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Peter Friedman

ActorBorn April 24, 1949 (75 years)
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.

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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Side Effects
  • I'm Not There
  • The Messenger
  • Christmas Evil
  • In the Presence of Mine Enemies
  • Power and Beauty
  • Unconscious

Known For

  • Succession
  • Paycheck
  • Single White Female
  • The Savages
  • Synecdoche, New York
  • The Seventh Sign
  • Someone Like You
  • Freedomland
  • Blink
  • I Shot Andy Warhol

Filmography

2024
Jim Henson: Idea Man · as Muppet Performer
2022
She Said · as Lanny Davis
2018
The Accidental Wolf (TV Series) · as Cast
2018
Succession (TV Series) · as Frank Vernon
2018
Succession · as Frank Vernon
2017
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (TV Series) · as George
2016
5 Doctors · as Dr. Lipman
2016
High Maintenance (2016) (TV Series) · as Jim
2016
The Path (TV Series) · as Hank
2015
Keep in Touch · as Dallen Parcel
2014
Knives · as Clinton
2014
The Affair (TV Series) · as Robert
2013
Side Effects · as Banks' Partner #1
2012
666 Park Avenue (TV Series) · as Samuel Steinberg
2012
Made in Jersey (TV Series) · as Henry Sohn
2011
Coming Up Roses · as Charles
2011
Person of Interest (TV Series) · as Lawrence Szilard
2010
Harvest · as Carmine Monopoli
2010
Love & Other Drugs · as California Man
2010
Submissions Only (TV Series) · as Stuart Schulman
2009
The Messenger · as Mr. Cohen
2009
Breaking Upwards · as Alan
2008
Synecdoche, New York · as Emergency Room Doctor
2007
The Savages · as Larry
2007
I'm Not There · as Morris Bernstein / Barker
2007
Damages (TV Series) · as District Attorney
2007
Spinning Into Butter · as Jay Salter
2006
Unconscious · as Father William
2006
Heist (TV Series)
2006
Freedomland · as Lt. Gold
2005
Ghost Whisperer (TV Series) · as Steve Burris
2004
King of the Corner · as Arthur Wexler
2003
Paycheck · as Attorney General Brown
2002
Without a Trace (TV Series) · as Damon
2002
Power and Beauty · as Sam Giancana
2002
Two Against Time · as Robert Portman
2002
Baby Bob (TV Series) · as Peter
2001
Someone Like You · as Stephen, Alice's Husband
2000
2000
1997
1996
I'm Not Rappaport · as Young Nat's Father
1996
I Shot Andy Warhol · as Alan Burke
1995
The Heidi Chronicles · as Scoop Rosenbaum
1995
Safe · as Peter Dunning
1993
Blink · as Dr. Ryan Pierce
1993
NYPD Blue (TV Series) · as Dr. Auken
1992
Single White Female · as Graham Knox
1991
Guilty Until Proven Innocent · as Richard Emery
1991
Brooklyn Bridge (TV Series) · as George Silver
1990
Law & Order (TV Series) · as Nolan Farber
1988
The Seventh Sign · as Father Lucci
1987
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (TV Series) · as Harry
1985
Finnegan Begin Again · as John Jewell
1984
Miami Vice (TV Series) · as Morgan
1983
Daniel · as Ben Cohen
1983
Rage of Angels (TV Series) · as Larry
1983
Rage of Angels · as Larry
1981
Prince of the City · as Goldman
1980
Christmas Evil · as Mr. Grosch
1976
The Muppet Show (TV Series) · as Additional Muppets (voice)
1971
Great Performances (TV Series)
1969
Sesame Street (TV Series) · as Purple Grouch

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