Peter Friedman Filmography

Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: Avid filmgoers and adherents to the indie film movement that swept through America in the early to mid-'90s will invariably remember Peter Friedman as the sneaky, underhanded, New Age-espousing "self-help guru" who supposedly attempts to offer ailing Julianne Moore a hand up -- but only succeeds...Read More

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Spinning Into Butter

Actors: Sarah Jessica Parker, Mykelti Williamson, Beau Bridges, Miranda Richardson, James Rebhorn

Synopsis: Sarah Jessica Parker produces and stars in stage director Mark Brokaw's adaptation the Rebecca Gilman play concerning a newly hired dean of students at an elite New England college who finds her life consumed by chaos following a vicious series of hate crimes. Sarah Daniels (Parker) was just Read More

3/1/09
The Savages

Actors: Laura Linney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Philip Bosco, Peter Friedman, David Zayas

Synopsis: A pair of siblings are forced to set aside their discomfort with one another for the sake of their father in this low-key comedy drama from writer/director Tamara Jenkins. Wendy Savage (Laura Linney) is a struggling playwright living in New York City who works a day job to support herself and Read More

11/28/07
Unconscious

Synopsis: One man's identity makes for a difficult mystery to solve in this independent comedy drama from director Bradley Wigor. After a life-threatening accident, a man lies unconscious in a hospital bed, while police and doctors try to find out who he is. The mystery man's profile has been compared to a Read More

11/24/06
Power and Beauty

Actors: Natasha Henstridge, Kevin Anderson, Peter Friedman, John Ralston

Synopsis: Beauty and Power tells the sordid tale of Judith Exner (Natasha Henstridge), who claimed to have dated Frank Sinatra (John Ralston) and to have been the mistress of Jack Kennedy (Kevin Anderson, who played also Bobby Kennedy in Hoffa). The story is told in flashback, from Exner's point of view. In Read More

2002
Law & Order: Attorney Client

Synopsis: The detectives investigate when the wife of prominent -- and extremely dislikable -- defense attorney Harold Jensen (Peter Friedman) is found murdered. The popular consensus is that Jensen himself had been the killer's target because of his habit of betraying attorney-client confidentiality in Read More

2002
Someone Like You

Actors: Ashley Judd, Greg Kinnear, Hugh Jackman, Marisa Tomei, Ellen Barkin

Synopsis: Based on Laura Zigman's 1998 novel Animal Husbandry, this romantic comedy centers on Jane Goodale (Ashley Judd), a talk-show producer who finds herself suddenly abandoned by her boyfriend (Greg Kinnear). After this untimely breakup, Jane begins to develop a thesis that male behavior is directly Read More

3/30/01
Perfect Murder, Perfect Town

Actors: Kris Kristofferson, Marg Helgenberger, Ronny Cox, Ken Howard

Synopsis: This made-for-TV miniseries recounts the muddled criminal investigation of the JonBenet Ramsey murder -- one of the most luridly publicized crimes in recent memory. As the crime unfolds, the Boulder police squad grow increasingly swamped by the elusive details of the crime and the unprecedented Read More

2000
I Shot Andy Warhol

Actors: Lili Taylor, Jared Harris, Lothaire Bluteau, Martha Plimpton, Stephen Dorff

Synopsis: The true story of Valerie Solanas, the radical feminist who became notorious after shooting art world icon Andy Warhol, is portrayed in this fact-based drama. In an attempt to present a fair assessment of her actions, writer-director Mary Harron focuses on Solanas' troubled life, from her Read More

1996
Safe

Actors: Mary Carver, Julianne Moore, Peter Friedman, Xander Berkeley, James LeGros, Kate McGregor-Stewart

Synopsis: Todd Haynes presents a revisionist take on the paranoia thriller with this story of a Southern California housewife who suddenly falls victim to an inexplicable, apparently incurable illness. Carol White (Julianne Moore) lives with her husband and son in suburban comfort until she collapses one Read More

1995
Law & Order: White Rabbit

Synopsis: This episode was clearly inspired by the 1993 arrest of Vietnam-era activist Katherine Anne Power. While pursuing a routine robbery investigation, detectives Briscoe (Jerry Orbach) and Logan (Chris Noth) follow the trail of clues to 1960s war protester Susan Forrest (Mary-Joan Negro), who has been Read More

1994
Blink

Actors: Madeleine Stowe, Aidan Quinn, Laurie Metcalf, James Remar, Peter Friedman

Synopsis: In Blink, a woman regaining her eyesight after a double cornea transplant operation glimpses the killer of her upstairs neighbor and then must fight for her life as the killer stalks her. Emma Brody (Madeline Stowe), a musician in an Irish folk-rock band was blinded as a result of childhood abuse Read More

1994
Single White Female

Actors: Bridget Fonda, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Steven Weber, Peter Friedman, Stephen Tobolowsky

Synopsis: In this psychological thriller, a needy young woman finds fulfillment by trying to literally become her successful roommate. Attractive Manhattanite Allison Jones (Bridget Fonda) has it all: a handsome beau, a rent-controlled apartment, and a promising career as a fashion designer. When boyfriend Read More

8/14/92
Guilty Until Proven Innocent

Actors: Martin Sheen, Caroline Kava, Brendan Fraser, Renée Estevez, Zachary Mott

Synopsis: Guilty Until Proven Innocent is a TV-movie dramatization of a an actual miscarriage of justice. Young Bobby McLaughlin (Brendan Fraser) is accused of murder when a teenager is killed during a Brooklyn drug deal. The arresting cop knows that Bobby didn't do it, but is so eager for a conviction in Read More

1991
Slaves of New York

Actors: Bernadette Peters, Nick Corri, Madeleine Potter, Charles McCaughan

Synopsis: Based on the stories by Tama Janowitz, this film follows the relationships and problems of a group of artists struggling to survive in New York City. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide Read More

3/17/89
The Seventh Sign

Actors: Demi Moore, Michael Biehn, Jürgen Prochnow, Manny Jacobs, Peter Friedman, John Heard

Synopsis: This horror thriller is based upon the final chapter of the Bible and centers upon Abby Quinn, a pregnant woman living in Venice, California who leases her garage apartment to mysterious David, who seems to be trying to claim the soul and the life of her unborn child. Little does she knows that he Read More

4/1/88
Finnegan Begin Again

Actors: Mary Tyler Moore, Robert Preston, Sylvia Sidney

Synopsis: Written by Walter Lockwood and directed by Joan Micklin Silver, Finnegan Begin Again is a whimsical comedy drama about a late-blooming romance. Robert Preston plays a Mike Finnegan, 65-year-old newspaperman resigned to wasting his time on a lonely hearts column and caring for his ailing Read More

1984
Daniel

Actors: Timothy Hutton, Mandy Patinkin, Lindsay Crouse, Ed Asner, Ellen Barkin

Synopsis: Sidney Lumet directed this film version of E.L. Doctorow's novel The Book of Daniel (scripted by Doctorow) that deals in a thinly veiled (although dispassionate way) with the Rosenberg spy case of the 1950s, as seen through the eyes of their children. The Rosenbergs are the Isaacsons here, and the Read More

1983
Rage of Angels

Synopsis: Another two-part TV movie from the pen of novelist Sidney Sheldon, Rage of Angels stars Jaclyn Smith as attractive lawyer Jennifer Parker. While working as assistant D.A., Parker is targeted for persecution by organized crime, but she perseveres and emerges as one of the most successful defense Read More

1983
Prince of the City

Actors: Treat Williams, Jerry Orbach, Richard Foronjy, Don Billett, Kenny Marino, James Tolkan

Synopsis: Inspired by a true story, Prince of the City stars Treat Williams as a Manhattan detective who agrees to help the US Department of Justice weed out corruption in the NYPD. Williams agrees on the assurance that he'll never have to turn in a close friend. Wired for sound, Williams almost immediately Read More

1981
Christmas Evil

Actors: Brandon Maggart, Diane Hull, Scott McKay, Joe Jamrog, Peter Friedman

Synopsis: He sees you when you're sleeping, he knows when you're awake, and it's best not to get on his bad side in this quirky thriller that's gained a loyal cult following. Harry Straddling (Brandon Maggart) was traumatized as a child, when late at night on Christmas Eve, he walked into the family living Read More

1980