Peter Friedman
Born
April 24, 1949 (76 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
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.
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Marina
2025
The Variable
2024
Ragtime Reunion Concert
Tateh
2024
Carmen & Moony
Louis
2023
She Said
Lanny Davis
2022
Daddy's Girl
Robert
2022
Good Grief
Uncle Harold
2021
Stars in the House
Self · (1 episode)
2020
Sundowners
2019
Succession
Frank Vernon · (39 episodes)
2018
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
George · (6 episodes)
2017
Keep in Touch
Dallen Parcel
2015
Side Effects
Banks' Partner #1
2013
Made in Jersey
Henry Sohn · (1 episode)
2012
Coming Up Roses
Charles
2011
Person of Interest
Lawrence Szilard · (1 episode)
2011
Harvest
Carmine Monopoli
2011
Love & Other Drugs
California Man
2010
The Messenger
Mr. Cohen
2009
Breaking Upwards
Alan
2009
Synecdoche, New York
Emergency Room Doctor
2008
The Savages
Larry
2007
I'm Not There
Morris Bernstein / Barker
2007
Damages
District Attorney · (1 episode)
2007
Unconscious
Father William
2006
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
Scoop Rosenbaum (segment "The Heidi Chronicles")
2006
Heist
(1 episode)
2006
Freedomland
Lt. Gold
2006
Ghost Whisperer
Steve Burris · (1 episode)
2005
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
Tateh (segment "Ragtime") (archive footage)
2005
King of the Corner
Arthur Wexler
2004
Paycheck
Attorney General Brown
2003
Without a Trace
Damon · (1 episode)
2002
Power and Beauty
Sam Giancana
2002
Two Against Time
Robert Portman
2002
Someone Like You...
Stephen, Alice's Husband
2001
Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder
Peter Hofstrom
2000
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
Kohn
1997
I'm Not Rappaport
Young Nat's Father
1996
I Shot Andy Warhol
Alan Burke
1996
The Heidi Chronicles
Scoop Rosenbaum
1995
Safe
Peter Dunning
1995
Blink
Dr. Ryan Pierce
1993
Single White Female
Graham Knox
1992
Guilty Until Proven Innocent
Richard Emery
1991
Brooklyn Bridge
George Silver · (33 episodes)
1991
Law & Order
Nolan Farber · (1 episode)
1990
Law & Order
William Goodwin · (1 episode)
1990
Law & Order
Defense Attorney Harold Jensen · (1 episode)
1990
The Seventh Sign
Father Lucci
1988
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
Harry · (1 episode)
1987
Finnegan Begin Again
John Jewell
1985
Miami Vice
Morgan · (1 episode)
1984
Piaf
'Papa' Leplée / American Sailor
1984
Daniel
Ben Cohen
1983
Rage of Angels
Larry · (2 episodes)
1983
Prince of the City
Goldman
1981
Christmas Evil
Mr. Grosch
1980
The Muppet Show
Crocodile / Banana (voice) · (1 episode)
1976
The Muppet Show
Lead Mop (voice) · (1 episode)
1976
The Muppet Show
Andre the Artist (voice) · (1 episode)
1976
The Muppet Show
Pa (voice) · (1 episode)
1976
The Muppet Show
Additional Muppets (voice) · (1 episode)
1976
The Rules of the Game
1975
Masters of Doom
Al Vekovius · (1 episode)
Great Performances
(1 episode)
1971