Peter Friedman

Actor Apr 24 (age 76) New York City, New York, USA 1971–2025 (54 year career)

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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 A…

Known For

Film

Succession

Frank Vernon

Film

Love & Other Drugs

California Man

Film

Synecdoche, New York

Emergency Room Doctor

Film

Side Effects

Banks' Partner #1

Film

Paycheck

Attorney General Brown

Film

She Said

Lanny Davis

Film

I'm Not There

Morris Bernstein / Barker

Film

The Messenger

Mr. Cohen

Filmography

Acting (67)

Movies (47)

Marina

2025

King Hamlet

2025

as Self

Jim Henson Idea Man

2024

as Self (archive footage)

7.7

The Variable

2024

Ragtime Reunion Concert

2024

as Tateh

Carmen & Moony

2023

as Louis

She Said

as Lanny Davis

Daddy's Girl

as Robert

Good Grief

as Uncle Harold

Sundowners

Keep in Touch

as Dallen Parcel

Side Effects

as Banks' Partner #1

Coming Up Roses

as Charles

Harvest

as Carmine Monopoli

Love & Other Drugs

as California Man

The Messenger

as Mr. Cohen

Breaking Upwards

as Alan

Synecdoche, New York

as Emergency Room Doctor

The Savages

as Larry

I'm Not There

as Morris Bernstein / Barker

Spinning Into Butter

as Jay Salter

Freedomland

as Lt. Gold

Unconscious

as Father William

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

2005

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

King of the Corner

as Arthur Wexler

Paycheck

as Attorney General Brown

Power and Beauty

as Sam Giancana

Two Against Time

as Robert Portman

Someone Like You...

as Stephen, Alice's Husband

5.9

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

2000

as Peter Hofstrom

5.6

Creating Ragtime

1998

as Tateh

In the Presence of Mine Enemies

1997

as Kohn

4.8

I'm Not Rappaport

1996

as Young Nat's Father

I Shot Andy Warhol

as Alan Burke

The Heidi Chronicles

as Scoop Rosenbaum

Safe

as Peter Dunning

Blink

as Dr. Ryan Pierce

Single White Female

as Graham Knox

Guilty Until Proven Innocent

as Richard Emery

The Seventh Sign

as Father Lucci

Finnegan Begin Again

as John Jewell

Piaf

as 'Papa' Leplée / American Sailor

Daniel

as Ben Cohen

Prince of the City

as Goldman

Christmas Evil

as Mr. Grosch

The Rules of the Game

1975

Television (20)

Stars in the House

2020

as Self

Succession

2018

as Frank Vernon

8.3

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

as George

The Affair

as Robert

Made in Jersey

as Henry Sohn

Person of Interest

as Lawrence Szilard

Damages

as District Attorney

Heist

Ghost Whisperer

as Steve Burris

Without a Trace

as Damon

Baby Bob

as Peter

Brooklyn Bridge

as George Silver

Law & Order

as William Goodwin

Hothouse

as David

The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd

as Harry

Miami Vice

as Morgan

Rage of Angels

as Larry

The Muppet Show

as Crocodile / Banana (voice)

8.0

Great Performances

1971

5.8

Masters of Doom

as Al Vekovius