Peter Gerety
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Peter Gerety | |
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| Born | May 17, 1940 Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1961–present |
Peter Gerety (born May 17, 1940) is an American actor. He is best known as Judge Daniel Phelan in The Wire (2002-2008).
Life and career[]
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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.[1] 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. In 2017, Gerety plays Otto Bernhardt, the patriarch of the Amazon Prime series Sneaky Pete.
Filmography[]
- The House of Mirth (1981) as Jack
- The Demon Murder Case (1983) as Andrew Brooks
- First Affair (1983) as Taxi Driver
- Concealed Enemies (1984) as Edwin H. Fearon
- The House of God (1984) as P.R. Man #1
- Papa Was a Preacher (1985) as Billy Kilgore
- The Little Sister (1986) as Officer Burke
- A Case of Deadly Force (1986) as Bobby Doyle
- Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss (1988) as Gertz
- The Kennedys of Massachusetts (1990) as Irish Driver
- Complex World (1992) as Biker
- Return to Lonesome Dove (1993) as Thompkins / Cowboy
- Wolf (1994) as George
- Cagney & Lacey: The Return (1994) as Sgt. Matt Nelson
- Miracle on 34th Street (1994) as Cop
- Homicide: Life on the Street (1996-2000, TV Series + TV Movie) as Stuart Gharty
- Sleepers (1996) as Juvenile Lawyer (uncredited)
- Mrs. Winterbourne (1996) as Father Brian Kilraine
- Surviving Picasso (1996) as Marcel
- Public Morals (1996, TV Series) as Neil Fogerty
- Arresting Gena (1997) as Mr. Patterson
- Montana (1998) as Mike
- Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... Be Back by Five (1998) as Maurice
- The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000) as Neskaloosa
- The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001) as Ned
- K-PAX (2001) as Sal
- Hollywood Ending (2002) as Psychiatrist
- Ash Wednesday (2002) as Uncle Handy
- Pinocchio (2002) as Farmer / Mustache Man (English version, voice)
- People I Know (2002) as Norris Volpe
- The Wire (2002–2008, TV Series) as Judge Daniel Phelan
- Virgin (2003) as Mr. Reynolds
- Second Best (2004) as Marshall
- Looking for Kitty (2004) as Gus Maplethorpe
- Indocumentados (2004) as O'Brien
- Runaway (2005) as Mo
- War of the Worlds (2005) as Hatch Boss / Load Manager
- Syriana (2005) as Leland Janus
- Things That Hang from Trees (2006) as Ump
- Inside Man (2006) as Captain Coughlin
- The Black Donnellys (2007, TV Series) as Bob The Mouth
- Charlie Wilson's War (2007) as Larry Liddle
- Phoebe in Wonderland (2008) as Dr. Miles / Humpty Dumpty
- Stop-Loss (2008) as Carlson
- Leatherheads (2008) as Commissioner
- Changeling (2008) as Dr. Earl W. Tarr
- The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond (2008) as Mr. Van Hooven
- Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009) as Chief Brooks
- My Dog Tulip (2009) as Mr. Plum / Pugilist (voice)
- Public Enemies (2009) as Louis Piquett
- The Good Wife (2010, TV Series) as Judge Timothy Stanek
- Rubicon (2010) as David Hadas
- Prime Suspect (2011, TV Series) as Desmond Timoney
- Get the Gringo (2012) as Embassy Guy
- Flight (2012) as Avington Carr
- Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight (2013) as William Brennan
- God's Pocket (2014) as McKenna
- Cymbeline (2014) as Dr. Cornelius
- A Most Violent Year (2014) as Bill O'Leary
- Sneaky Pete (2015-2019, TV Series) as Otto Bernhardt
- Mercy Street (2016, TV Series) as Dr. Alfred Summers
- Change in the Air (2018) as Arnie Bayberry
- Ray Donovan (2019-2020, TV Series) as James Sullivan
- Working Man (2020) as Allery Parkes
References[]
- ^ The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946-Present. Ballantine Books. 2003. p. 548. ISBN 0-345-45542-8.
External links[]
- Peter Gerety at IMDb
- 1940 births
- Male actors from Rhode Island
- American male film actors
- American male television actors
- Living people
- Male actors from Boston
- Actors from Providence, Rhode Island
- 20th-century American male actors
- 21st-century American male actors
- Boston University alumni