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Peter Gerety

Biography

Peter Gerety is an American actor of stage, screen and television who was born in Providence. On Broadway in 1992 he won praise for his work in Conversations with My Father, opposite Judd Hirsch, and in Harold Pinter's Hothouse, and he has since appeared in numerous plays on and off Broadway, including Martin McDonagh's The Lieutenant of Inishmore. He became known for playing the officer turned detective Stuart Gharty on the NBC police drama Homicide: Life on the Street in the late 1990s, and later played Judge Daniel Phelan on The Wire, Franklin Morgan on Life on Mars and Otto Bernhardt on Sneaky Pete from 2015 to 2019. His many films include K-PAX (2001), People I Know (2002), The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001), Wolf (1994), Charlie Wilson's War (2007), Surviving Picasso (1996), War of the Worlds (2005) and Inside Man (2006).

86years old

Turns 87 on May 17in 228 days

  • Born Providence
  • Star sign: TaurusThe sign runs April 20 to May 20

Movie Career

Films
26
Career span
30 years1994 to 2024

Genres

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Peter Gerety movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Flight2012 Dramaas Avington Carr

    IMDb rating 7.3401K votes

  2. K-PAX2001 Drama, Sci-Fias Sal

    IMDb rating 7.4204K votes

  3. Inside Man2006as Captain Coughlin

    IMDb rating 7.6429K votes

  4. Paul Blart: Mall Cop2009as Chief Brooks

    IMDb rating 5.3126K votes

  5. Get the Gringo2012as Embassy Guy

    IMDb rating 6.9115K votes

  6. The Legend of Bagger Vance2000as Neskaloosa

    IMDb rating 6.763K votes

  7. A Most Violent Year2014as Bill O'Leary

    IMDb rating 6.982K votes

  8. Boston Strangler2023as Eddie Corsetti

    IMDb rating 6.542K votes

Most often with

Mike Nichols directed two of these films. Christopher Plummer appears in five of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Films together

Box office

What Peter Gerety's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$1.8 billion

19 of the 26 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 26 films: 19 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 4 never in cinemas; 2 figure not found.

  • 19Worldwide figure
  • 1US gross only
  • 4Never in cinemas
  • 2Figure not found

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 92% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    War of the Worlds2005as Hatch Boss / Load Manager
    $604M34.2% of the total
  2. 2
    Inside Man2006as Captain Coughlin
    $186M10.5% of the total
  3. 3
    Paul Blart: Mall Cop2009as Chief Brooks
    $183M10.4% of the total
  4. 4
    Flight2012as Avington Carr
    $162M9.2% of the total
  5. 5
    A Complete Unknown2024as Federal Judge
    $141M7.9% of the total
  6. 6
    Wolf1994as George
    $131M7.4% of the total
  7. 7
    Charlie Wilson's War2007as Larry Liddle
    $119M6.8% of the total
  8. 8
    Syriana2005as Leland Janus
    $94M5.3% of the total
K-PAX (2001), $50.3 millionThe Legend of Bagger Vance (2000), $39.5 millionThe Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001), $18.9 millionA Most Violent Year (2014), $12.0 millionMrs. Winterbourne (1996), $10.1 millionGet the Gringo (2012), $8.8 millionPeople I Know (2002), $5.5 millionSurviving Picasso (1996), $2.0 millionMy Dog Tulip (2009), $246,574God's Pocket (2014), $169,976Ash Wednesday (2002), $2,942

$147 millionfrom the other 11 films with a worldwide figure, 8% of the total