Marty Friedman (Martin Adam Friedman) was born on December 8, 1962 in Washington, D.C., United States, is an American guitarist.

He is perhaps best known as the lead guitarist for the thrash metal band Megadeth for close to ten years. He now resides in Japan. His ex-wife (Chihiro) is Japanese. He hosted his own television programs, Rock Fujiyama and Jukebox English on Japanese television.

Friedman appeared on the track "Born Of Anger" on the album All That Remains by Fozzy. Friedman is a big fan of The Ramones, Kiss (during its early years) and Frank Marino.

He has also appeared on Where Moth and Rust Destroy, the latest album of the Christian thrash metal band Tourniquet. He has also appeared as a guest on the Firewind album Forged by Fire.

He is currently using an Ibanez MFM1, his signature model. Its appearance is very similar to an SZ model. He uses ENGL amps and different Boss effects.

In 2004 Friedman joined psychedelic trance musician Takeomi Matsuura (known by the alias Zeta) as a guitarist. Their full-length debut album was released January 4, 2007, also titled Zeta, and included remixes by psychedelic trance musicians such as Astrix and Rinkadink.

Friedman's latest album, Loudspeaker, was released in Japan on June 26, 2006. It entered the Japanese national chart at #33. This marks the first Top 40 chart position for any of his solo albums.