Actor

Peter Coyote

October 10, 1941 · New York City, New York, USA

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.

Notable work

7.5
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
as Keys
8
The Simpsons (1989)
as Peter Coyote (voice)
7.8
A Walk to Remember (2002)
as Reverend Sullivan
7.4
Erin Brockovich (2000)
as Kurt Potter
7.3
Patch Adams (1998)
as Bill Davis
7.6
NCIS (2003)
as Ned Quinn
6.1
Sphere (1998)
as Captain Harold C. Barnes
7.8
Blue Bloods (2010)
as Senator Ted McCreary
8.1
Deadwood (2004)
as General Crook
7.1
Bitter Moon (1992)
as Oscar
7.2
The 4400 (2004)
as Dennis Ryland
6.2
Femme Fatale (2002)
as Watts

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