Peter Coyote

Peter Coyote

b. 1941 (age 85) Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Actor Writer

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.

Known For

Bitter Moon

Patch Adams

Erin Brockovich

Erin Brockovich

A Walk to Remember

A Walk to Remember

Filmography

The American Revolution

The American Revolution

Under the Lights

Under the Lights

Cornellskop: Freedom from Fear

The Program

The American Buffalo

The American Buffalo

Kennedy

San Francisco Sounds: A Place in Time

San Francisco Sounds: A Place in Time

The U.S. and the Holocaust

The U.S. and the Holocaust

Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Jerry Brown: The Disrupter

Jerry Brown: The Disrupter

A Cloud Never Dies

A Cloud Never Dies

Montford Johnson: An Original Brand

Above and Below: The Life of Artist Tsherin Sherpa

The Girl Who Believes in Miracles

The Girl Who Believes in Miracles

Hemingway

We Are As Gods

The Tent Mender

The Real Activist

Sri Yantra: The Oregon Desert Mystery

Sri Yantra: The Oregon Desert Mystery

Downwinders and the Radioactive West

3 Seconds in October

Where Buffalo Roam

The Phenomenon

About Face: The Story of the Jewish Refugee Soldiers of World War II

About Face: The Story of the Jewish Refugee Soldiers of World War II

Riders of the Purple Sage: The Making of a Western Opera

Saving the Sacred

Country Music

Olompali: A Hippie Odyssey

Olompali: A Hippie Odyssey

Polanski, le travail à l'oeuvre

Polanski, le travail à l'oeuvre

National Geographic Explorer: Journey To Europa

Troubled Waters: A Turtle's Tale

The Etruscan Smile

The Etruscan Smile

The Mayo Clinic, Faith, Hope and Science

The Mayo Clinic, Faith, Hope and Science

The Remarkable Life of John Weld

The Remarkable Life of John Weld

Saving Atlantis

Saving Atlantis

Paying the Price for Peace

As If They Were Angels

As If They Were Angels

Moscone: A Legacy of Change

Faces of Genocide

Bearer of the Morning: The Life of Te Ata Thompson Fisher

The Vietnam War

The Vietnam War

The Disappearance

The Disappearance

Revolution: The Legacy of the Sixties

Kudung Barwa: The Blazing Buddha Relics Director's Cut

CTV's Big Fall Preview 2017

Managing Risk in a Changing Climate

The Reality of Truth

The Reality of Truth

Americana

A Director Prepares: Bobby Roth's Masterclass

Who Wants to Live Forever, the Wisdom of Aging.

Who Wants to Live Forever, the Wisdom of Aging.

Unpsoken: America's Native American Boarding School (PBS)

As the River Flows

Fire and Water: Restoring Arizona's Forests

No Deposit

Police Chief Williams

The Spoils Before Dying

The Spoils Before Dying

Girl on the Edge

Girl on the Edge

Eva & Leon

A Coup in Camelot

A Coup in Camelot

Robert Bly: A Thousand Years of Joy

Robert Bly: A Thousand Years of Joy

Bay Area Revelations

Jack Nicklaus: The Making of a Champion

Bring Back the 4400 - Path to Revival

The Roosevelts: An Intimate History

The Roosevelts: An Intimate History

The Price of Fame

The Price of Fame

On a marché sur Bangkok

On a marché sur Bangkok

Angel Azul

Rise Above the Mark

Rise Above the Mark

The Invisible Peak

2014 Actor Writer

Realm of the Ancient Redwoods

Ahh... San Francisco

River's Journey

Walking in Two Worlds

Healing the Warrior's Heart

The Ghost Army

Kennesaw: One Last Mountain

The Secret Life of Whitetails

The Intrepid: Discovering Lincoln's Balloon Corps

Paolo Soleri: Beyond Form

Hemingway & Gellhorn

Hemingway & Gellhorn

Maxwell Perkins

Mumia: Long Distance Revolutionary

Mumia: Long Distance Revolutionary

Haight Ashbury: The Beat of a Generation

Haight Ashbury: The Beat of a Generation

Cold War on Ice: Summit Series '72

Cold War on Ice: Summit Series '72

Village Music: Last of the Great Record Stores

For the Love of the Music: The Club 47 Folk Revival

For the Love of the Music: The Club 47 Folk Revival

Be Home Soon: Letters from My Grandfather

Prohibition

These Amazing Shadows

These Amazing Shadows

Here

The Gundown

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