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Peter Friedman (born April 24, 1949) is an American stage, film, and television actor. He made his Broadway debut in the Eugene O'Neill play The Great God Brown in 1972. His other Broadway credits include roles in The Rules of the Game (1974), Piaf (1981), The Heidi Chronicles (1989), and Twelve Angry Men (2004). He earned a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical nomination for his role as Tateh in Ragtime (1998).
Friedman gained prominence for his role as Frank Vernon in the HBO drama series Succession (2018–2023) for which he won a Screen Actors Guild Award. His other television credits include The Affair (2015), The Path (2016–2018), and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2023). He is also known for his film roles in Safe (1995), The Savages (2007), I'm Not There (2007), Synecdoche, New York (2008), Side Effects (2013), and She Said (2022).
He appeared in both the Off-Broadway and Broadway productions of The Heidi Chronicles in 1988 and 1989 in the role of Scoop Rosenbaum. The Heidi Chronicles playbillvault.com, accessed January 15, 2014 He received a nomination for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play for The Heidi Chronicles. Friedman, see Awards" ibdb.com, accessed January 15, 2014 He appeared Off-Broadway in the Manhattan Theatre Club production of the Donald Margulies play The Loman Family Picnic, from October 1993 to January 1994. " The Loman Family Picnic Listing" lortel.org, accessed January 18, 2014 The Best Plays of 1993-1994 commented "...Friedman inverting his usual dynamism to play the beleaguered father..."Guernsey, Otis L. The Loman Family Picnic The Best Plays of 1993-1994, Hal Leonard Corporation, 1994 , p. 73
Early in his career he performed in several episodes of The Muppet Show in its first and third seasons, and spent a brief time on Sesame Street. "Friedman filmography" The New York Times, accessed January 15, 2014 On television, Friedman starred as George Silver in Brooklyn Bridge (1991–1993)O'Connor, John J. "TV WEEKEND; Family Life in '56 Brooklyn" The New York Times, September 20, 1991 and has made numerous guest appearances in such series as Miami Vice, NYPD Blue, Without a Trace, and Ghost Whisperer. Friedman's many feature film credits include Prince of the City (1981), " Prince of the City Cast" The New York Times, accessed January 17, 2014 Daniel (1983), The Seventh Sign (1988), Single White Female (1992), and Blink (1993).
He played the role of Jewish immigrant "Tateh" in the musical Ragtime in the pre-Broadway tryout (1996) and on Broadway (1998).Hodges, Andrea. "Casting Finalized for 'Ragtime' Leads" playbill.com, July 12, 1996Viagas, Robert and Lefkowitz, David. " 'Ragtime' Opens on Broadway, Jan. 18" playbill.com, January 18, 1998 He was nominated for the 1998 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical for his role in Ragtime. He acted in the miniseries . " 'Perfect Murder, Perfect Town' Cast" The New York Times, accessed January 16, 2014 He appeared in a Law & Order episode titled "Attorney Client" as defense lawyer Harold Jensen, broadcast on May 8, 2002.Gans, Andrew. " Ragtime's Peter Friedman Plus Graff & Carey on May 8 'Law & Order' " playbill.com, May 8, 2002 He appeared on Broadway in the Roundabout Theatre Company production of Twelve Angry Men from October 2004 to March 2005.Hernandez, Ernio. "Sequestered Further: Twelve Angry Men Extends on Broadway Anew to March 27" playbill.com, November 29, 2004 For his role as "Frank" in Body Awareness, which ran Off-Broadway in 2008, Friedman received a nomination for the Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play.
From October to November 2009, Friedman played James, the husband of the teacher of a community acting class in Annie Baker's play Circle Mirror Transformation in the Peter J. Sharp Theater at Playwrights Horizons. The show also featured Heidi Schreck, Reed Birney, Deirdre O'Connell, and Tracee Chimo and was directed by Sam Gold. The cast received a 2010 Drama Desk Award for Best Ensemble Performance. Friedman appeared in the Williamstown Theatre Festival production of Amy Herzog's After the Revolution in July and August 2010 as "Ben", and reprised his role in the Off-Broadway production at Playwrights Horizons from October to November 2010.Jones, Kenneth. " 'After the Revolution', Amy Herzog's Intergenerational Family Portrait, Unveiled Oct. 21" playbill.com, October 21, 2010 The New York Times reviewer wrote: "Mr. Friedman burrows deeply into Ben's anguish at being cut off by the daughter he raised to carry on the family tradition, the wound smarting all the more because he knows his own mistakes have caused the fissure."Isherwood, Charles. "Theater Review. 'After the Revolution' " The New York Times, November 10, 2010
He played the role of "Doug" in the Off-Broadway play The Great God Pan from December 2012 to January 2013, and received a nomination for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play.Hetrick, Adam and Gans, Andrew. "Billy Porter, Andrea Martin, 'Pippin', 'Matilda', 'Vanya and Sonia' Win Drama Desk Awards" playbill.com, May 19, 2013 The New York Times reviewer commented: "The recollections of his parents, small roles incisively portrayed by the reliable Becky Ann Baker and Peter Friedman..."Isherwood, Charles. " 'The Great God Pan,' by Amy Herzog, at Playwrights Horizons" The New York Times, December 18, 2012 From August 2013 to September 2013 he played the role of "Meckel" in the Off-Broadway production (and New York premiere) of Lauren Yee's The Hatmaker's Wife.Purcell, Carey. " 'The Hatmaker's Wife', Featuring David Margulies, Peter Friedman and Marcia Jean Kurtz, Begins Performances Aug. 27" playbill.com, August 27, 2013 Ben Brantley, in his review for The New York Times wrote: "Mr. Friedman brings unblushing good will and vivacity to assignments that include walking around with a clothespin on his nose..."Brantley, Ben. " 'The Hatmaker's Wife,' a Comedy by Lauren Yee" The New York Times, September 6, 2013 He appeared Off-Broadway in the musical Fly By Night as "Mr McClam" from May to June 2014.
