A distinctive American actor, writer and director, Peter Coyote brings a smooth, resonant voice and cool authority to his work. He played the sympathetic government agent Keys in Steven Spielberg's 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial' (1982) and has appeared across film and television for decades, often as officials and men of quiet gravitas. He is also a celebrated narrator, whose voice has graced numerous acclaimed documentaries. An American performer of eloquence and calm command, he is valued equally as a versatile character actor and one of the finest documentary voices in the business.
Peter Coyote
85 years (Oct 10, 1941)New York City, New York, USA
84 Movies33 Series
A distinctive American actor, writer and director, Peter Coyote brings a smooth, resonant voice and cool authority to his work. He played the sympathetic government agent Keys in Steven Spielberg's 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial' (1982) and has appeared across film and television for decades, often as officials and men of quiet gravitas. He is also a celebrated narrator, whose voice has graced numerous acclaimed documentaries. An American performer of eloquence and calm command, he is valued equally as a versatile character actor and one of the finest documentary voices in the business.
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.