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Peter Coyote

Actor / Writer | * 10/10/1941 (82) | Manhattan, New York City, New York (United States of America (USA))
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Peter Coyote (born Robert Peter Cohon; October 10, 1941) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, author and narrator of films, theatre, television, and audiobooks. He worked on films, such as E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), Cross Creek (1983), Jagged Edge (1985), Bitter Moon (1992), Kika (1993), Patch Adams (1998), Erin Brockovich (2000), A Walk to Remember (2002) and Femme Fatale (2002). His voice work includes his narration for the opening ceremony of the 2002 Winter Olympics. He narrated the PBS series The Pacific Century (1992), winning an Emmy. He won a Pr... ()
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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.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Documentaries | Thriller

Known for these Movies & Shows

The true story of Dr. Hunter "Patch" Adams, who in the 1970s found that humor is the best medicine, and was willing to do just anything to make his patients laugh—even if it meant risking his own ca ...

Patch Adams

FSK: 6+ years

1998 | 3.7/5 | 1h 55min
Comedy, Drama
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When the popular, restless Landon Carter is forced to participate in the school drama production he falls in love with Jamie Sullivan, the daughter of the town's minister. Jamie has a "to-do" list for ...

A Walk to Remember

FSK: 12+ years

2002 | 3.9/5 | 1h 41min
Drama, Romance / Love
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A spacecraft is discovered on the floor of the Pacific Ocean, presumed to be at least 300 years old and of alien origin. A crack team of scientists and experts is assembled and taken to the Habitat, a ...

Sphere

FSK: 16+ years

1998 | 3.1/5 | 2h 14min
Science Fiction, Mystery, Thriller
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A passenger on a cruise ship develops an irresistible infatuation with an eccentric paraplegic's wife. ...

Bitter Moon

FSK: 16+ years

1992 | 3.5/5 | 2h 19min
Thriller, Drama, Romance / Love
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Awards & Nominations for Peter Coyote

Primetime Emmy Awards News and Documentary Emmy Awards Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Narrator
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Movies with Peter Coyote as Actor(171)

