Peter Friedman
Known For
Acting
Born
1949-04-24 in New York City, New York, USA
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.
Most Known For
Law & Order
as Nolan Farber
Law & Order
as William Goodwin
Law & Order
as Defense Attorney Harold Jensen
Person of Interest
as Lawrence Szilard
Great Performances
Ghost Whisperer
as Steve Burris
Miami Vice
as Morgan
Succession
as Frank Vernon
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
as George
Without a Trace
as Damon
Damages
as District Attorney
The Muppet Show
as Crocodile / Banana (voice)
The Muppet Show
as Pa (voice)
The Muppet Show
as Lead Mop (voice)
The Muppet Show
as Andre the Artist (voice)
The Muppet Show
as Additional Muppets (voice)
Stars in the House
as Self
Love & Other Drugs
as California Man
She Said
as Lanny Davis
Freedomland
as Lt. Gold