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 in draining her wallet -- in Todd Haynes' harrowing drama Safe (1995). In truth, that role represented just one of many memorable cinematic contributions for the prolific, highly versatile character actor, whose resumé reads like a best-of list of both independent film and Hollywood product. This slightly diminutive, stocky, and balding player first made an impression with a small role in the holiday slasher opus Christmas Evil (1980), then essayed a series of consistently interesting projects including Finnegan Begin Again (1984), The Seventh Sign (1988, as a priest), Blink (1994, as an ophthalmologist), and I Shot Andy Warhol (1996). Friedman's onscreen activity extended into the 2000s, most visibly in Tamara Jenkins' drama The Savages (2007), in which he played Laura Linney's sex-hungry paramour.
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Harvest
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Love and Other Drugs
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2010 | |||
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The Call to the Post
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2010 | |||
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Breaking Upwards
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2009 | |||
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Synecdoche, New York
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Spinning Into Butter
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2007 | |||
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The Savages
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2007 | |||
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Unconscious
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Power and Beauty
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Two Against Time
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2002 | |||
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Someone Like You
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I Shot Andy Warhol
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1996 | |||
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Safe
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1995 | |||
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Blink
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1994 | |||
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Single White Female
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1992 | |||
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Slaves of New York
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1989 | |||
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The Seventh Sign
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1988 | |||
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Finnegan Begin Again
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1984 | |||
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Daniel
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1983 | |||
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Rage of Angels
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1983 | |||
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Prince of the City
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1981 | |||
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Christmas Evil
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