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Peter Gerety

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.

Filmography

2024
A Complete Unknown

as Federal Judge

Movie
2014
A Most Violent Year

as Bill O'Leary

Movie
2012
Get the Gringo

as Embassy Guy

Movie
2012
Flight

as Avington Carr

Movie
2006
Inside Man

as Captain Coughlin

Movie
2005
War of the Worlds

as Hatch Boss / Load Manager

Movie
2001
K-PAX

as Sal

Movie
1994
Wolf

as George

Movie