Peter Friedman
Acting
Born: April 24, 1949 (age 77) · New York City, New York, USA
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
Love & Other Drugs
2010
Side Effects
2013
Person of Interest
2011
Paycheck
2003
Ghost Whisperer
2005
Succession
2018
Synecdoche, New York
2008
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
2017
I'm Not There
2007
She Said
2022
Single White Female
1992
Law & Order
1990
Photos (1)
Movies (45)
Love & Other Drugs
California Man
Paycheck
Attorney General Brown
She Said
Lanny Davis
Synecdoche, New York
Emergency Room Doctor
Side Effects
Banks' Partner #1
The Seventh Sign
Father Lucci
Someone Like You...
Stephen, Alice's Husband
Freedomland
Lt. Gold
I'm Not There
Morris Bernstein / Barker
Safe
Peter Dunning
The Savages
Larry
Single White Female
Graham Knox
Blink
Dr. Ryan Pierce
The Messenger
Mr. Cohen
Prince of the City
Goldman
Christmas Evil
Mr. Grosch
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
Scoop Rosenbaum (segment "The Heidi Chronicles")
Ragtime, The Musical: All-Star Reunion Concert
Tateh
I Shot Andy Warhol
Alan Burke
I'm Not Rappaport
Young Nat's Father
Piaf
'Papa' Leplée / American Sailor
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
Tateh (segment "Ragtime") (archive footage)
Unconscious
Father William
Spinning Into Butter
Jay Salter
Daniel
Ben Cohen
Guilty Until Proven Innocent
Richard Emery
Power and Beauty
Sam Giancana
King of the Corner
Arthur Wexler
Finnegan Begin Again
John Jewell
Breaking Upwards
Alan
The Variable
2024
Keep in Touch
Dallen Parcel
Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder
Peter Hofstrom
Two Against Time
Robert Portman
Coming Up Roses
Charles
Sundowners
2019
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
Kohn
Harvest
Carmine Monopoli
Daddy's Girl
Robert
The Rules of the Game
1975
Good Grief
Uncle Harold
Creating Ragtime
Tateh
The Heidi Chronicles
Scoop Rosenbaum
5 Doctors
Dr. Lipman
Carmen & Moony
Louis
TV Shows (24)
Law & Order
Nolan Farber · 1 eps
Law & Order
William Goodwin · 1 eps
Law & Order
Defense Attorney Harold Jensen · 1 eps
Person of Interest
Lawrence Szilard · 1 eps
Miami Vice
Morgan · 1 eps
Ghost Whisperer
Steve Burris · 1 eps
Without a Trace
Damon · 1 eps
Great Performances
1 eps
Succession
Frank Vernon · 39 eps
Damages
District Attorney · 1 eps
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
George · 6 eps
The Affair
Robert · 3 eps
The Muppet Show
Crocodile / Banana (voice) · 1 eps
The Muppet Show
Pa (voice) · 1 eps
The Muppet Show
Lead Mop (voice) · 1 eps
The Muppet Show
Andre the Artist (voice) · 1 eps
The Muppet Show
Additional Muppets (voice) · 1 eps
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
Harry · 1 eps
Brooklyn Bridge
George Silver · 33 eps
Baby Bob
Peter · 1 eps
Heist
Rabbi · 1 eps
Made in Jersey
Henry Sohn · 1 eps
Hothouse
David · 2 eps
Rage of Angels
Larry · 2 eps
