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