Peter Friedman
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.
Movie Appearances
I'm Not Rappaport
as Young Nat's Father
1996
I'm Not There
as Morris Bernstein / Barker
2007
The Seventh Sign
as Father Lucci
1988
Good Grief
as Uncle Harold
2021
The Savages
as Larry
2007
Safe
as Peter Dunning
1995
Someone Like You...
as Stephen, Alice's Husband
2001
Single White Female
as Graham Knox
1992
Freedomland
as Lt. Gold
2006
Paycheck
as Attorney General Brown
2003
Love & Other Drugs
as California Man
2010
The Heidi Chronicles
as Scoop Rosenbaum
1995
Harvest
as Carmine Monopoli
2011
Side Effects
as Banks' Partner #1
2013
Coming Up Roses
as Charles
2011
Two Against Time
as Robert Portman
2002
Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder
as Peter Hofstrom
2000
Blink
as Dr. Ryan Pierce
1993
Carmen & Moony
as Louis
2023
Daddy's Girl
as Robert
2022
TV Appearances
Ghost Whisperer
as Steve Burris
2005
Heist
as Rabbi
2006
Without a Trace
as Damon
2002
The Muppet Show
as Crocodile / Banana (voice)
1976
Damages
as District Attorney
2007
Brooklyn Bridge
as George Silver
1991
Law & Order
as Nolan Farber
1990
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
as George
2017
Rage of Angels
as Larry
1983
Person of Interest
as Lawrence Szilard
2011
The Muppet Show
as Pa (voice)
1976
The Muppet Show
as Lead Mop (voice)
1976