Peter Gerety
Highest Rated: 93% Working Man (2019)
Lowest Rated: 13% Change in the Air (2018)
Birthday: May 17, 1940
Birthplace: Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Born in Providence, Rhode Island in 1940, Peter Gerety found acting while he was a student at Boston University and soon began appearing in local theater. He quickly progressed to work on the stages of New York and the screen. He earned acclaim on Broadway, performing opposite Judd Hirsch in "Conversations with My Father" in 1992. After years toiling as a guest supporting actor, Gerety finally got a break in 1996, when he joined the cast of "Homicide: Life on the Street" (NBC, 1993-1999) as a series regular. In 1996, he landed another series regular role on the crime drama "Public Morals" (CBS, 1996). He had a large recurring role, playing Judge Phelan on the seminal police series "The Wire" (HBO, 2002-2008). In 2011, Gerety landed another series regular role on "Prime Suspect" (NBC, 2011-2012), a remake of the popular British series of the same name. He had substantial recurring roles on a second show called "Public Morals" (TNT, 2015), before another series regular role, playing the patriarch on the sitcom "Sneaky Pete" (Amazon, 2017-).
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Peter Gerety
Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
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93% |
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Working Man | Allery Parkes (Character) | - | 2019 |
13% |
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Change in the Air | Arnie Bayberry (Character) | - | 2018 |
69% |
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks | Paul Lurz (Character) | - | 2017 |
32% |
|
Cymbeline | Dr. Cornelius (Character) | - | 2014 |
90% |
|
A Most Violent Year | Bill O'Leary (Character) | $5.7M | 2014 |
36% |
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God's Pocket | McKenna (Character) | $104.4K | 2014 |
38% |
|
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight | Justice William J. Brennan Jr. (Character) | - | 2013 |
77% |
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Flight | Avington Karr (Character) | $93.7M | 2012 |
81% |
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Get the Gringo | Embassy Guy (Character) | - | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Sea is All I Know | Sonny (Character) | - | 2011 |
90% |
|
My Dog Tulip |
Mr. Plum/ |
$246.6K | 2009 |
34% |
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Paul Blart: Mall Cop | Chief Brooks (Character) | $146.3M | 2009 |
62% |
|
Changeling | Dr. Earl W. Tarr (Character) | $35.7M | 2008 |
82% |
|
Charlie Wilson's War | Larry Liddle (Character) | $66.6M | 2007 |
No Score Yet |
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Things That Hang From Trees | Ump (Character) | - | 2006 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Runaway | Mo (Character) | - | 2005 |
44% |
|
Second Best | Marshall (Character) | - | 2004 |
38% |
|
Virgin | Mr. Reynolds (Character) | $9.5K | 2003 |
47% |
|
Hollywood Ending | Psychiatrist (Character) | $4.8M | 2002 |
42% |
|
K-PAX | Sal (Character) | $50.3M | 2001 |
45% |
|
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion | Ned (Character) | $7.5M | 2001 |
43% |
|
The Legend of Bagger Vance | Neskaloosa (Character) | $30.7M | 2000 |
86% |
|
Homicide: The Movie | Lieutenant Stuart Gharty (Character) | - | 2000 |
43% |
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Went to Coney Island on a Mission From God ... Be Back by Five | Maurice (Character) | $16.0K | 1997 |
15% |
|
Mrs. Winterbourne | Father Brian Kilraine (Character) | $8.8M | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cagney & Lacey: The Return | Unknown (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet |
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Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss | Gertz (Character) | - | 1988 |
TV
Credit | ||||
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96% | 90% | Sneaky Pete | Otto Bernhardt (Character) | 2015 2017-2019 |
73% | 82% | Mercy Street | Dr. Alfred Summers (Character) | 2016-2017 |
95% | 66% | The Good Fight | Judge Timothy Stanek (Guest Star) | 2017 |
No Score Yet | 79% | Madam Secretary | Governor Caleb Lockwood (Guest Star) | 2015 |
95% | 89% | Elementary |
Frank Da Silva (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
2013-2014 |
93% | 91% | The Good Wife | Judge Timothy Stanek (Guest Star) | 2010 2013 |
78% | 83% | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Judge Harrison (Guest Star) | 2007-2008 2013 |
84% | 80% | Prime Suspect | Desmond Timoney (Character) | 2011-2012 |
No Score Yet | 81% | Blue Bloods | Bishop Donovan (Guest Star) | 2010-2011 |
69% | 88% | Rubicon | Unknown (Character) | 2010 |
79% | 84% | Brothers & Sisters | Dennis York (Guest Star) | 2009-2010 |
25% | No Score Yet | Mercy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Life on Mars | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 |
79% | No Score Yet | Brotherhood | Martin Kilpatrick (Guest Star) | 2008 |
94% | 96% | The Wire | Judge Daniel Phelan (Guest Star) | 2002 2004 2008 |
38% | 100% | The Black Donnellys | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2007 |
22% | 80% | Conviction | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006 |
13% | No Score Yet | The Bedford Diaries | Dean Harold Harper (Character) | 2006 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Law & Order: Trial by Jury | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2005 |
No Score Yet | 83% | Law & Order | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 2003 |
No Score Yet | 72% | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ed | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2000 |
91% | 89% | Homicide: Life on the Street |
Unknown (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
1996-1999 |
5% | No Score Yet | Public Morals | Neil Fogerty (Character) | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | American Playhouse | Archie (Character) | 1985 |