Peter Coyote (born Robert Peter Cohon; October 10, 1941) is an
American actor, author, director, screenwriter, and narrator of films,
theatre, television, and audiobooks. He is known for his work in films
such as E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), Cross Creek (1983), Jagged
Edge (1985), Patch Adams (1998), Erin Brockovich (2000), A Walk to
Remember (2002), Hemingway & Gellhorn (2012) and Good Kill (2014). He
was also known as the "Voice of Oscar" for the 72nd Academy Awards
ceremony, the first Oscars announcer to be seen on-camera.Coyote's
voice work includes his narration for the opening ceremony of the 2002
Winter Olympics and Apple's iPad Retina Display campaign. He narrated
the PBS series The Pacific Century (1992), winning an Emmy, and eight
documentaries directed or produced by Ken Burns: The West (1996), The
National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009), Prohibition (2011), The
Dust Bowl (2012), The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (2014), The
Vietnam War (2017), The Mayo Clinic: Faith--Hope--Science (2018), and
Country Music (2019). He won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding
Narrator in 2015 for his work on The Roosevelts. His voice has often
been said to resemble that of actor Henry Fonda.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 counterculture scene led to his being interviewed for
the 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 (decade), he acted in several television shows. He
speaks fluent Spanish and French.
American actor, author, director, screenwriter, and narrator of films,
theatre, television, and audiobooks. He is known for his work in films
such as E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), Cross Creek (1983), Jagged
Edge (1985), Patch Adams (1998), Erin Brockovich (2000), A Walk to
Remember (2002), Hemingway & Gellhorn (2012) and Good Kill (2014). He
was also known as the "Voice of Oscar" for the 72nd Academy Awards
ceremony, the first Oscars announcer to be seen on-camera.Coyote's
voice work includes his narration for the opening ceremony of the 2002
Winter Olympics and Apple's iPad Retina Display campaign. He narrated
the PBS series The Pacific Century (1992), winning an Emmy, and eight
documentaries directed or produced by Ken Burns: The West (1996), The
National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009), Prohibition (2011), The
Dust Bowl (2012), The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (2014), The
Vietnam War (2017), The Mayo Clinic: Faith--Hope--Science (2018), and
Country Music (2019). He won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding
Narrator in 2015 for his work on The Roosevelts. His voice has often
been said to resemble that of actor Henry Fonda.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 counterculture scene led to his being interviewed for
the 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 (decade), he acted in several television shows. He
speaks fluent Spanish and French.
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