From 2018 to 2023, he played Frank Vernon, long-time confidant of Logan Roy and vice-chairman of Waystar Royco in the series Succession. He won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series along with the cast in 2022 and 2023. In 2022 he played Lanny Davis in the MeToo movement drama She Said (2022) for which he received favorable notices, with Jocelyn Noveck of The Associated Press describing him as "excellent". On March 27, 2023, Friedman reprised his role of "Tateh" in a sold-out 25th Anniversary performance of Ragtime at the Minskoff Theater to benefit the Entertainment Community Fund. In 2023 he took a recurring role as George in the final season of the Amazon Prime Video comedy series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
In 2023 he portrayed a therapist in the Max Wolf Friedlich play Job. Friedman acted opposite Sydney Lemmon at the SoHo Playhouse in New York City. Sara Holden of Vulture praised Friedman writing, "Friedman is especially delightful to watch because he just seems so damn effortless... has a natural ease and appeal, a sense that he’s never pushing too hard". Juan A. Ramirez of The New York Times wrote of Friedman's performance, "He imbues Loyd’s counterarguments with a genuine passion". Freidman returned to the play in 2024 with the production transferring to the Connelly Theater in the East Village.
2016–present: Succession and acclaim
Friedman took roles in The Affair and Damages. He portrayed Hank Armstrong in the Hulu series The Path from 2016 to 2018 and he acted as Jim in the HBO series High Maintenance also from 2016 to 2018. In 2017 he portrayed Polonius in the Public Theatre's production of Hamlet starring Oscar Isaac and Keegan-Michael Key. That same year he appeared Off-Broadway in the world premiere of The Treasurer at Playwrights Horizons as The Son, for which he was nominated for a 2018 Lucille Lortel Award for Best Actor.
Personal life
In 1990, Friedman married Joan Allen. Though they divorced in 2002, they chose to live close to one another in order to share time with their daughter, Sadie (born February 1994).
Filmography
Film
King of the Corner Arthur Wexler Larry
Television
Episode: "The Rules of the Game" Voice; 2 episodes Voice; 9 episodes Television film Television film Episode: "Nobody Lives Forever" 2 episodes Episode: "Here's a Little Touch of Harry in the Night" 33 episodes 3 episodes Television film Television film Miniseries Episode: "The Tell-Tale Art" Television film Episode: "Your Bus, Ted" Episode: "Prodigy" Episode: "Strife" Episode: "A Grave Matter" Episode: "Because I Know Patty" Episode: "Pilot" Episode: "Diabolic" Episode: "God Mode" Episode: "Petite Sweet Ending in N" 3 episodes 23 episodes 2 episodes 32 episodes 6 episodes
Theatre
Lyceum Theatre, Broadway Commander / Don Carlos Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Broadway Auguste Seton Cram Hayes Theater, Broadway Marquis Migliorriti Plymouth Theatre, Broadway Theatre Four, Off-Broadway Virginia Theatre, Broadway Promenade Theatre, Off-Broadway Playwrights Horizons, Off-Broadway Plymouth Theatre, Broadway Vivian Beaumont Theater, Broadway New York City Center, Off-Broadway Ford Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto Ford Center for the Performing Arts, Broadway American Airlines Theatre, Broadway Atlantic Theater Company, Off-Broadway Playwrights Horizons, Off-Broadway Ben Doug Meckel Signature Theatre, Off-Broadway Playwrights Horizons, Off-Broadway The Public Theatre, Off-Broadway Playwrights Horizons, Off-Broadway Vineyard Theatre, Off-Broadway Minskoff Theatre, Broadway SoHo Playhouse, Off-Broadway 2024 Connelly Theater, Off-Broadway Helen Hayes Theatre, Broadway
Awards and nominations
External links
Categories: 1949 Births, American Male Film Actors, American Male Stage Actors, American Male Television Actors, Jewish American Male Actors, Hofstra University Alumni, Male Actors From New York City, Living People, 20th-century American Jews, 20th-century American Male Actors, 21st-century American Jews, 21st-century American Male Actors, American Puppeteers
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