Peter Coyote
New York City, New York, USA
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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.
Movie Credits
Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Fillmore
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special
Connected: An Autoblogography About Love, Death & Technology
Marriner Eccles: Father of the Modern Federal Reserve
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Alaska's Great Wilderness Denali: The Living Edens
National Geographic Special: Secret Cities of the Amazon
For the Rights of All: Ending Jim Crow in Alaska
The Weight of a Feather: The Liberty Wildlife Story
Collision Course: Labor Management Relations in America
National Geographic Explorer: The Battle For Midway
Who Wants to Live Forever? The Wisdom of Aging.
The Beatles, Hippies & Hells Angels: Inside the Crazy World of Apple
Bare Knuckle Filming: The Construction of Northfork
Pretty Slick - The Deep Water Horizon Environmental Coverup - Extended Directors Cut
A Daring Journey: From Immigration to Education
About Face: Jewish Refugees in the Allied Forces
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Full Color Football: The History of the American Football League
On the Trail of Easy Rider: 40 Years On... Still Searching for America
