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Peter Coyote

Acting Born Oct 10, 1941 New York City, New York, USA 24 credits

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.

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Known for

NCIS

as Ned Quinn

The Simpsons

as Peter Coyote (voice)

Blue Bloods

as Senator Ted McCreary

American Experience

as Narrator (voice)

Deadwood

as General Crook

Full filmography

  • NCIS (2003) as Ned Quinn
  • The Simpsons (1989) as Peter Coyote (voice)
  • Blue Bloods (2010) as Senator Ted McCreary
  • Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001) as Lionel Shill
  • American Experience (1988) as Narrator (voice)
  • Nature (1982) as Narrator (voice)
  • Deadwood (2004) as General Crook
  • Brothers and Sisters (2006) as Mark August
  • The Division (2001) as Ross
  • The Twilight Zone (1985) as (segment "Shadow Play")
  • The 4400 (2004) as Dennis Ryland
  • Perception (2012) as James Alan Pierce
  • The Oscars (1953) as Self
  • The Hitchhiker (1983) as Alex Nolan
  • Law & Order: LA (2010) as Jerry Hardin
  • Cybill (1995) as Roger
  • Fallen Angels (1993) as Herman Charn
  • FlashForward (2009) as Dave Segovia
  • Independent Lens (1999)
  • E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) as Keys
  • Law & Order: Trial by Jury (2005) as Mike LaSalle
  • Commander in Chief (2005) as Warren Keaton
  • The Inside (2005) as Special Agent Virgil "Web" Webster
  • The American Revolution (2025) as Narrator (voice)