coughlin
2007 Charlie Wilson's War Larry Liddle
2008 Phoebe in Wonderland Dr. Miles / Humpty Dumpty
2008 Stop-Loss Carlson
2008 Leatherheads Commissioner
2008 Changeling Dr. Earl W. Tarr
2008 The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond Mr. Van Hooven
2009 Paul Blart: Mall Cop Chief Brooks
2009 My Dog Tulip Mr. Plum / Pugilist
2009 Public Enemies Louis Piquett
2012 Get the Gringo Embassy Guy
2012 Flight Avington Carr
2013 Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight William Brennan
2014 God's Pocket McKenna
2014 Cymbeline Dr. Cornelius
2014 A Most Violent Year Bill O'Leary
2018 Change in the Air Arnie Bayberry
2019 Working Man Allery Parkes
2023 Boston Strangler Eddie Corsetti

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1981 The House of Mirth Jack Television film
1983
The Demon Murder Case
 		Officer Andrew Brooks
1983 First Affair Taxi Driver
1984, 1985 American Playhouse Archie / Edwin H. Fearon 2 episodes
1986 A Case of Deadly Force Bobby Doyle Television film
1988 Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss Gertz
1990 The Kennedys of Massachusetts Irish Driver 3 episodes
1993 Return to Lonesome Dove Thompkins / Cowboy 2 episodes
1994
Cagney & Lacey: The Return
 		Sgt. Matt Nelson Television film
1995 Central Park West John / Editor 5 episodes
1995–2003 Law & Order Charles Powell / Dean Connors 3 episodes
1996 Public Morals Neil Fogerty 13 episodes
1996–1998 Homicide: Life on the Street Stuart Gharty 48 episodes
1998 Remember WENN Chet Randolph Episode: "Work Shift"
1998 Soldier of Fortune, Inc. Marshal Joseph McClintock Episode: "Who's Who"
2000
Homicide: The Movie
 		Lieutenant Stuart Gharty Television film
2000 Third Watch Bernie Peterson Episode: "Just Another Night at the Opera"
2000, 2001 Ed Dick Knight 2 episodes
2002 The Job O'Malley Episode: "Sacrilege"
2002 Law & Order: Criminal Intent George Dawkins Episode: "Anti-Thesis"
2002 Benjamin Franklin Joseph Galloway 3 episodes
2002–2008 The Wire
Judge Daniel Phelan
 15 episodes
2005 Law & Order: Trial by Jury Dean Connors Episode: "Truth or Consequences"
2006 The Bedford Diaries Dean Harold Harper 7 episodes
2006 Conviction Father McMillan 2 episodes
2006 Kidnapped Conrad's Father Episode: "Special Delivery"
2007 The Black Donnellys Bob The Mouth Episode: "The Only Thing Sure"
2007 American Experience Robert Bartlett Episode: "Alexander Hamilton"
2007–2013 Law & Order: SVU Judge Harrison 4 episodes
2008 Brotherhood Martin Kilpatrick 6 episodes
2009 Life on Mars Agent Frank Morgan 2 episodes
2009–2010 Brothers & Sisters Dennis York 11 episodes
2009–2010 Mercy Jimmy Flanagan
2010 Rubicon David Hadas 3 episodes
2010, 2011 Blue Bloods Bishop Donovan 2 episodes
2010–2013 The Good Wife Judge Timothy Stanek 3 episodes
2011–2012 Prime Suspect Desmond Timoney 13 episodes
2013–2014 Elementary Frank Da Silva 2 episodes
2015 Madam Secretary Governor Caleb Lockwood Episode: "Standoff"
2015 Daredevil Silke Episode: "Cut Man"
2015 Public Morals Sergeant Mike Muldoon 6 episodes
2015–2019 Sneaky Pete Otto Bernhardt 30 episodes
2016–2017 Mercy Street Dr. Alfred Summers 7 episodes
2017 The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Paul Lurz Television film
2017, 2018 The Good Fight Judge Timothy Stanek 2 episodes
2019–2020 Ray Donovan James Sullivan 6 episodes
2019, 2021 City on a Hill Al Farisi 2 episodes
2021 Prodigal Son Archbishop Argento Episode: "Speak of the Devil"
2022 The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Clifford Episode: "Everything is Bellmore"
2022 The Girl from Plainville Conrad Roy Sr. Episode: "Star-Crossed Lovers and Things Like That"

References

  1. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 2022-04-19.
  2. ^ "'Inishmore' not so shocking to Gerety". UPI. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
  3. ISBN 0-345-45542-8
    .
  4. ISBN 978-1-4299-3879-2
    .
  5. ISBN 978-1-4766-3094-6
    .

External links
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