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