Peter Friedman
Known for: 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.
Filmography
Series
Law & Order
Nolan Farber
1990
Series
Law & Order
William Goodwin
1990
Series
Law & Order
Defense Attorney Harold Jensen
1990
Series
Person of Interest
Lawrence Szilard
2011
Series
Ghost Whisperer
Steve Burris
2005
Series
Without a Trace
Damon
2002
Series
Damages
District Attorney
2007
Series
Miami Vice
Morgan
1984
Series
Succession
Frank Vernon
2018
Series
Great Performances
1971
Series
The Affair
Robert
2014
Series
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
George
2017
Series
Stars in the House
Self
2020
Film
She Said
Lanny Davis
2022
Series
The Muppet Show
Crocodile / Banana (voice)
1976
Series
The Muppet Show
Pa (voice)
1976
Series
The Muppet Show
Lead Mop (voice)
1976
Series
The Muppet Show
Andre the Artist (voice)
1976
Series
The Muppet Show
Additional Muppets (voice)
1976
Film
Love & Other Drugs
California Man
2010
Series
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
Harry
1987
Film
Paycheck
Attorney General Brown
2003
Film
Synecdoche, New York
Emergency Room Doctor
2008
Film
Side Effects
Banks' Partner #1
2013
Series
Brooklyn Bridge
George Silver
1991
Film
I'm Not There
Morris Bernstein / Barker
2007
Film
Someone Like You...
Stephen, Alice's Husband
2001
Film
The Savages
Larry
2007
Film
Single White Female
Graham Knox
1992
Series
Baby Bob
Peter
2002
Film
Safe
Peter Dunning
1995
Film
Jim Henson Idea Man
Self (archive footage)
2024
Series
Made in Jersey
Henry Sohn
2012
Elderwood
Series
Heist
Rabbi
2006
Film
Freedomland
Lt. Gold
2006
Film
The Seventh Sign
Father Lucci
1988
Series
Hothouse
David
1988
Film
The Messenger
Mr. Cohen
2009
Film
Christmas Evil
Mr. Grosch
1980
Film
Piaf
'Papa' Leplée / American Sailor
1984
Film
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
Tateh (segment "Ragtime") (archive footage)
2005
Series
Rage of Angels
Larry
1983
Film
Prince of the City
Goldman
1981
Film
Blink
Dr. Ryan Pierce
1993
Film
Guilty Until Proven Innocent
Richard Emery
1991
Film
Daniel
Ben Cohen
1983
Film
Ragtime, The Musical: All-Star Reunion Concert
Tateh
2024
Film
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
Scoop Rosenbaum (segment "The Heidi Chronicles")
2006
Film
I Shot Andy Warhol
Alan Burke
1996
Film
I'm Not Rappaport
Young Nat's Father
1996
Film
Unconscious
Father William
2006
Film
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
Kohn
1997
Film
Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder
Peter Hofstrom
2000
Film
Breaking Upwards
Alan
2009
Film
Spinning Into Butter
Jay Salter
2009
Film
The Rules of the Game
1975
Film
Keep in Touch
Dallen Parcel
2015
Film
Sundowners
2019
Film
King of the Corner
Arthur Wexler
2004
Film
The Heidi Chronicles
Scoop Rosenbaum
1995
Film
King Hamlet
Self
2025
Film
Finnegan Begin Again
John Jewell
1985
Film
Two Against Time
Robert Portman
2002
Film
Harvest
Carmine Monopoli
2011
Film
Power and Beauty
Sam Giancana
2002
Film
Coming Up Roses
Charles
2011
Film
5 Doctors
Dr. Lipman
2016
Film
Daddy's Girl
Robert
2022
Film
Creating Ragtime
Tateh
1998
Marina
2025
Film
The Variable
2024
Film
Governors Island
Robin
Masters of Doom
Al Vekovius
Film
Good Grief
Uncle Harold
2021
Film
Carmen & Moony
Louis
2023