Peter Gerety
Peter Gerety (born May 17, 1940) is an American actor.
Life and career
Gerety was born in Providence, Rhode Island. He began acting while a student at Boston University, participating in productions at the Charles Playhouse. In 1965, he joined the Trinity Square Repertory Company, a resident theater company in Providence, where he appeared in over 125 productions.
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 Lieutenant of Inishmore.
In the late 1990s, he joined the cast of the Barry Levinson produced NBC police drama Homicide: Life on the Street. Gerety has also been a regular guest star on Law & Order and HBO’s The Wire as Judge Daniel Phelan. He also played FBI Agt. Franklin Morgan in the short-lived American adaptation of Life on Mars. In the final season of Brotherhood, he played the corrupt land developer, Martin Kilpatrick. Most recently, Peter has been seen recurring on both Mercy and Brothers and Sisters. He appears in the 2011 NBC series Prime Suspect as Maria Bello's father.