Peter Coyote
Peter Coyote (born Robert Peter Cohon; October 10, 1941) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, author and narrator of films, theatre, television, and audiobooks. He worked on 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).
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| Born | Robert Peter Cohon October 10, 1941 New York City, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Grinnell College, B.A. 1964 San Francisco State University |
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| Years active | 1967–present |
| Spouses | Marilyn McCann
(m. 1975; div. 1998)Stefanie Pleet
(m. 1998; div. 2015) |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | petercoyote.com |
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.
Coyote was one of the founders of the Diggers, an anarchist improv group active in Haight-Ashbury during the mid-1960s, including the Summer of Love.