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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.
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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.
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Law & Order: Criminal Intent
The Simpsons
Blue Bloods
NCIS
The Twilight Zone
The Hitchhiker
Brothers and Sisters
Fallen Angels
The Real History of Science Fiction
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Nature
Deadwood
Intelligence
Law & Order: LA
The Oscars
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
The 4400
The Comey Rule
Good Kill
Hemingway & Gellhorn
Moonlight and Valentino
Northfork
Erin Brockovich
Patch Adams
Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil
The Legend of Billie Jean
The Hebrew Hammer
Rome: Power & Glory
Earth and the American Dream
Sphere
Murder in My Mind
The Girl Who Believes in Miracles
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Great Migrations
Keeper of the City
A Walk to Remember
The Wednesday Woman
Full Color Football: The History of the American Football League
Dr. Dolittle: Tail to the Chief
Seduced by Madness
Execution of Justice
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Bitter Moon
Benjamin Franklin
Moment of Contact
The Blue Yonder
The Vietnam War
Echoes in the Darkness
Prohibition
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