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Peter Friedman

Acting Born Apr 24, 1949 New York City, New York, USA 24 credits

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.

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Known for

Law & Order

as Nolan Farber

Law & Order

as William Goodwin

Law & Order

as Defense Attorney Harold Jensen

Person of Interest

as Lawrence Szilard

Without a Trace

as Damon

Ghost Whisperer

as Steve Burris

Succession

as Frank Vernon
Film

Casino

as Harry

Full filmography

  • Law & Order (1990) as Nolan Farber
  • Law & Order (1990) as William Goodwin
  • Law & Order (1990) as Defense Attorney Harold Jensen
  • Person of Interest (2011) as Lawrence Szilard
  • Without a Trace (2002) as Damon
  • Ghost Whisperer (2005) as Steve Burris
  • Miami Vice (1984) as Morgan
  • Succession (2018) as Frank Vernon
  • Great Performances (1971)
  • Damages (2007) as District Attorney
  • The Muppet Show (1976) as Crocodile / Banana (voice)
  • The Muppet Show (1976) as Lead Mop (voice)
  • The Muppet Show (1976) as Andre the Artist (voice)
  • The Muppet Show (1976) as Pa (voice)
  • The Muppet Show (1976) as Additional Muppets (voice)
  • The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017) as George
  • The Affair (2014) as Robert
  • Stars in the House (2020) as Self
  • The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (1987) as Harry
  • Love & Other Drugs (2010) as California Man
  • Brooklyn Bridge (1991) as George Silver
  • Heist (2006) as Rabbi
  • Synecdoche, New York (2008) as Emergency Room Doctor
  • Paycheck (2003) as Attorney General Brown