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.
Known For

Law & Order

Law & Order

Law & Order

Person of Interest

Without a Trace

Ghost Whisperer

Miami Vice

Succession
All Movies (47)
- King Hamlet2025 · as Self
- Marina2025
- The Variable2024
- Jim Henson Idea Man2024 · as Self (archive footage)
- Ragtime, The Musical: All-Star Reunion Concert2024 · as Tateh
- Carmen & Moony2023 · as Louis
- She Said2022 · as Lanny Davis
- Daddy's Girl2022 · as Robert
- Good Grief2021 · as Uncle Harold
- Sundowners2019
- Keep in Touch2015 · as Dallen Parcel
- Side Effects2013 · as Banks' Partner #1
- Coming Up Roses2011 · as Charles
- Harvest2011 · as Carmine Monopoli
- Love & Other Drugs2010 · as California Man
- The Messenger2009 · as Mr. Cohen
- Spinning Into Butter2009 · as Jay Salter
- Breaking Upwards2009 · as Alan
- Synecdoche, New York2008 · as Emergency Room Doctor
- The Savages2007 · as Larry
- I'm Not There2007 · as Morris Bernstein / Barker
- Unconscious2006 · as Father William
- The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays2006 · as Scoop Rosenbaum (segment "The Heidi Chronicles")
- Freedomland2006 · as Lt. Gold
- Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards2005 · as Tateh (segment "Ragtime") (archive footage)
- King of the Corner2004 · as Arthur Wexler
- Paycheck2003 · as Attorney General Brown
- Power and Beauty2002 · as Sam Giancana
- Two Against Time2002 · as Robert Portman
- Someone Like You...2001 · as Stephen, Alice's Husband
- Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder2000 · as Peter Hofstrom
- Creating Ragtime1998 · as Tateh
- In the Presence of Mine Enemies1997 · as Kohn
- I'm Not Rappaport1996 · as Young Nat's Father
- I Shot Andy Warhol1996 · as Alan Burke
- The Heidi Chronicles1995 · as Scoop Rosenbaum
- Safe1995 · as Peter Dunning
- Blink1993 · as Dr. Ryan Pierce
- Single White Female1992 · as Graham Knox
- Guilty Until Proven Innocent1991 · as Richard Emery
- The Seventh Sign1988 · as Father Lucci
- Finnegan Begin Again1985 · as John Jewell
- Piaf1984 · as 'Papa' Leplée / American Sailor
- Daniel1983 · as Ben Cohen
- Prince of the City1981 · as Goldman
- Christmas Evil1980 · as Mr. Grosch
- The Rules of the Game1975
All TV Shows (26)
- Stars in the House2020 · as Self
- Succession2018 · as Frank Vernon
- The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel2017 · as George
- The Affair2014 · as Robert
- Made in Jersey2012 · as Henry Sohn
- Person of Interest2011 · as Lawrence Szilard
- Damages2007 · as District Attorney
- Heist2006 · as Rabbi
- Ghost Whisperer2005 · as Steve Burris
- Without a Trace2002 · as Damon
- Baby Bob2002 · as Peter
- Brooklyn Bridge1991 · as George Silver
- Law & Order1990 · as Nolan Farber
- Law & Order1990 · as William Goodwin
- Law & Order1990 · as Defense Attorney Harold Jensen
- Hothouse1988 · as David
- The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd1987 · as Harry
- Miami Vice1984 · as Morgan
- Rage of Angels1983 · as Larry
- The Muppet Show1976 · as Crocodile / Banana (voice)
- The Muppet Show1976 · as Pa (voice)
- The Muppet Show1976 · as Lead Mop (voice)
- The Muppet Show1976 · as Andre the Artist (voice)
- The Muppet Show1976 · as Additional Muppets (voice)
- Great Performances1971
- Masters of Doom— · as Al Vekovius