Peter Gerety

• Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1981–present

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. 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. From 2015 to 2019, Gerety played Otto Bernhardt, the patriarch in the Amazon Prime series Sneaky Pete.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1981 — The House of Mirth — Jack — TV movie • 1983 — The Demon Murder Case — Officer Andrew Brooks — TV movie • 1983 — First Affair — Taxi Driver — TV movie • 1984, 1985 — American Playhouse — Archie / Edwin H. Fearon — 2 episodes • 1986 — A Case of Deadly Force — Bobby Doyle — TV movie • 1988 — Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss — Gertz — TV movie • 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 — TV movie • 1995 — Central Park West — John / Editor — 5 episodes • 1995–2003 — Law & Order — Charles Powell / Dean Connors — 3 episodes • 1996 — Public Morals — Neil Fogerty — Main cast • 1996–1998 — Homicide: Life on the Street — Stuart Gharty — 3 episodes (seasons 4–5), Main cast (seasons 6–7) • 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 — TV movie • 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 — Miniseries, main cast • 2002–2008 — The Wire — Judge Daniel Phelan — Recurring role (seasons 1–3, 5) • 2005 — Law & Order: Trial by Jury — Dean Connors — Episode: "Truth or Consequences" • 2006 — The Bedford Diaries — Dean Harold Harper — Recurring role • 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: Special Victims Unit — 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 — Recurring role (season 4) • 2009–2010 — Mercy — Jimmy Flanagan — Recurring role • 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 — Main cast • 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 — Recurring role • 2015–2019 — Sneaky Pete — Otto Bernhardt — Main cast • 2016–2017 — Mercy Street — Dr. Alfred Summers — Main cast (season 1, season 2 premiere episode) • 2017 — The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks — Paul Lurz — TV movie • 2017, 2018 — The Good Fight — Judge Timothy Stanek — 2 episodes • 2019–2020 — Ray Donovan — James Sullivan — Recurring role (season 7) • 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"