- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- April 24, 1949
- Place of Birth
- 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 th…
Filmography
movieKing Hamlet
2025 · Self
Marina
movieMarina
2025
movieThe Variable
2024
movieJim Henson Idea Man
2024 · Self (archive footage)
movieRagtime, The Musical: All-Star Reunion Concert
2024 · Tateh
movieCarmen & Moony
2023 · Louis
movieShe Said
2022 · Lanny Davis
movieDaddy's Girl
2022 · Robert
movieGood Grief
2021 · Uncle Harold
tvStars in the House
2020 · Self
movieSundowners
2019
tvSuccession
2018 · Frank Vernon
tvThe Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
2017 · George
movieKeep in Touch
2015 · Dallen Parcel
tvThe Affair
2014 · Robert
movieSide Effects
2013 · Banks' Partner #1
tvMade in Jersey
2012 · Henry Sohn
movieComing Up Roses
2011 · Charles
tvPerson of Interest
2011 · Lawrence Szilard
movieHarvest
2011 · Carmine Monopoli
movieLove & Other Drugs
2010 · California Man
movieThe Messenger
2009 · Mr. Cohen
movieSpinning Into Butter
2009 · Jay Salter
movieBreaking Upwards
2009 · Alan
movieSynecdoche, New York
2008 · Emergency Room Doctor
movieThe Savages
2007 · Larry
movieI'm Not There
2007 · Morris Bernstein / Barker
tvDamages
2007 · District Attorney
movieUnconscious
2006 · Father William
movieThe Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006 · Scoop Rosenbaum (segment "The Heidi Chronicles")
tvHeist
2006 · Rabbi
movieFreedomland
2006 · Lt. Gold
tvGhost Whisperer
2005 · Steve Burris
movieBroadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005 · Tateh (segment "Ragtime") (archive footage)
movieKing of the Corner
2004 · Arthur Wexler
moviePaycheck
2003 · Attorney General Brown
tvWithout a Trace
2002 · Damon
moviePower and Beauty
2002 · Sam Giancana
movieTwo Against Time
2002 · Robert Portman
tvBaby Bob
2002 · Peter
movieSomeone Like You...
2001 · Stephen, Alice's Husband
moviePerfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder
2000 · Peter Hofstrom
movieCreating Ragtime
1998 · Tateh
movieIn the Presence of Mine Enemies
1997 · Kohn
movieI'm Not Rappaport
1996 · Young Nat's Father
movieI Shot Andy Warhol
1996 · Alan Burke
movieThe Heidi Chronicles
1995 · Scoop Rosenbaum
movieSafe
1995 · Peter Dunning
movieBlink
1993 · Dr. Ryan Pierce
movieSingle White Female
1992 · Graham Knox
movieGuilty Until Proven Innocent
1991 · Richard Emery
tvBrooklyn Bridge
1991 · George Silver
tvLaw & Order
1990 · Nolan Farber, William Goodwin, Defense Attorney Harold Jensen
tvHothouse
1988 · David
movieThe Seventh Sign
1988 · Father Lucci
tvThe Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
1987 · Harry
movieFinnegan Begin Again
1985 · John Jewell
tvMiami Vice
1984 · Morgan
moviePiaf
1984 · 'Papa' Leplée / American Sailor
movieDaniel
1983 · Ben Cohen
tvRage of Angels
1983 · Larry
moviePrince of the City
1981 · Goldman
movieChristmas Evil
1980 · Mr. Grosch
tvThe Muppet Show
1976 · Crocodile / Banana (voice), Lead Mop (voice), Andre the Artist (voice), Pa (voice), Additional Muppets (voice)
movieThe Rules of the Game
1975
tvGreat Performances
1971
Elderwood
movieElderwood
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Masters of Doom
tvMasters of Doom
— · Al Vekovius