Peter Friedman
ActingBiography
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.
Movies
(47 total)
Love & Other Drugs
as California Man
Side Effects
as Banks' Partner #1
Paycheck
as Attorney General Brown
Synecdoche, New York
as Emergency Room Doctor
I'm Not There
as Morris Bernstein / Barker
She Said
as Lanny Davis
Single White Female
as Graham Knox
The Messenger
as Mr. Cohen
The Savages
as Larry
Someone Like You...
as Stephen, Alice's Husband
The Seventh Sign
as Father Lucci
Freedomland
as Lt. Gold
Safe
as Peter Dunning
Christmas Evil
as Mr. Grosch
Blink
as Dr. Ryan Pierce
Prince of the City
as Goldman
I Shot Andy Warhol
as Alan Burke
Jim Henson Idea Man
as Self (archive footage)
Daniel
as Ben Cohen
I'm Not Rappaport
as Young Nat's Father
TV Shows
(26 total)
Person of Interest
as Lawrence Szilard
Ghost Whisperer
as Steve Burris
Succession
as Frank Vernon
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
as George
Law & Order
as Nolan Farber
Law & Order
as William Goodwin
Law & Order
as Defense Attorney Harold Jensen
Miami Vice
as Morgan
The Affair
as Robert
The Muppet Show
as Crocodile / Banana (voice)
The Muppet Show
as Additional Muppets (voice)
The Muppet Show
as Lead Mop (voice)
The Muppet Show
as Andre the Artist (voice)
The Muppet Show
as Pa (voice)
Without a Trace
as Damon
Damages
as District Attorney
Made in Jersey
as Henry Sohn
Rage of Angels
as Larry
