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Known For
Actor
Occupations
Writer, Actor
Birthday
(Friday)
Birthplace
New York City, New York, USA
Nationality
Citizenship
United States
Religion
Buddhism
Languages
English
Education
Dwight Morrow High School, San Francisco State University, Grinnell College
Zodiac Sign
♎ Libra
Chinese Zodiac
蛇 Snake
Name Origin
English < Middle English < Latin < Ancient Greek (Πέτρος)
Popularity
Tier B -- 49,720 Wikipedia views/month
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Screen debut
First screen credit at age 38
Year context
Born in 1941 -- Japan attacks Pearl Harbor; US enters World War II; Franklin D. Roosevelt was US president
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Career
Career spanning 40 years (1980-2020)
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Filmography (50)
AWARDS (7)
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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Narrator
2015
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Primetime Emmy Award
2015
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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Narrator
2015
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2015
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Biography
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.
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Peter Coyote was born in New York City, New York, USA.
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Peter Coyote has 50 credits in our database. Notable titles include The Comey Rule (2020), Country Music (2019), The Vietnam War (2017), Americana (2016), Intelligence (2014).
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