Acting · New York City, New York, USA · Born April 24, 1949
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.
MovieKing Hamlet
2025
as Self
Marina
2025
MovieThe Variable
2024
MovieJim Henson Idea Man
2024
as Self (archive footage)
MovieRagtime, The Musical: All-Star Reunion Concert
2024
as Tateh
MovieCarmen & Moony
2023
as Louis
MovieShe Said
2022
as Lanny Davis
MovieDaddy's Girl
2022
as Robert
MovieGood Grief
2021
as Uncle Harold
TVStars in the House
2020
as Self
MovieSundowners
2019
TVSuccession
2018
as Frank Vernon
TVThe Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
2017
as George
MovieKeep in Touch
2015
as Dallen Parcel
TVThe Affair
2014
as Robert
MovieSide Effects
2013
as Banks' Partner #1
TVMade in Jersey
2012
as Henry Sohn
MovieComing Up Roses
2011
as Charles
TVPerson of Interest
2011
as Lawrence Szilard
MovieHarvest
2011
as Carmine Monopoli
MovieLove & Other Drugs
2010
as California Man
MovieThe Messenger
2009
as Mr. Cohen
MovieSpinning Into Butter
2009
as Jay Salter
MovieBreaking Upwards
2009
as Alan
MovieSynecdoche, New York
2008
as Emergency Room Doctor
MovieThe Savages
2007
as Larry
MovieI'm Not There
2007
as Morris Bernstein / Barker
TVDamages
2007
as District Attorney
MovieUnconscious
2006
as Father William
MovieThe Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006
as Scoop Rosenbaum (segment "The Heidi Chronicles")
TVHeist
2006
as Rabbi
MovieFreedomland
2006
as Lt. Gold
TVGhost Whisperer
2005
as Steve Burris
MovieBroadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005
as Tateh (segment "Ragtime") (archive footage)
MovieKing of the Corner
2004
as Arthur Wexler
MoviePaycheck
2003
as Attorney General Brown
TVWithout a Trace
2002
as Damon
MoviePower and Beauty
2002
as Sam Giancana
MovieTwo Against Time
2002
as Robert Portman
TVBaby Bob
2002
as Peter
MovieSomeone Like You...
2001
as Stephen, Alice's Husband
MoviePerfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder
2000
as Peter Hofstrom
MovieCreating Ragtime
1998
as Tateh
MovieIn the Presence of Mine Enemies
1997
as Kohn
MovieI'm Not Rappaport
1996
as Young Nat's Father
MovieI Shot Andy Warhol
1996
as Alan Burke
MovieThe Heidi Chronicles
1995
as Scoop Rosenbaum
MovieSafe
1995
as Peter Dunning
MovieBlink
1993
as Dr. Ryan Pierce
MovieSingle White Female
1992
as Graham Knox
MovieGuilty Until Proven Innocent
1991
as Richard Emery
TVBrooklyn Bridge
1991
as George Silver
TVLaw & Order
1990
as Nolan Farber
TVHothouse
1988
as David
MovieThe Seventh Sign
1988
as Father Lucci
TVThe Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
1987
as Harry
MovieFinnegan Begin Again
1985
as John Jewell
TVMiami Vice
1984
as Morgan
MoviePiaf
1984
as 'Papa' Leplée / American Sailor
MovieDaniel
1983
as Ben Cohen
TVRage of Angels
1983
as Larry
MoviePrince of the City
1981
as Goldman
MovieChristmas Evil
1980
as Mr. Grosch
TVThe Muppet Show
1976
as Crocodile / Banana (voice)
MovieThe Rules of the Game
1975
TVGreat Performances
1971
Elderwood
Masters of Doom
as Al Vekovius
