Peter Friedman
Born April 24, 1949 (Age: 76)
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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.
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.
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Filmography
She Said
2022
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as Lanny Davis
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Age: 73
Side Effects
2013
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as Banks' Partner #1
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Age: 63
Love & Other Drugs
2010
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as California Man
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Age: 61
The Messenger
2009
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as Mr. Cohen
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Age: 60
Synecdoche, New York
2008
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as Emergency Room Doctor
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Age: 59
The Savages
2007
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as Larry
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Age: 58
I'm Not There
2007
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as Morris Bernstein / Barker
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Age: 58
Freedomland
2006
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as Lt. Gold
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Age: 56
Paycheck
2003
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as Attorney General Brown
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Age: 54
Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder
2000
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as Peter Hofstrom
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Age: 50
Creating Ragtime
1998
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as Tateh
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Age: 48
I Shot Andy Warhol
1996
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as Alan Burke
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Age: 47
Safe
1995
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as Peter Dunning
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Age: 46
Blink
1993
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as Dr. Ryan Pierce
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Age: 44
Single White Female
1992
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as Graham Knox
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Age: 43
The Seventh Sign
1988
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as Father Lucci
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Age: 38
Prince of the City
1981
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as Goldman
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Age: 32