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Also known as Robert Peter Cohon

American actor, voice artist, director, activist and narrator

Person · Open Library

Born
1941-10-10
Works
19

Top works

  • The Four Agreements
  • Soldiers of Conscience
  • Rome
  • Deadly Drifter
  • Dr. Dolittle

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Film & TV

Acting · 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…

Known for

  • O Mother Gaia: The World of Gary Snyder — Self2025
  • Moment of Contact: New Revelations of Alien Encounters — Narrator (voice)2025
  • The Atomic Bowl: Football at Ground Zero -- And Nuclear Peril Today — Narrator2025
  • Black Mountain Blues2025
  • The American Revolution — Narrator (voice)2025
  • Bad Faith — Narrator (voice)2024
  • The Program — Narrator (voice)2024
  • Good Men — Self2024
  • Against All Enemies — Narrator2023
  • Fields of Gold — Narrator2023

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Country
United States
Active from
1941

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
43
Total plays
461

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Key facts

Born
Robert Peter Cohon , ( 1941-10-10 ) October 10, 1941 (age 84) , New York City, U.S.
Education
Grinnell College ( BA )
Occupations
Actor director screenwriter author narrator
Years active
1967–present
Spouses
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Website
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date of birth
1941-10-10
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birth name
Robert Peter Cohon
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Peter Coyote (born Robert Peter Cohon; October 10, 1941) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, author, and narrator of films, theater, television, and audiobooks. He is known for his appearances in 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 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Narrator in 2015 for his work on Ken Burns's documentary miniseries The Roosevelts: An Intimate History.

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