About
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...
Known for
Law & OrderSeries • 1990
Person of InterestSeries • 2011
Without a TraceSeries • 2002
Great PerformancesSeries • 1971
Ghost WhispererSeries • 2005
Miami ViceSeries • 1984
SuccessionSeries • 2018
DamagesSeries • 2007
The Marvelous Mrs. MaiselSeries • 2017
The AffairSeries • 2014
Love & Other DrugsMovie • 2010
The Muppet ShowSeries • 1976
The Days and Nights of Molly DoddSeries • 1987
She SaidMovie • 2022
Side EffectsMovie • 2013
Brooklyn BridgeSeries • 1991
PaycheckMovie • 2003
Someone Like You...Movie • 2001
I'm Not ThereMovie • 2007
Synecdoche, New YorkMovie • 2008
666 Park AvenueSeries • 2012
The Seventh SignMovie • 1988
Single White FemaleMovie • 1992
The SavagesMovie • 2007