Peter Gerety
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).
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 Barry Levinson produced NBC police drama Homicide: Life on the Street.[3][4] 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.[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
- ^ "'Hothouse' Closing". The New York Times. 1982-05-22. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
- ^ "'Inishmore' not so shocking to Gerety". UPI. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
- ^ The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946-Present. Ballantine Books. 2003. p. 548. ISBN 0-345-45542-8.
- ^ Kalat, David P. (2011-04-01). Homicide: Life on the Streets--the Unofficial Companion. St. Martin's Publishing Group. ISBN 978-1-4299-3879-2.
- ^ Terrace, Vincent (2018-01-14). Encyclopedia of Television Shows: A Comprehensive Supplement, 2011-2016. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-3094-6.
External links
- Peter Gerety at IMDb
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