Person Details

Birthday: 1949-04-24 07:55:26

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA

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Movie Involvements: 29

TV Involvements: 10


Most Famous Work

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Friedman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

Law & Order
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7

Law & Order

(1990) Nolan Farber
Ghost Whisperer
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8

Ghost Whisperer

(2005) Steve Burris
Person of Interest
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8

Person of Interest

(2011) Lawrence Szilard
Without a Trace
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7

Without a Trace

(2002) Damon
Miami Vice
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7

Miami Vice

(1984) Morgan
Damages
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7

Damages

(2007) District Attorney
Single White Female
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6

Single White Female

(1992) Graham Knox
Paycheck
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6

Paycheck

(2003) Attorney General Brown

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2023 Louis
2022 Lanny Davis
Robert
2021 Uncle Harold
2019 N/A
2018 Frank Vernon
2017 George
2015 Dallen Parcel
2013 Banks' Partner #1
2011 Charles
Lawrence Szilard
Carmine Monopoli
2010 California Man
2009 Mr. Cohen
Alan
2008 Emergency Room Doctor
2007 Larry
Morris Bernstein / Barker
District Attorney
2006 Father William
Scoop Rosenbaum (segment "The Heidi Chronicles")
N/A
Lt. Gold
2005 Steve Burris
Tateh (segment "Ragtime")
2004 Arthur Wexler
2003 Attorney General Brown
2002 Damon
Sam Giancana
Robert Portman
2001 Stephen, Alice's Husband
2000 Peter Hofstrom
1997 Kohn
1996 Young Nat's Father
Alan Burke
1995 Scoop Rosenbaum
Peter Dunning
1993 Dr. Ryan Pierce
1992 Graham Knox
1991 Richard Emery
George Silver
1990 William Goodwin
Defense Attorney Harold Jensen
Nolan Farber
1988 Father Lucci
1985 John Jewell
1984 Morgan
'Papa' Leplée / American Sailor
1983 Ben Cohen
Larry
1981 Goldman
1980 Mr. Grosch
1976 Lead Mop (voice)
Andre the Artist (voice)
Additional Muppets (voice)
Pa (voice)
Crocodile / Banana (voice)
1975 N/A
1971 N/A
Al Vekovius
Year Character Movie/Tv

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