1. Peter Friedman was born on April 24,1949 and is an American stage, film, and television actor.
24 Facts About Peter Friedman
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Peter Friedman made his Broadway debut in the Eugene O'Neill play The Great God Brown in 1972.
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Peter Friedman earned a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical nomination for his role as Tateh in Ragtime.
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Peter Friedman is known for his film roles in Safe, The Savages, I'm Not There, Synecdoche, New York, Side Effects, and She Said.
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Peter Friedman has appeared in thirteen Broadway productions, starting in 1972 with The Great God Brown.
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Peter Friedman appeared in a Broadway revival of The Visit in 1973, as the Carpenter.
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Peter Friedman appeared in Piaf in 1981 on Broadway, and A Soldier's Play Off-Broadway, in 1981.
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Peter Friedman played the role of Humphrey Taylor in the Off-Broadway production of The Common Pursuit, from October 1986 to August 1987, receiving a nomination for the Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play.
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Peter Friedman appeared in both the Off-Broadway and Broadway productions of The Heidi Chronicles in 1988 and 1989 in the role of Scoop Rosenbaum.
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Peter Friedman received a nomination for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play for The Heidi Chronicles.
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Peter Friedman appeared Off-Broadway in the Manhattan Theatre Club production of the Donald Margulies play The Loman Family Picnic, from October 1993 to January 1994.
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Peter Friedman inverting his usual dynamism to play the beleaguered father.
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On television, Peter Friedman starred as George Silver in Brooklyn Bridge and has made numerous guest appearances in such series as Miami Vice, NYPD Blue, Without a Trace, and Ghost Whisperer.
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In 1995 Peter Friedman earned a prominent role in the Todd Haynes drama film Safe starring Julianne Moore.
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Peter Friedman played the role of Jewish immigrant "Tateh" in the musical Ragtime in the pre-Broadway tryout and on Broadway.
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Peter Friedman 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.
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Peter Friedman acted in the miniseries Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenet and the City of Boulder.
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Peter Friedman appeared on Broadway in the Roundabout Theatre Company production of Twelve Angry Men from October 2004 to March 2005.
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Peter 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.
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Peter Friedman 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.
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Peter Friedman portrayed Hank Armstrong in the Hulu series The Path from 2016 to 2018 and he acted as Jim in the HBO series High Maintenance from 2016 to 2018.
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Peter Friedman won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series along with the cast in 2022 and 2023.
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On March 27,2023, Peter 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.
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Peter Friedman acted opposite Sydney Lemmon at the SoHo Playhouse in New York City.