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 Soldiers 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 Friedmans many feature film credits include Prince of the City Daniel The Seventh Sign Single White Female Im Not Rappaport I Shot Andy Warhol Safe Freedomland The Savages and Im Not There Friedman married actress Joan Allen in 1990 The couple divorced in 2002 They have one daughter Sadie born in March 1994 From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia