Peter Friedman
Acting
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
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movieJim Henson Idea Man
2024
Self (archive footage)
movieShe Said
2022
Lanny Davis
movieDaddy's Girl
2022
Robert
movieGood Grief
2021
Uncle Harold
tvSuccession
2018
Frank Vernon
movieKeep in Touch
2015
Dallen Parcel
tvThe Affair
2014
Robert
movieSide Effects
2013
Banks' Partner #1
tvMade in Jersey
2012
Henry Sohn
movieComing Up Roses
2011
Charles
tvPerson of Interest
2011
Lawrence Szilard
movieHarvest
2011
Carmine Monopoli
movieLove & Other Drugs
2010
California Man
movieThe Messenger
2009
Mr. Cohen
movieSpinning Into Butter
2009
Jay Salter
movieSynecdoche, New York
2008
Emergency Room Doctor
movieThe Savages
2007
Larry
movieI'm Not There
2007
Morris Bernstein / Barker
tvDamages
2007
District Attorney
movieUnconscious
2006
Father William
movieThe Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006
Scoop Rosenbaum (segment "The Heidi Chronicles")
tvHeist
2006
Rabbi
movieFreedomland
2006
Lt. Gold
tvGhost Whisperer
2005
Steve Burris
movieBroadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005
Tateh (segment "Ragtime") (archive footage)
movieKing of the Corner
2004
Arthur Wexler
moviePaycheck
2003
Attorney General Brown
moviePower and Beauty
2002
Sam Giancana
movieTwo Against Time
2002
Robert Portman
tvBaby Bob
2002
Peter
movieSomeone Like You...
2001
Stephen, Alice's Husband
movieI'm Not Rappaport
1996
Young Nat's Father
movieI Shot Andy Warhol
1996
Alan Burke
movieThe Heidi Chronicles
1995
Scoop Rosenbaum
movieSafe
1995
Peter Dunning
movieBlink
1993
Dr. Ryan Pierce
movieSingle White Female
1992
Graham Knox
movieGuilty Until Proven Innocent
1991
Richard Emery
tvBrooklyn Bridge
1991
George Silver
tvLaw & Order
1990
Nolan Farber / William Goodwin / Defense Attorney Harold Jensen
tvHothouse
1988
David
movieThe Seventh Sign
1988
Father Lucci
movieFinnegan Begin Again
1985
John Jewell
tvMiami Vice
1984
Morgan
moviePiaf
1984
'Papa' Leplée / American Sailor
movieDaniel
1983
Ben Cohen
tvRage of Angels
1983
Larry
moviePrince of the City
1981
Goldman
movieChristmas Evil
1980
Mr. Grosch
tvThe Muppet Show
1976
Crocodile / Banana (voice) / Pa (voice) / Lead Mop (voice) / Andre the Artist (voice) / Additional Muppets (voice)
Masters of Doom
Al Vekovius