Peter Friedman

Personal Info

Known For:
Acting

Birthday:
April 24, 1949

Place of Birth:
New York City, New York, USA

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Peter Friedman

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.

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Known For

Filmography

Year Movie Role
2025 Marina
2024 Ragtime Reunion Concert Tateh
2024 The Variable
2023 Carmen & Moony Louis
2022 Daddy's Girl Robert
2022 She Said Lanny Davis
2021 Good Grief Uncle Harold
2019 Sundowners
2015 Keep in Touch Dallen Parcel
2013 Side Effects Banks' Partner #1
2011 Harvest Carmine Monopoli
2011 Coming Up Roses Charles
2010 Love & Other Drugs California Man
2009 Breaking Upwards Alan
2009 The Messenger Mr. Cohen
2008 Synecdoche, New York Emergency Room Doctor
2007 I'm Not There Morris Bernstein / Barker
2007 The Savages Larry
2006 Freedomland Lt. Gold
2006 The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays Scoop Rosenbaum (segment "The Heidi Chronicles")
2006 Unconscious Father William
2005 Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards Tateh (segment "Ragtime") (archive footage)
2004 King of the Corner Arthur Wexler
2003 Paycheck Attorney General Brown
2002 Two Against Time Robert Portman
2002 Power and Beauty Sam Giancana
2001 Someone Like You... Stephen, Alice's Husband
2000 Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder Peter Hofstrom
1997 In the Presence of Mine Enemies Kohn
1996 I'm Not Rappaport Young Nat's Father
1996 I Shot Andy Warhol Alan Burke
1995 Safe Peter Dunning
1995 The Heidi Chronicles Scoop Rosenbaum
1993 Blink Dr. Ryan Pierce
1992 Single White Female Graham Knox
1991 Guilty Until Proven Innocent Richard Emery
1988 The Seventh Sign Father Lucci
1985 Finnegan Begin Again John Jewell
1984 Piaf 'Papa' Leplée / American Sailor
1983 Daniel Ben Cohen
1981 Prince of the City Goldman
1980 Christmas Evil Mr. Grosch
1975 The Rules of the Game
Year TV Show Role
2020 Stars in the House Self
2018 Succession Frank Vernon
2017 The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel George
2012 Made in Jersey Henry Sohn
2011 Person of Interest Lawrence Szilard
2007 Damages District Attorney
2006 Heist
2005 Ghost Whisperer Steve Burris
2002 Without a Trace Damon
1991 Brooklyn Bridge George Silver
1990 Law & Order Nolan Farber
1990 Law & Order William Goodwin
1990 Law & Order Defense Attorney Harold Jensen
1987 The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd Harry
1984 Miami Vice Morgan
1983 Rage of Angels Larry
1976 The Muppet Show Crocodile / Banana (voice)
1976 The Muppet Show Additional Muppets (voice)
1976 The Muppet Show Lead Mop (voice)
1976 The Muppet Show Andre the Artist (voice)
1976 The Muppet Show Pa (voice)
1971 Great Performances
Masters of Doom Al Vekovius
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