Biography
A burly, thickset, and occasionally scruffy character actor with a domineering and imposing presence, Peter Gerety often accepted roles as ordinary working-class stiffs, judges, or inner-city law officers. A performer with equal footing in film and on the stage, Gerety took his premier onscreen bow during the early '80s but first began drawing substantial attention over a decade later. Gerety remains best known for his multi-season portrayal (1996-1999) of Detective Stuart Gharty on the cop drama Homicide: Life on the Street. He also played the recurring role of Judge Daniel Phelan on another Baltimore-set crime series,
The Wire (2002-2008). Big-screen projects include
Sleepers (1996),
K-PAX (2001),
Syriana (2005),
Charlie Wilson's War (2007),
Leatherheads (2008), and
Public Enemies (2009). ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide