Peter Friedman

Born: 1949-04-24

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. ​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


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as California Man
Released: 2010-11-04

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The Seventh Sign

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Released: 1988-04-01

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Released: 2013-02-07

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Single White Female

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Released: 1992-08-14

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I'm Not There

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Released: 2007-10-01

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Released: 2003-12-25

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The Messenger

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Safe

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Prince of the City

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I Shot Andy Warhol

as Alan Burke
Released: 1996-05-01

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The Savages

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Released: 2007-11-28

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as Arthur Wexler
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as Ben Cohen
Released: 1983-08-26

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Released: 1985-02-24

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as uncredited
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as Sam Giancana
Released: 2002-07-21

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

as Tateh (segment "Ragtime") (archive footage)
Released: 2005-08-07

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Piaf

as 'Papa' Leplée / American Sailor
Released: 1984-06-10

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Guilty Until Proven Innocent

as Richard Emery
Released: 1991-09-22

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Released: 2011-03-05

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Released: 2015-04-16

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Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder

as Peter Hofstrom
Released: 2000-02-27

About the infamous murder of six year old child beauty pageant contestant JonBenét Ramsey and...

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Two Against Time

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Released: 2002-04-21

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Daddy's Girl

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as uncredited
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as Louis
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Law & Order

as Nolan Farber
First aired: 1990-09-13

In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing...

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Law & Order

as William Goodwin
First aired: 1990-09-13

In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing...

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Law & Order

as Defense Attorney Harold Jensen
First aired: 1990-09-13

In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing...

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Ghost Whisperer

as Steve Burris
First aired: 2005-09-23

Newlywed Melinda Gordon tries to help the dead communicate with loved ones, but sometimes the...

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as Lawrence Szilard
First aired: 2011-09-22

John Reese, former CIA paramilitary operative, is presumed dead and teams up with reclusive...

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Without a Trace

as Damon
First aired: 2002-09-26

The series follows the ventures of a Missing Persons Unit of the FBI in New York City.

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Miami Vice

as Morgan
First aired: 1984-09-16

The story of the Miami Police Department's vice squad and its efforts to end drug trafficking...

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Succession

as Frank Vernon
First aired: 2018-06-03

Follow the lives of the Roy family as they contemplate their future once their aging father...

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Damages

as District Attorney
First aired: 2007-07-24

Damages is an American legal thriller television series created by the writing and production...

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Great Performances

as uncredited
First aired: 1971-01-28

The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse...

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The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

as George
First aired: 2017-03-16

It’s 1958 Manhattan and Miriam “Midge” Maisel has everything she’s ever wanted - the perfect...

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Stars in the House

as Self
First aired: 2020-03-16

In the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic and theatres across the world closing their curtains...

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The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd

as Harry
First aired: 1987-05-21

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The Muppet Show

as Crocodile / Banana (voice)
First aired: 1976-09-05

Go behind the curtains as Kermit the Frog and his muppet friends struggle to put on a weekly...

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The Muppet Show

as Additional Muppets (voice)
First aired: 1976-09-05

Go behind the curtains as Kermit the Frog and his muppet friends struggle to put on a weekly...

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The Muppet Show

as Lead Mop (voice)
First aired: 1976-09-05

Go behind the curtains as Kermit the Frog and his muppet friends struggle to put on a weekly...

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The Muppet Show

as Andre the Artist (voice)
First aired: 1976-09-05

Go behind the curtains as Kermit the Frog and his muppet friends struggle to put on a weekly...

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The Muppet Show

as Pa (voice)
First aired: 1976-09-05

Go behind the curtains as Kermit the Frog and his muppet friends struggle to put on a weekly...

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Brooklyn Bridge

as George Silver
First aired: 1991-09-20

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Made in Jersey

as Henry Sohn
First aired: 2012-09-28

A young working-class woman who uses her street smarts to compete among her pedigreed Manhattan...

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Heist

as uncredited
First aired: 2006-03-22

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Rage of Angels

as Larry
First aired: 1983-02-20

A young assistant district attorney is used by a ruthless attorney to get his client off. She is...

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