as Narrator2024 Bad Faith
as Narrator2023 The War Prayer
as Narrator (voice)2022 The Last Stand
as Narrator (voice)2022 A Cloud Never Dies
as Sam Donovan2021 The Girl Who Believes in Miracles
as Narrator2021 Nepal Beyond
as Narrator2020 The Phenomenon
as Narrator (voice)2020 Sunseed: The Journey
as Professor2019 The Etruscan Smile
as himself2019 Polanski, le travail à l'oeuvre
as Narrator2019 Olompali: A Hippie Odyssey
as Narrator2018 The Mayo Clinic
as himself2018 Summer of Love
as Narrator2018 As If They Were Angels
as Narrator2018 The Remarkable Life of John Weld
as himself2017 Spielberg
as Himself - Narrator2017 The Beatles, Hippies & Hells Angels: Inside the Crazy World of Apple
as Principal Umber2017 1 Mile To You
as Ben2016 Americana
as himself2016 The Reality of Truth
as himself2016 Who Wants to Live Forever? The Wisdom of Aging.
as Police Chief Williams2015 No Deposit
as Le Père2015 Eva & Leon
as Crooker2015 The Price of Fame
as himself2015 Robert Bly: A Thousand Years of Joy
as Langley2015 Good Kill
as Hank Taylor2015 Girl on the Edge
as Narrator (voice)2015 A Coup in Camelot
as Burt Lowell2014 Bangkok, We Have A Problem!
as Narrator2014 Angel Azul
as himself2013 Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
as Narrator (Voice)2013 The Ghost Army
as Narrator2013 Paolo Soleri: Beyond Form
as Maxwell Perkins2012 Hemingway & Gellhorn
as Edward G. Drexler2012 Valparaiso
as Narrator2012 Right to Play
2011 This Is Not a Movie
as himself2011 Bag It
as Judge Garner2011 Last Will
as Narrator (voice)2011 Connected: An Autoblogography About Love, Death & Technology
as Storyteller2011 Here
as Thomas Morgan2011 The Gundown
as himself2011 These Amazing Shadows
as Narrator2011 I am Fishead
as Narration2010 What If Cannabis Cured Cancer
as Narrator2010 Call of Life: Facing the Mass Extinction
as Michael McLean2010 DiDi Hollywood
2010 Vampire Forensics
as Narrstor (voice)2009 Nazi Mystery - Twins From Brazil
as himself2009 Huxley on Huxley
as Narrator2009 With One Voice
as Narrator2008 Alaska Far Away
as Richard2008 Adopt a Sailor
as Maury Maverick2008 A Single Woman
as Hock2008 All Roads Lead Home
as President Sterling2008 Dr. Dolittle: Tail to the Chief
as Narrator2008 Texas Gold
as Burt Kruger2008 $5 a Day
as Elliot Arthur2008 Hope & Redemption: The Lena Baker Story
as himself2007 Strange Culture
as Narrator2007 One Man, One Cow, One Planet
as Ike Epstein2007 Resurrecting the Champ
as Narrator2007 Fog City Mavericks
as himself2007 Hippies
as himself2006 a/k/a Tommy Chong
as Narrator2006 Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home
as President Adair T. Manning2006 Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil
2006 The Gospel of Judas
as Narrator2006 The Gospel of Judas
as self, Black Bear resident2005 Commune
as Uncle Charles2005 Return of the Living Dead: Rave to the Grave
as Uncle Charles2005 Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis
as Voice2005 The Tribe
as Frank2005 A Little Trip to Heaven
as Narrator2005 Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
as Narrator (voice)2005 Berkeley
as Herman Finch2005 Deepwater
2004 Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer
as Rudolph Grichenberg2004 The Great Role
as Congressman Henderson2004 Shadow of Fear
as JJL Chief Bloomenbergensteinenthal2003 The Hebrew Hammer
as John Traveller2003 Written In Blood
as Eddie2003 Northfork
as John Ringold2003 Phenomenon II
as Narrator2003 Out of the Blue
as Alex Winckler2003 Bon Voyage
as himself2002 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special
as Bernard Elias2002 Purpose
as Watts2002 Femme Fatale
as Wyn Michaels2002 A Time for Dancing
as himself2002 Polanski y los ojos del mal
as Reverend Sullivan2002 A Walk to Remember
as Lionel Heathcote2001 Suddenly Naked
as Voice of Urban Renewal (Voice)2001 Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Fillmore
as Stephen Hastings2001 Midwives
as Alfred Stieglitz2001 Jack the Dog
as Narrator2000 Search for the Submarine I-52
as Don Wigulow2000 The Wednesday Woman
as Martin Conlon2000 The Basket
as Detective Darren Cody2000 More Dogs Than Bones
as Dennis Burke2000 Red Letters
as Kurt Potter2000 Erin Brockovich
as Harvey Milk1999 Execution of Justice
as Himself - Narrator1999 National Geographic Explorer: The Battle For Midway
as Narrator1999 Emperor of Hemp
as Xuave1999 Last Call
as Cullen Chandler1999 Random Hearts
as Dennis 'Denny' Traynor1999 Murder on Shadow Mountain
1998 Seeds Of Doubt
as Detective Roos1998 Indiscreet
as Narrator, English version (voice)1998 Karmapa - Two Ways of Divinity
as Captain Harold C. Barnes1998 Sphere
as Sheriff Dwayne Hogan1998 Route 9
1998 San Francisco Diggers
as Doc 'The Butcher'1998 Top of the World
as Bill Davis1998 Patch Adams
as Jim Bowie1998 Two for Texas
as Narrator1998 Avalanche: The White Death
as Narrator1997 The Secrets of 007
as Gene Gere1997 Road Ends
as Arthur Lefcourt1997 Murder in My Mind
as Deacon Vivyan1996 Terminal Justice
as Don Bresler1996 Unforgettable
as himself1996 The Making of 'E.T. The Extraterrestrial'
as Michael1996 Dalva
as Ruben Borchardt1996 Seduced by Madness: The Diane Borchardt Story
as Paul1995 Moonlight and Valentino
as Herman Charn1995 The Professional Man
as Buffalo Bill Cody1995 Buffalo Girls
as Narrator1995 The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
as Henry Warburton1995 That Eye, the Sky
as Col. Andrew Case1994 Breach of Conduct
as Nicholas Pierce1993 Kika
as Oscar1992 Bitter Moon
as Edward Warren1991 Crooked Hearts
as Peter Mandrake1991 High Art
as Frank Nordhall1991 Keeper of the City
as Frank Maguire1991 A Seduction in Travis County
as Matt1991 Living a Lie
as Narrator (voice)1990 Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey
as Henry Tobel1990 The Man Inside
as Richmond Flowers Sr.1989 Unconquered
as Slick Henderson1988 Baja Oklahoma
as Sharpe/Larry1988 Heart of Midnight
as Michael Sanders1987 Outrageous Fortune
as William Bradfield Jr.1987 Echoes in the Darkness
as Steve Elliott1987 A Man in Love
as Sam Fischetti1987 Sworn to Silence
as The Photographer1987 Stacking
as Matt Townsend1986 Child's Cry
as Lt. Larry Ringwald1985 The Legend of Billie Jean
as Narrator1985 Jack Kerouac: King of the Beats
as Thomas Krasny1985 Jagged Edge
as Max Knickerbocker1985 The Blue Yonder
as Anthony Ristelli1984 Scorned and Swindled
as Blue1984 Heartbreakers
as Frank Mitchell1984 Best Kept Secrets
as Stanley, the Director1983 Strangers Kiss
as Norton Baskin1983 Cross Creek
as Stone1983 Slayground
1982 The UFO Experience
as Steele1982 Endangered Species
as Keys1982 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
as Rex1982 Deadly Drifter
as Porter Reese1982 Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann
as George Bolen1981 People vs. Jean Harris
as Wynn Thomas1981 Isabel's Choice
as Poole1981 Southern Comfort
as Courtney Taylor1980 Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
as Davis1980 Die Laughing
as Digger1967 The Hippie Temptation

