Peter Friedman
Acting • Born 1949-04-24
Biography
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
73 credits
I'm Not Rappaport
Movie • 1996
Young Nat's Father
I'm Not There
Movie • 2007
Morris Bernstein / Barker
The Seventh Sign
Movie • 1988
Father Lucci
Good Grief
Movie • 2021
Uncle Harold
The Savages
Movie • 2007
Larry
Safe
Movie • 1995
Peter Dunning
Someone Like You...
Movie • 2001
Stephen, Alice's Husband
Single White Female
Movie • 1992
Graham Knox
Freedomland
Movie • 2006
Lt. Gold
Paycheck
Movie • 2003
Attorney General Brown
Love & Other Drugs
Movie • 2010
California Man
The Heidi Chronicles
Movie • 1995
Scoop Rosenbaum
Harvest
Movie • 2011
Carmine Monopoli
Side Effects
Movie • 2013
Banks' Partner #1
Coming Up Roses
Movie • 2011
Charles
Two Against Time
Movie • 2002
Robert Portman
Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder
Movie • 2000
Peter Hofstrom
Blink
Movie • 1993
Dr. Ryan Pierce
Carmen & Moony
Movie • 2023
Louis
Daddy's Girl
Movie • 2022
Robert
Ragtime Reunion Concert
Movie • 2024
Tateh
Keep in Touch
Movie • 2015
Dallen Parcel
She Said
Movie • 2022
Lanny Davis
Breaking Upwards
Movie • 2009
Alan
Guilty Until Proven Innocent
Movie • 1991
Richard Emery
Christmas Evil
Movie • 1980
Mr. Grosch
Finnegan Begin Again
Movie • 1985
John Jewell
Synecdoche, New York
Movie • 2008
Emergency Room Doctor
The Messenger
Movie • 2009
Mr. Cohen
Sundowners
Movie • 2019
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
Movie • 2005
Tateh (segment "Ragtime") (archive footage)
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
Movie • 2006
Scoop Rosenbaum (segment "The Heidi Chronicles")
Piaf
Movie • 1984
'Papa' Leplée / American Sailor
The Rules of the Game
Movie • 1975
Daniel
Movie • 1983
Ben Cohen
Power and Beauty
Movie • 2002
Sam Giancana
Unconscious
Movie • 2006
Father William
Prince of the City
Movie • 1981
Goldman
I Shot Andy Warhol
Movie • 1996
Alan Burke
King of the Corner
Movie • 2004
Arthur Wexler
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
Movie • 1997
Kohn
The Variable
Movie • 2024
Marina
Movie • 2025
King Hamlet
Movie • 2025
Self
Spinning Into Butter
Movie • 2009
Jay Salter
Creating Ragtime
Movie • 1998
Tateh
Jim Henson Idea Man
Movie • 2024
Self (archive footage)
Ghost Whisperer
TV • 2005
Steve Burris
Heist
TV • 2006
Without a Trace
TV • 2002
Damon
The Muppet Show
TV • 1976
Crocodile / Banana (voice)
Damages
TV • 2007
District Attorney
Brooklyn Bridge
TV • 1991
George Silver
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Nolan Farber
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
TV • 2017
George
Rage of Angels
TV • 1983
Larry
Person of Interest
TV • 2011
Lawrence Szilard
The Muppet Show
TV • 1976
Pa (voice)
The Muppet Show
TV • 1976
Lead Mop (voice)
The Muppet Show
TV • 1976
Andre the Artist (voice)
The Muppet Show
TV • 1976
Additional Muppets (voice)
Law & Order
TV • 1990
William Goodwin
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Defense Attorney Harold Jensen
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
TV • 1987
Harry
Stars in the House
TV • 2020
Self
Masters of Doom
TV
Al Vekovius
Succession
TV • 2018
Frank Vernon
Miami Vice
TV • 1984
Morgan
Made in Jersey
TV • 2012
Henry Sohn
Great Performances
TV • 1971
Baby Bob
TV • 2002
Peter
Hothouse
TV • 1988
David
The Affair
TV • 2014
Robert