Acting credits
64
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Peter Friedman
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
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Movies: 46Series: 18
TMDB ID: 54246
IMDb ID: nm0295334
Known for: Acting
Born: April 24, 1949
Age: 76
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1971 - 2025
Years active: 55
Average TMDB rating: 6.8
Wikidata: Q682752
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Peter Friedman.
King Hamlet
as Self
2025 Movie
The Variable
2024 Movie
7.8
Jim Henson Idea Man
as Self (archive footage)
2024 Movie
Ragtime Reunion Concert
as Tateh
2024 Movie
Carmen & Moony
as Louis
2023 Movie
7.2
She Said
as Lanny Davis
2022 Movie
4.0
Daddy's Girl
as Robert
2022 Movie
Good Grief
as Uncle Harold
2021 Movie
Sundowners
2019 Movie
5.4
Keep in Touch
as Dallen Parcel
2015 Movie
6.6
Side Effects
as Banks' Partner #1
2013 Movie
5.0
Coming Up Roses
as Charles
2011 Movie
4.8
Harvest
as Carmine Monopoli
2011 Movie
7.0
Love & Other Drugs
as California Man
2010 Movie
6.8
The Messenger
as Mr. Cohen
2009 Movie
5.4
Spinning Into Butter
as Jay Salter
2009 Movie
5.4
Breaking Upwards
as Alan
2009 Movie
7.5
Synecdoche, New York
as Emergency Room Doctor
2008 Movie
6.9
The Savages
as Larry
2007 Movie
6.5
I'm Not There
as Morris Bernstein / Barker
2007 Movie
6.0
Unconscious
as Father William
2006 Movie
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
as Scoop Rosenbaum (segment "The Heidi Chronicles")
2006 Movie
5.2
Freedomland
as Lt. Gold
2006 Movie
7.2
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
as Tateh (segment "Ragtime") (archive footage)
2005 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Peter Friedman.
Stars in the House
as Self • 1 eps
2020 Series
8.3
Succession
as Frank Vernon • 39 eps
2018 Series
8.0
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
as George • 6 eps
2017 Series
6.8
Made in Jersey
as Henry Sohn • 1 eps
2012 Series
8.1
Person of Interest
as Lawrence Szilard • 1 eps
2011 Series
7.4
Damages
as District Attorney • 1 eps
2007 Series
6.8
Heist
1 eps
2006 Series
8.1
Ghost Whisperer
as Steve Burris • 1 eps
2005 Series
7.2
Without a Trace
as Damon • 1 eps
2002 Series
10.0
Baby Bob
as Peter • 1 eps
2002 Series
7.5
Brooklyn Bridge
as George Silver • 33 eps
1991 Series
7.3
Law & Order
as Nolan Farber • 1 eps
1990 Series
5.0
Hothouse
as David • 2 eps
1988 Series
6.0
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
as Harry • 1 eps
1987 Series
7.5
Miami Vice
as Morgan • 1 eps
1984 Series
5.5
Rage of Angels
as Larry • 2 eps
1983 Series
8.0
The Muppet Show
as Crocodile / Banana (voice) • 1 eps
1976 Series
5.8
Great Performances
1 eps
1971 Series