Peter Gerety is an American actor. He played officer, later detective,Stuart Gharty onHomicide: Life on the Street (1996–1999), and Judge Daniel Phelan inThe Wire (2002–2008).

Gerety is a veteran of stage, screen and television. In early 1992, he performed to critical acclaim on Broadway inConversations with My Father, starringJudd Hirsch, and inHarold Pinter'sHothouse.^[1] He has since performed in many more plays both on and off-Broadway, most recently in Martin McDonagh'sThe Lieutenant of Inishmore.^[2]

In the late 1990s, he joined the cast of theBarry Levinson producedNBC police dramaHomicide: Life on the Street.^[3][4] He playedFBI Agt. Franklin Morgan in the short-lived American adaptation ofLife on Mars. In the final season ofBrotherhood as Martin Kilpatrick. He appears in the 2011 NBC seriesPrime Suspect asMaria Bello's father.

He also appeared in such feature films asK-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, andChangeling. He playedLouis Piquett inPublic Enemies (2009), directed byMichael Mann, and had a small part inMel Gibson'sGet the Gringo (2011). In 2013, Gerety was playing the role of John Cotter inNora Ephron's Broadway playLucky Guy withTom Hanks. In 2017, Gerety plays Otto Bernhardt, the patriarch of the Amazon Prime seriesSneaky Pete.^[5]

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