Peter Friedman
Born: 1949-04-24 in New York City, New York, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
Peter Friedman (born April 24, 1949) is an American stage, screen, and television actor. Born in New York City, Friedman graduated from Hofstra University before making his Broadway debut in The Great God Brown in 1972. Additional theatre credits include The Visit (1973), Piaf and A Soldier's Play (both 1981), The Heidi Chronicles (1989), Ragtime (1998), and Twelve Angry Men (2004). He has been nominated for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical, Outstanding Actor in a Play, and Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play. On television, Friedman starred as patriarch George Silver in Brooklyn Bridge, has made numerous guest appearances in such series as Miami Vice, Law & Order, NYPD Blue, Without a Trace, Ghost Whisperer, and Damages, and had a featured role in Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder. Friedman's many feature film credits include Prince of the City, Daniel, The Seventh Sign, Single White Female, I'm Not Rappaport, I Shot Andy Warhol, Safe, Freedomland, The Savages, and I'm Not There. Friedman married actress Joan Allen in 1990. The couple divorced in 2002. They have one daughter, Sadie, born in March 1994.
Filmography
2025
- Marina
- King Hamlet as Self
2024
- Jim Henson Idea Man as Self (archive footage)
- Ragtime Reunion Concert as Tateh
- The Variable
2023
- Carmen & Moony as Louis
2022
- She Said as Lanny Davis
- Daddy's Girl as Robert
2021
- Good Grief as Uncle Harold
2020
- Stars in the House as Self
2019
2018
- Succession as Frank Vernon
2017
- The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel as George
2015
- Keep in Touch as Dallen Parcel
2013
- Side Effects as Banks' Partner #1
2012
- Made in Jersey as Henry Sohn
2011
- Person of Interest as Lawrence Szilard
- Coming Up Roses as Charles
- Harvest as Carmine Monopoli
2010
- Love & Other Drugs as California Man
2009
- The Messenger as Mr. Cohen
- Breaking Upwards as Alan
2008
- Synecdoche, New York as Emergency Room Doctor
2007
- Damages as District Attorney
- The Savages as Larry
- I'm Not There as Morris Bernstein / Barker
- Spinning Into Butter as Jay Salter
2006
- Freedomland as Lt. Gold
- Unconscious as Father William
- The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays as Scoop Rosenbaum (segment "The Heidi Chronicles")
- Heist
2005
- Ghost Whisperer as Steve Burris
- Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards as Tateh (segment "Ragtime") (archive footage)
2004
- King of the Corner as Arthur Wexler
2003
- Paycheck as Attorney General Brown
2002
- Without a Trace as Damon
- Two Against Time as Robert Portman
- Baby Bob as Peter
- Power and Beauty as Sam Giancana
2001
- Someone Like You... as Stephen, Alice's Husband
2000
- Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder as Peter Hofstrom
1998
- Creating Ragtime as Tateh
1997
- In the Presence of Mine Enemies as Kohn
1996
- I'm Not Rappaport as Young Nat's Father
- I Shot Andy Warhol as Alan Burke
1995
- Safe as Peter Dunning
- The Heidi Chronicles as Scoop Rosenbaum
1993
- Blink as Dr. Ryan Pierce
1992
- Single White Female as Graham Knox
1991
- Brooklyn Bridge as George Silver
- Guilty Until Proven Innocent as Richard Emery
1990
- Law & Order as Nolan Farber
1988
- The Seventh Sign as Father Lucci
1987
- The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd as Harry
1985
- Finnegan Begin Again as John Jewell
1984
- Miami Vice as Morgan
- Piaf as 'Papa' Leplée / American Sailor
1983
- Daniel as Ben Cohen
- Rage of Angels as Larry
1981
- Prince of the City as Goldman
1980
- Christmas Evil as Mr. Grosch
1976
- The Muppet Show as Crocodile / Banana (voice)