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Peter Friedman

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Friedman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
Apr 24, 1949 In New York City, New York, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
50
First Appeared:
In the series Masters of Doom
Latest Project:
Movie Carmen & Moony 2023-12-01
Known For
Poster of Breaking Upwards
Poster of Heist
Poster of Guilty Until Proven Innocent
Poster of The Muppet Show
Filmography
Series Masters of Doom Al Vekovius 2025
Movie Carmen & Moony Louis 2023-12-01
Movie She Said Lanny Davis 2022-11-17
Movie Good Grief Uncle Harold 2021-10-10
Movie Sundowners 2019-01-26
Series Succession Frank Vernon 2018-06-03
Movie Keep in Touch Dallen Parcel 2015-04-16
Movie Side Effects Banks' Partner #1 2013-02-07
Movie Architecture Of Mountains 2012-06-02
Movie Harvest Carmine Monopoli 2011-03-05
Series Person of Interest Lawrence Szilard 2011-09-22
Movie Coming Up Roses Charles 2011-09-23
Movie Love & Other Drugs California Man 2010-11-04
Movie The Messenger Mr. Cohen 2009-11-13
Movie Breaking Upwards Alan 2009-03-14
Movie Synecdoche, New York Emergency Room Doctor 2008-10-24
Movie The Savages Larry 2007-11-28
Movie I'm Not There Morris Bernstein / Barker 2007-10-01
Movie Freedomland Lt. Gold 2006-02-17
Series Heist Unknown 2006-03-22
Movie The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays Scoop Rosenbaum (segment "The Heidi Chronicles") 2006-05-02
Movie Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards Tateh (segment "Ragtime") (archive footage) 2005-08-07
Series Ghost Whisperer Unknown 2005-09-23
Movie King of the Corner Arthur Wexler 2004-06-08
Movie Silverlake Life: Epilogue 2003-03-13
Movie Paycheck Attorney General Brown 2003-12-25
Movie Two Against Time Robert Portman 2002-04-21
Series Without a Trace Unknown 2002-09-26
Movie Someone Like You... Stephen, Alice's Husband 2001-03-30
Movie Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder Peter Hofstrom 2000-02-27
Movie In the Presence of Mine Enemies Kohn 1997-04-20
Movie I Shot Andy Warhol Alan Burke 1996-05-01
Movie I'm Not Rappaport Young Nat's Father 1996-12-24
Movie The Heidi Chronicles Scoop Rosenbaum 1995-10-15
Movie Safe Peter Dunning 1995-06-23
Movie Blink Dr. Ryan Pierce 1993-10-01
Movie Silverlake Life: The View from Here 1993-01-21
Movie Single White Female Graham Knox 1992-08-14
Movie Guilty Until Proven Innocent Richard Emery 1991-09-22
Series Brooklyn Bridge George Silver 1991-09-20
Series Law & Order Unknown 1990-09-13
Movie The Seventh Sign Father Lucci 1988-04-01
Movie Finnegan Begin Again John Jewell 1985-02-24
Movie Piaf 'Papa' Leplée / American Sailor 1984-06-10
Series Rage of Angels Larry 1983-02-20
Movie Daniel Ben Cohen 1983-08-26
Movie Prince of the City Goldman 1981-08-19
Movie Christmas Evil Mr. Grosch 1980-11-01
Series The Muppet Show Unknown 1976-09-05
Movie The Rules of the Game 1975-04-30