TV Shows/Series with Peter Coyote as Actor(45)

as Himself - Actor, activist2023 La Californie !
as Narrator (voice)2023 Kennedy
as Narrator (voice)2023 The American Buffalo
as Narrator (voice)2022 Benjamin Franklin
as Self - Narrator2022 The U.S. and the Holocaust
as Narrator (voice)2021 Hemingway
as as Narrator2021 The Tent Mender
as Robert Mueller2020 The Comey Rule
as Narrator2019 Country Music
as Henry Sullivan2017 The Disappearance
as Dizzy the Cat2015 The Spoils Before Dying
as Narrator (voice)2014 The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
as himself2014 The Real History of Science Fiction
as Leland Strand2014 Intelligence
as himself2012 The Dust Bowl
as James Alan Pierce2012 Perception
as himself2012 Dangerous Waters
as Narrator (voice)2011 Prohibition
as Senator Ted McCreary2010 Blue Bloods
2010 Great Migrations
as D.A. Jerry Hardin2010 Law & Order: LA
as Himself - Narrator2009 Full Color Football: The History of the American Football League
as Dave Segovia2009 FlashForward
as Narrator2009 The National Parks: America's Best Idea
as Mark August2006 Brothers and Sisters
as Warren Keaton2005 Commander in Chief
as Mike LaSalle2005 Law & Order: Trial by Jury
as Special Agent Virgil "Web" Webster2005 The Inside
as Narrateur2005 Guns Germs & Steel
as Dennis Ryland2004 The 4400
as General Crook2004 Deadwood
as Ned Quinn2003 NCIS
2001 The Division
as Lionel Shill2001 Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Himself - Narrator1999 The History of Sex
1999 Independent Lens
as Narrator1998 Rome: Power & Glory
as Self - Narrator1996 The West
as Narrator (voice)1988 American Experience
1985 Explorer
as Himself - Narrator (voice)1985 Explorer
as Self - Narrator1985 Explorer
1985 The Twilight Zone
as Alex Nolan1983 The Hitchhiker
as Narrator (voice)1982 Nature

Additional Information

Official websites:
www.petercoyote.com
Full Name: Peter Coyote
Born: Friday, 10/10 1941 (October) in Manhattan, New York City, New York (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 82 years + 191 days)
Zodiac sign: Libra (Chinese zodiac sign: Snake)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: San Francisco State University, Grinnell College, Dwight Morrow High School
Other names for Peter Coyote (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Rachmil Pinchus Ben Mosha Cohon"
Peter Coyote frequently works together with these people:
Ken Burns (21x, Crew)
Dick Wolf (10x, Crew)
Bobby Roth (10x, Crew)
Lynn Novick (8x, Crew)
Adam Arkin (7x, Actor)
Donald P. Bellisario (7x, Crew)
Matthew Chapman (7x, Crew)
James Nuciforo (7x, Cast)
Steven Spielberg (6x, Crew)
Melissa Mathison (6x, Crew)
Stephen Goetsch (6x, Crew)
Boris Zubov (6x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:1988, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 04/11/2024