Peter Friedman
Born
April 24, 1949 (age 76)
Birthplace
New York City, New York, USA

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.

Movies

Marina
Marina
2025
The Variable
The Variable
2024
Ragtime Reunion Concert
Ragtime Reunion Concert
2024
Tateh
Carmen & Moony
Carmen & Moony
2023
Louis
She Said
She Said
2022 ★ 7.2
Lanny Davis
Daddy's Girl
Daddy's Girl
2022 ★ 4.0
Robert
Good Grief
Good Grief
2021
Uncle Harold
Sundowners
Sundowners
2019
Keep in Touch
Keep in Touch
2015 ★ 5.4
Dallen Parcel
Side Effects
Side Effects
2013 ★ 6.6
Banks' Partner #1
Coming Up Roses
Coming Up Roses
2011 ★ 5.0
Charles
Harvest
Harvest
2011 ★ 4.8
Carmine Monopoli
Love & Other Drugs
Love & Other Drugs
2010 ★ 7.0
California Man
The Messenger
The Messenger
2009 ★ 6.8
Mr. Cohen
Breaking Upwards
Breaking Upwards
2009 ★ 5.4
Alan
Synecdoche, New York
Synecdoche, New York
2008 ★ 7.5
Emergency Room Doctor
The Savages
The Savages
2007 ★ 6.9
Larry
I'm Not There
I'm Not There
2007 ★ 6.5
Morris Bernstein / Barker
Spinning Into Butter
Spinning Into Butter
2007 ★ 5.4
Jay Salter
Unconscious
Unconscious
2006 ★ 6.0
Father William
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006
Scoop Rosenbaum (segment "The Heidi Chronicles")
Freedomland
Freedomland
2006 ★ 5.2
Lt. Gold
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005 ★ 7.2
Tateh (segment "Ragtime") (archive footage)
King of the Corner
King of the Corner
2004 ★ 5.7
Arthur Wexler
Paycheck
Paycheck
2003 ★ 6.2
Attorney General Brown
Power and Beauty
Power and Beauty
2002 ★ 6.7
Sam Giancana
Two Against Time
Two Against Time
2002 ★ 3.0
Robert Portman
Someone Like You...
Someone Like You...
2001 ★ 5.9
Stephen, Alice's Husband
Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder
Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder
2000 ★ 5.6
Peter Hofstrom
Creating Ragtime
Creating Ragtime
1998
Tateh
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
1997 ★ 4.8
Kohn
I'm Not Rappaport
I'm Not Rappaport
1996 ★ 5.6
Young Nat's Father
I Shot Andy Warhol
I Shot Andy Warhol
1996 ★ 6.1
Alan Burke
The Heidi Chronicles
The Heidi Chronicles
1995 ★ 7.5
Scoop Rosenbaum
Safe
Safe
1995 ★ 7.0
Peter Dunning
Blink
Blink
1993 ★ 6.1
Dr. Ryan Pierce
Single White Female
Single White Female
1992 ★ 6.3
Graham Knox
Guilty Until Proven Innocent
Guilty Until Proven Innocent
1991 ★ 6.9
Richard Emery
The Seventh Sign
The Seventh Sign
1988 ★ 6.0
Father Lucci
Finnegan Begin Again
Finnegan Begin Again
1985 ★ 6.3
John Jewell
Piaf
Piaf
1984
'Papa' Leplée / American Sailor
Daniel
Daniel
1983 ★ 6.6
Ben Cohen
Prince of the City
Prince of the City
1981 ★ 7.0
Goldman
Christmas Evil
Christmas Evil
1980 ★ 5.4
Mr. Grosch
The Rules of the Game
The Rules of the Game
1975

TV Series