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Peter Coyote

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Peter Coyote

Born October 10, 1941 in New York City, New York, USA119 films

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.

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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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A Walk to Remember posterFirst watchA Walk to Remember20027.7as Reverend SullivanWhen the popular, restless Landon Carter is forced to participate in the school drama production, he falls in love with Jamie Sullivan, the daughter of the town's minister.View film

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Filmography

119 films as actor
  1. 2026Antonio's RoadBreaking News Reporter (voice)
  2. 2025Black Mountain Blues
  3. 2025The Atomic Bowl: Football at Ground Zero -- And Nuclear Peril TodayNarrator
  4. 2022The Weight of a Feather: The Liberty Wildlife StoryNarrator
  5. 2021San Francisco StoriesNarrator/SInger
  6. 2021The Girl Who Believes in MiraclesSam Donovan
  7. 2020About Face: Jewish Refugees in the Allied ForcesNarrator (voice)
  8. 2018The Etruscan SmileProfessor
  9. 20171 Mile To YouPrincipal Umber
  10. 2016AmericanaBen
  11. 2015Eva & LeonLe Père
  12. 2015No DepositPolice Chief Williams
  13. 2015Good KillLangley
  14. 2015Girl on the EdgeHank Taylor
  15. 2015The Price of FameCrooker
  16. 2014Bangkok, We Have A Problem!Burt Lowell
  17. 2012Hemingway & GellhornMaxwell Perkins
  18. 2012ValparaisoEdward G. Drexler
  19. 2011The GundownThomas Morgan
  20. 2011Oceans in GlassNarrator
  21. 2011Last WillJudge Garner
  22. 2011This Is Not a Movie
  23. 2011HereStoryteller
  24. 2010DiDi HollywoodMichael McLean
  25. 2008Hope & Redemption: The Lena Baker StoryElliot Arthur
  26. 2008Adopt a SailorRichard
  27. 2008All Roads Lead HomeHock
  28. 2008A Single WomanMaury Maverick
  29. 2008$5 a DayBurt Kruger
  30. 2008Dr. Dolittle: Tail to the ChiefPresident Sterling
  31. 2008The Brain Fitness Program
  32. 2008Texas GoldNarrator
  33. 2007Resurrecting the ChampIke Epstein
  34. 2007The Sunday ManThe Voice
  35. 2006Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of EvilPresident Adair T. Manning
  36. 2005A Little Trip to HeavenFrank
  37. 2005The War PrayerNarrator
  38. 2005Return of the Living Dead: Rave to the GraveUncle Charles
  39. 2005Return of the Living Dead: NecropolisUncle Charles
  40. 2005DeepwaterHerman Finch
  41. 2004The Great RoleRudolph Grichenberg
  42. 2004Shadow of FearCongressman Henderson
  43. 2003The Hebrew HammerJJL Chief Bloomenbergensteinenthal
  44. 2003Phenomenon IIJohn Ringold
  45. 2003NorthforkEddie
  46. 2003Written In BloodJohn Traveller
  47. 2003Bon VoyageAlex Winckler
  48. 2002A Time for DancingWyn Michaels
  49. 2002Femme FataleWatts
  50. 2002PurposeBernard Elias
  51. 2002A Walk to RememberReverend Sullivan
  52. 2001Suddenly NakedLionel Heathcote
  53. 2001MidwivesStephen Hastings
  54. 2001Jack the DogAlfred
  55. 2000More Dogs Than BonesDetective Darren Cody
  56. 2000Red LettersDennis Burke
  57. 2000The Wednesday WomanDon Wigulow
  58. 2000The BasketMartin Conlon
  59. 2000Erin BrockovichKurt Potter
  60. 2000Search for the Submarine I-52Narrator
  61. 1999Execution of JusticeHarvey Milk
  62. 1999Missing in TibetNarrator
  63. 1999Random HeartsCullen Chandler
  64. 1999Murder on Shadow MountainDennis 'Denny' Traynor
  65. 1999Last CallXuave
  66. 1998Patch AdamsBill Davis
  67. 1998Route 9Sheriff Dwayne Hogan
  68. 1998IndiscreetDetective Roos
  69. 1998Seeds of Doubt
  70. 1998SphereCaptain Harold C. Barnes
  71. 1998Two for TexasJim Bowie
  72. 1997Road EndsGene Gere
  73. 1997Top of the WorldDoc 'The Butcher'
  74. 1997Murder in My MindArthur Lefcourt
  75. 1996Terminal JusticeDeacon Vivyan
  76. 1996DalvaMichael
  77. 1996UnforgettableDon Bresler
  78. 1995Moonlight and ValentinoPaul
  79. 1995That Eye, the SkyHenry Warburton
  80. 1995Buffalo GirlsBuffalo Bill Cody
  81. 1994Breach of ConductCol. Andrew Case
  82. 1994The Peyote RoadNarrator
  83. 1993KikaNicholas Pierce
  84. 1992Bitter MoonOscar
  85. 1991Keeper of the CityFrank Nordhall
  86. 1991Living a LieMatt
  87. 1991Crooked HeartsEdward Warren
  88. 1991High ArtPeter Mandrake
  89. 1991A Seduction in Travis CountyFrank Maguire
  90. 1990The Man InsideHenry Tobel
  91. 1989UnconqueredRichmond Flowers Sr.
  92. 1988Heart of MidnightSharpe/Larry
  93. 1988Baja OklahomaSlick Henderson
  94. 1987Echoes in the DarknessWilliam Bradfield Jr.
  95. 1987A Man in LoveSteve Elliott
  96. 1987Sworn to SilenceSam Fischetti
  97. 1987Outrageous FortuneMichael Sanders
  98. 1987StackingThe Photographer
  99. 1986Child's CryMatt Townsend
  100. 1985The Blue YonderMax Knickerbocker
  101. 1985Jagged EdgeThomas Krasny
  102. 1985The Legend of Billie JeanRingwald
  103. 1984Scorned and SwindledAnthony Ristelli
  104. 1984HeartbreakersBlue
  105. 1984Best Kept SecretsFrank Mitchell
  106. 1984SlaygroundStone
  107. 1983Cross CreekNorton Baskin
  108. 1983Strangers KissStanley, the Director
  109. 1982Endangered SpeciesSteele
  110. 1982Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle SwannPorter Reese
  111. 1982E.T. the Extra-TerrestrialKeys
  112. 1982Breach of Contract
  113. 1982OutRex
  114. 1981Isabel's ChoiceWynn Thomas
  115. 1981Southern ComfortPoole
  116. 1981People vs. Jean HarrisGeorge Bolen
  117. 1980Tell Me a RiddleYoung David
  118. 1980Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking StoryCourtney Taylor
  119. 1980Die LaughingDavis