Peter Coyote
Peter Coyote (born Rachmil Pinchus Ben Mosha Cohon; October 10, 1941) is an American actor, author, director, screenwriter and narrator of films, theatre, television and audio books. His voice work includes narrating the opening ceremony of the 2002 Winter Olympics and Apple's iPad campaign. He has also served as on-camera co-host of the 2000 Oscar telecasts.
Coyote was one of the founders of the Diggers, an anarchist improv group active in Haight-Ashbury during the mid-1960s. Coyote was also an actor, writer and director with the San Francisco Mime Troupe; his prominence in the San Francisco counter-culture scene led to his being interviewed for the noted book, Voices from the Love Generation. He acted in and directed the first cross-country tour of the Minstrel Show, and his play Olive Pits, co-authored with Mime Troupe member Peter Berg, won the Troupe an Obie Award from the Village Voice. Coyote became a member, and later chairman, of the California Arts Council from 1975 to 1983. In the late 1970s, he shifted from acting on stage to acting in films. In the 1990s and 2000s, he acted in several television shows. He speaks fluent Spanish and French.
Birthday: 10 October 1941
Birth place: New York City, New York, USA
Known for: Acting
Movies known for
Erin Brockovich
Unforgettable
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Sphere
Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil
A Walk to Remember
Patch Adams
Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Fillmore
Realm of the Ancient Redwoods
$5 a Day
Bitter Moon
Outrageous Fortune
Kika
Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann
Return of the Living Dead: Rave to the Grave
Northfork
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special
The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'
Jagged Edge
Southern Comfort
Femme Fatale
Random Hearts
Downwinders and the Radioactive West
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Breach of Contract
Deepwater
Torturing Democracy
Nazi Mystery - Twins From Brazil
Dr. Dolittle: Tail to the Chief
Nepal Beyond
More Dogs Than Bones
A Little Trip to Heaven
DiDi Hollywood
All Roads Lead Home
The Legend of Billie Jean
AKA Tommy Chong
Top of the World
A Time for Dancing
Endangered Species
Heart of Midnight
The Gundown
Related TV Shows
Deadwood
Brothers and Sisters
The Division
The Twilight Zone
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
The Inside
NCIS
Explorer
Hemingway
The History of Sex
The Hitchhiker
Rome: Power & Glory
Nature
Independent Lens
The Oscars
Seduced by Madness
The West
The National Parks: America's Best Idea
The U.S. and the Holocaust
Intelligence
Perception
The Tent Mender
FlashForward
La Californie !
Benjamin Franklin
Law & Order: LA
The 4400
The Disappearance
Full Color Football: The History of the American Football League
The Simpsons
American Experience
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
The Vietnam War
The Spoils Before Dying
The Dust Bowl
Great Migrations
Prohibition
Kennedy
Blue Bloods
Explorer
Helter Skelter: An American Myth