Peter Friedman

Acting

Peter Friedman

Born April 24, 1949New York City, New York, USA67 credits

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.

Known For

Filmography

King Hamlet
2025King Hamlet
as SelfMovie
Jim Henson Idea Man
2024Jim Henson Idea Man
as Self (archive footage)Movie
Carmen & Moony
2023Carmen & Moony
as LouisMovie
She Said
2022She Said
as Lanny DavisMovie
Daddy's Girl
2022Daddy's Girl
as RobertMovie
Good Grief
2021Good Grief
as Uncle HaroldMovie
Succession
2018Succession
as Frank VernonTV
Keep in Touch
2015Keep in Touch
as Dallen ParcelMovie
The Affair
2014The Affair
as RobertTV
Side Effects
2013Side Effects
as Banks' Partner #1Movie
Made in Jersey
2012Made in Jersey
as Henry SohnTV
Coming Up Roses
2011Coming Up Roses
as CharlesMovie
Person of Interest
2011Person of Interest
as Lawrence SzilardTV
Harvest
2011Harvest
as Carmine MonopoliMovie
Love & Other Drugs
2010Love & Other Drugs
as California ManMovie
The Messenger
2009The Messenger
as Mr. CohenMovie
Spinning Into Butter
2009Spinning Into Butter
as Jay SalterMovie
Synecdoche, New York
2008Synecdoche, New York
as Emergency Room DoctorMovie
The Savages
2007The Savages
as LarryMovie
I'm Not There
2007I'm Not There
as Morris Bernstein / BarkerMovie
Damages
2007Damages
as District AttorneyTV
Unconscious
2006Unconscious
as Father WilliamMovie
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
as Scoop Rosenbaum (segment "The Heidi Chronicles")Movie
Freedomland
2006Freedomland
as Lt. GoldMovie
Ghost Whisperer
2005Ghost Whisperer
as Steve BurrisTV
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
as Tateh (segment "Ragtime") (archive footage)Movie
King of the Corner
2004King of the Corner
as Arthur WexlerMovie
Paycheck
2003Paycheck
as Attorney General BrownMovie
Power and Beauty
2002Power and Beauty
as Sam GiancanaMovie
Two Against Time
2002Two Against Time
as Robert PortmanMovie
Baby Bob
2002Baby Bob
as PeterTV
Someone Like You...
2001Someone Like You...
as Stephen, Alice's HusbandMovie
I'm Not Rappaport
1996I'm Not Rappaport
as Young Nat's FatherMovie
I Shot Andy Warhol
1996I Shot Andy Warhol
as Alan BurkeMovie
The Heidi Chronicles
1995The Heidi Chronicles
as Scoop RosenbaumMovie
Safe
1995Safe
as Peter DunningMovie
Blink
1993Blink
as Dr. Ryan PierceMovie
Single White Female
1992Single White Female
as Graham KnoxMovie
Brooklyn Bridge
1991Brooklyn Bridge
as George SilverTV
Law & Order
1990Law & Order
as Nolan FarberTV
Hothouse
1988Hothouse
as DavidTV
The Seventh Sign
1988The Seventh Sign
as Father LucciMovie
Finnegan Begin Again
1985Finnegan Begin Again
as John JewellMovie
Miami Vice
1984Miami Vice
as MorganTV
Piaf
1984Piaf
as 'Papa' Leplée / American SailorMovie
Daniel
1983Daniel
as Ben CohenMovie
Prince of the City
1981Prince of the City
as GoldmanMovie
Christmas Evil
1980Christmas Evil
as Mr. GroschMovie
The Muppet Show
1976The Muppet Show
as Crocodile / Banana (voice)TV
M
Masters of Doom
as Al VekoviusTV