Acting
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.
Filmography
Farther Along
Film · 2026
Marina
Film · 2025
King Hamlet
Film · 2025
Ragtime, The Musical: All-Star Reunion Concert
Film · 2024
The Variable
Film · 2024
Jim Henson Idea Man
Film · 2024
Carmen & Moony
Film · 2023
Daddy's Girl
Film · 2022
She Said
Film · 2022
Good Grief
Film · 2021
Stars in the House
Series · 2020
Sundowners
Film · 2019
Succession
Series · 2018
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Series · 2017
5 Doctors
Film · 2016
Keep in Touch
Film · 2015
The Affair
Series · 2014
Side Effects
Film · 2013
Made in Jersey
Series · 2012
666 Park Avenue
Series · 2012
Harvest
Film · 2011
Coming Up Roses
Film · 2011
Person of Interest
Series · 2011
Love & Other Drugs
Film · 2010
Breaking Upwards
Film · 2009
The Messenger
Film · 2009
Spinning Into Butter
Film · 2009
Synecdoche, New York
Film · 2008
I'm Not There
Film · 2007
The Savages
Film · 2007
Damages
Series · 2007
Freedomland
Film · 2006
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
Film · 2006
Unconscious
Film · 2006
Heist
Series · 2006
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
Film · 2005
Ghost Whisperer
Series · 2005
King of the Corner
Film · 2004
Paycheck
Film · 2003
Two Against Time
Film · 2002
Power and Beauty
Film · 2002
Without a Trace
Series · 2002
Baby Bob
Series · 2002
Someone Like You...
Film · 2001
Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder
Film · 2000
Creating Ragtime
Film · 1998
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
Film · 1997
I'm Not Rappaport
Film · 1996
I Shot Andy Warhol
Film · 1996
Safe
Film · 1995
The Heidi Chronicles
Film · 1995
Blink
Film · 1993
Single White Female
Film · 1992
Guilty Until Proven Innocent
Film · 1991
Brooklyn Bridge
Series · 1991
Law & Order
Series · 1990
Law & Order
Series · 1990
Law & Order
Series · 1990
The Seventh Sign
Film · 1988
Hothouse
Series · 1988
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
Series · 1987
Finnegan Begin Again
Film · 1985
Piaf
Film · 1984
Miami Vice
Series · 1984
Daniel
Film · 1983
Rage of Angels
Series · 1983
Prince of the City
Film · 1981
Christmas Evil
Film · 1980
The Muppet Show
Series · 1976
The Muppet Show
Series · 1976
The Muppet Show
Series · 1976
The Muppet Show
Series · 1976
The Muppet Show
Series · 1976
The Rules of the Game
Film · 1975
Great Performances
Series · 1971
Elderwood
Film
Governors Island
Film
Masters of Doom
Series