Peter Friedman

Peter Friedman

Known For

Love & Other Drugs

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.

Movies Featuring Peter Friedman

Jim Henson Idea Man

Jim Henson Idea Man (2024)

as Self (archive footage)
She Said

She Said (2022)

as Lanny Davis
Good Grief

Good Grief (2021)

as Uncle Harold
Keep in Touch

Keep in Touch (2015)

as Dallen Parcel
Side Effects

Side Effects (2013)

as Banks' Partner #1
Harvest

Harvest (2011)

as Carmine Monopoli
Synecdoche, New York

Synecdoche, New York (2008)

as Emergency Room Doctor
I'm Not There

I'm Not There (2007)

as Morris Bernstein / Barker
Unconscious

Unconscious (2006)

as Father William
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays (2006)

as Scoop Rosenbaum (segment "The Heidi Chronicles")
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards

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

as Tateh (segment "Ragtime") (archive footage)
Paycheck

Paycheck (2003)

as Attorney General Brown
Someone Like You...

Someone Like You... (2001)

as Stephen, Alice's Husband
I'm Not Rappaport

I'm Not Rappaport (1996)

as Young Nat's Father
Safe

Safe (1995)

as Peter Dunning
Blink

Blink (1993)

as Dr. Ryan Pierce
Piaf

Piaf (1984)

as 'Papa' Leplée / American Sailor
Daniel

Daniel (1983)

as Ben Cohen