
Peter Friedman
Born: 1949-04-24
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
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.
Filmography

Baby Bob
2002

Succession
2018

Person of Interest
2011

Ghost Whisperer
2005

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
2017

The Muppet Show
1976

The Rules of the Game
1975

Jim Henson Idea Man
2024

Brooklyn Bridge
1991

The Heidi Chronicles
1995

Synecdoche, New York
2008

Hothouse
1988

Miami Vice
1984

Damages
2007

Law & Order
1990

Without a Trace
2002

Heist
2006

Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005