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Peter Friedman

Peter Friedman

Acting April 24, 1949 (77 years old) New York City, New York, USA

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.

Movies 51

Love & Other Drugs 7.0

Love & Other Drugs

as California Man

2010
Paycheck 6.2

Paycheck

as Attorney General Brown

2003
She Said 7.2

She Said

as Lanny Davis

2022
Synecdoche, New York 7.5

Synecdoche, New York

as Emergency Room Doctor

2008
I'm Not There 6.5

I'm Not There

as Morris Bernstein / Barker

2007
Single White Female 6.3

Single White Female

as Graham Knox

1992
Side Effects 6.6

Side Effects

as Banks' Partner #1

2013
The Seventh Sign 6.0

The Seventh Sign

as Father Lucci

1988
Jim Henson Idea Man 7.8

Jim Henson Idea Man

as Self (archive footage)

2024
Someone Like You... 6.0

Someone Like You...

as Stephen, Alice's Husband

2001
Freedomland 5.3

Freedomland

as Lt. Gold

2006
Prince of the City 7.0

Prince of the City

as Goldman

1981
Safe 6.9

Safe

as Peter Dunning

1995
The Messenger 6.7

The Messenger

as Mr. Cohen

2009
The Savages 6.9

The Savages

as Larry

2007
Christmas Evil 5.5

Christmas Evil

as Mr. Grosch

1980
I Shot Andy Warhol 6.2

I Shot Andy Warhol

as Alan Burke

1996
Blink 6.1

Blink

as Dr. Ryan Pierce

1993
Ragtime, The Musical: All-Star Reunion Concert

Ragtime, The Musical: All-Star Reunion Concert

as Tateh

2024
Daniel 6.6

Daniel

as Ben Cohen

1983
Piaf 4.5

Piaf

as 'Papa' Leplée / American Sailor

1984
I'm Not Rappaport 5.7

I'm Not Rappaport

as Young Nat's Father

1996
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

as Scoop Rosenbaum (segment "The Heidi Chronicles")

2006
Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder 5.7

Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder

as Peter Hofstrom

2000
In the Presence of Mine Enemies 5.7

In the Presence of Mine Enemies

as Kohn

1997
King of the Corner 5.9

King of the Corner

as Arthur Wexler

2004
Guilty Until Proven Innocent 7.1

Guilty Until Proven Innocent

as Richard Emery

1991
King Hamlet

King Hamlet

as Self

2025
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards 7.2

Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards

as Tateh (segment "Ragtime") (archive footage)

2005
The Heidi Chronicles 7.6

The Heidi Chronicles

as Scoop Rosenbaum

1995
Unconscious 6.3

Unconscious

as Father William

2006
The Rules of the Game 8.0

The Rules of the Game

1975
Finnegan Begin Again 6.5

Finnegan Begin Again

as John Jewell

1985
Keep in Touch 5.4

Keep in Touch

as Dallen Parcel

2015
Two Against Time 4.7

Two Against Time

as Robert Portman

2002
5 Doctors 6.0

5 Doctors

as Dr. Lipman

2016
Governors Island

Governors Island

as Robin

Harvest 4.8

Harvest

as Carmine Monopoli

2011
Coming Up Roses 5.0

Coming Up Roses

as Charles

2011
Spinning Into Butter 6.3

Spinning Into Butter

as Jay Salter

2009
Daddy's Girl 4.0

Daddy's Girl

as Robert

2022
Breaking Upwards 5.4

Breaking Upwards

as Alan

2009
Creating Ragtime

Creating Ragtime

as Tateh

1998
Sundowners

Sundowners

2019
Power and Beauty 7.0

Power and Beauty

as Sam Giancana

2002
The Variable

The Variable

2024
Good Grief

Good Grief

as Uncle Harold

2021
Elderwood

Elderwood

Farther Along

Farther Along

as Harvey Mitchum

2026
Carmen & Moony

Carmen & Moony

as Louis

2023
Marina

Marina

2025

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