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.
Born: 24 April 1949
Played In
Movie
Aug 2025
King Hamlet
Self
Movie
Mar 2025
Marina
Movie
Oct 2024
The Variable
Movie
May 2024
Jim Henson Idea Man
Self (archive footage)
Movie
Mar 2024
Ragtime, The Musical: All-Star Reunion Concert
Tateh
Movie
Dec 2023
Carmen & Moony
Louis
Movie
Nov 2022
She Said
Lanny Davis
Movie
Jan 2022
Daddy's Girl
Robert
Movie
Oct 2021
Good Grief
Uncle Harold
TV Show
Mar 2020
Stars in the House
Self
Movie
Jan 2019
Sundowners
TV Show
Jun 2018
Succession
Frank Vernon
TV Show
Mar 2017
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
George
Movie
Apr 2015
Keep in Touch
Dallen Parcel
TV Show
Oct 2014
The Affair
Robert
Movie
Feb 2013
Side Effects
Banks' Partner #1
TV Show
Sep 2012
Made in Jersey
Henry Sohn
Movie
Sep 2011
Coming Up Roses
Charles
TV Show
Sep 2011
Person of Interest
Lawrence Szilard
Movie
Mar 2011
Harvest
Carmine Monopoli
Movie
Nov 2010
Love & Other Drugs
California Man
Movie
Nov 2009
The Messenger
Mr. Cohen
Movie
Mar 2009
Spinning Into Butter
Jay Salter
Movie
Mar 2009
Breaking Upwards
Alan
Movie
Oct 2008
Synecdoche, New York
Emergency Room Doctor
Movie
Nov 2007
The Savages
Larry
Movie
Oct 2007
I'm Not There
Morris Bernstein / Barker
TV Show
Jul 2007
Damages
District Attorney
Movie
May 2006
Unconscious
Father William
Movie
May 2006
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
Scoop Rosenbaum (segment "The Heidi Chronicles")
TV Show
Mar 2006
Heist
Rabbi
Movie
Feb 2006
Freedomland
Lt. Gold
TV Show
Sep 2005
Ghost Whisperer
Steve Burris
Movie
Aug 2005
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
Tateh (segment "Ragtime") (archive footage)
Movie
Jun 2004
King of the Corner
Arthur Wexler
Movie
Dec 2003
Paycheck
Attorney General Brown
TV Show
Sep 2002
Without a Trace
Damon
Movie
Jul 2002
Power and Beauty
Sam Giancana
Movie
Apr 2002
Two Against Time
Robert Portman
TV Show
Mar 2002
Baby Bob
Peter
Movie
Mar 2001
Someone Like You...
Stephen, Alice's Husband
Movie
Feb 2000
Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder
Peter Hofstrom
Movie
Jan 1998
Creating Ragtime
Tateh
Movie
Apr 1997
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
Kohn
Movie
Dec 1996
I'm Not Rappaport
Young Nat's Father
Movie
May 1996
I Shot Andy Warhol
Alan Burke
Movie
Oct 1995
The Heidi Chronicles
Scoop Rosenbaum
Movie
Jun 1995
Safe
Peter Dunning
Movie
Oct 1993
Blink
Dr. Ryan Pierce
Movie
Aug 1992
Single White Female
Graham Knox
Movie
Sep 1991
Guilty Until Proven Innocent
Richard Emery
TV Show
Sep 1991
Brooklyn Bridge
George Silver
TV Show
Sep 1990
Law & Order
Nolan Farber
TV Show
Sep 1990
Law & Order
William Goodwin
TV Show
Sep 1990
Law & Order
Defense Attorney Harold Jensen
TV Show
Jun 1988
Hothouse
David
Movie
Apr 1988
The Seventh Sign
Father Lucci
TV Show
May 1987
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
Harry
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Feb 1985
Finnegan Begin Again
John Jewell
TV Show
Sep 1984
Miami Vice
Morgan
Movie
Jun 1984
Piaf
'Papa' Leplée / American Sailor
Movie
Aug 1983
Daniel
Ben Cohen
TV Show
Feb 1983
Rage of Angels
Larry
Movie
Aug 1981
Prince of the City
Goldman
Movie
Nov 1980
Christmas Evil
Mr. Grosch
TV Show
Sep 1976
The Muppet Show
Crocodile / Banana (voice)
TV Show
Sep 1976
The Muppet Show
Lead Mop (voice)
TV Show
Sep 1976
The Muppet Show
Andre the Artist (voice)
TV Show
Sep 1976
The Muppet Show
Pa (voice)
TV Show
Sep 1976
The Muppet Show
Additional Muppets (voice)
Movie
Apr 1975
The Rules of the Game
TV Show
Jan 1971
Great Performances
TV Show
Masters of Doom
Al Vekovius