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.
Acted in 66
2020s
- 2026
Farther Along
Harvey Mitchum
- 2024
The Variable
Movie
Ragtime, The Musical: All-Star Reunion Concert
Tateh
- 2023
Carmen & Moony
Louis
- 2022
Daddy's Girl
Robert
- 2021
Good Grief
Uncle Harold
2010s
- 2019
Sundowners
Movie
- 2018
- 2017
- 2016
5 Doctors
Dr. Lipman
- 2015
Keep in Touch
Dallen Parcel
- 2014
- 2013
- 2012
Made in Jersey
Henry Sohn · 1 episode
- 2011
Coming Up Roses
Charles
Harvest
Carmine Monopoli
- 2010
2000s
- 2009
Spinning Into Butter
Jay Salter
Breaking Upwards
Alan
- 2008
- 2007
- 2006
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
Scoop Rosenbaum (segment "The Heidi Chronicles")
- 2005
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
Tateh (segment "Ragtime") (archive footage)
- 2004
King of the Corner
Arthur Wexler
- 2003
- 2002
Power and Beauty
Sam Giancana
Two Against Time
Robert Portman
Baby Bob
Peter · 1 episode
- 2001
- 2000
Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder
Peter Hofstrom
1990s
- 1998
Creating Ragtime
Tateh
- 1997
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
Kohn
- 1996
I'm Not Rappaport
Young Nat's Father
I Shot Andy Warhol
Alan Burke
- 1995
The Heidi Chronicles
Scoop Rosenbaum
- 1993
Blink
Dr. Ryan Pierce
- 1992
- 1991
- 1990
1980s
- 1988
Hothouse
David · 2 episodes
- 1987
- 1985
Finnegan Begin Again
John Jewell
- 1984
Piaf
'Papa' Leplée / American Sailor
- 1983
Daniel
Ben Cohen
Rage of Angels
Larry · 2 episodes
- 1981
- 1980
1970s
- 1976
- 1975
The Rules of the Game
Movie
- 1971
No release date
Governors Island
Robin
Appearances3
2020s
- 2025
King Hamlet
Self
- 2024
- 2020
