Peter Coyote

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.

Most Known For

The Simpsons

as Peter Coyote (voice)

NCIS

as Ned Quinn

Blue Bloods

as Senator Ted McCreary

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

as Lionel Shill

American Experience

as Narrator (voice)

The Twilight Zone

as (segment "Shadow Play")

Nature

as Narrator (voice)

Deadwood

as General Crook

The 4400

as Dennis Ryland

Brothers and Sisters

as Mark August

Perception

as James Alan Pierce

The Division

as Ross

The Oscars

as Self

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

as Keys

FlashForward

as Dave Segovia

The Hitchhiker

as Alex Nolan

Independent Lens

Fallen Angels

as Herman Charn

Cybill

as Roger

Law & Order: LA

as Jerry Hardin