Biography
As a leading man and screen villain, Coyote is best recalled as the object of the competition between Shelley Long and Bette Midler in "Outrageous Fortune" (1987) and as the emotionally abusive expatriate in Roman Polanski's "Bitter Moon" (1994), a role considered by some to be based on Polanski himself.
A self-styled nonconformist who has eschewed the commercial, Coyote (born Peter Cohon) has had three bouts with hepatitis brought on by the …
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Career Milestones
2010 | Played the District Attorney in "Law & Order: Los Angeles" (NBC) | |
2007 | Had a four episode turn as Sally Field's disreputable boyfriend in "Brothers & Sisters" (ABC) | |
2005 | Joined the cast of ABC's "Commander in Chief" as a Vice-Presidential nominee | |
2005 | Narrated the documentary film "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room" | |
2003 | Cast opposite Gérard Depardieu in "Bon voyage" | |
2003 | Featured in the holiday comedy "The Hebrew Hammer" | |
2002 | Cast in the thriller feature "Femme Fatale" | |
2001 | Co-starred with Sissy Spacek in the Lifetime movie "Midwives" | |
2000 | Played Larisa Oleynik's father in "A Time for Dancing" | |
2000 | Selected as the "voice of the Oscars"; serving as announcer for the annual telecast | |
1998 | Had featured role in "Patch Adams" | |
1998 | Narrated the Oscar-nominated short documentary "A Place in the Land" | |
1998 | Co-starred with Dustin Hoffman and Sharon Stone in "Sphere" for Barry Levinson | |
1996 | Narrated "The West" for Ken Burns/PBS | |
1996 | Played doomed husband of Ann-Margret in NBC miniseries "Seduced By Madness: The Diane Borchardt Story" | |
1994 | Published critically-acclaimed short story "Carla's Story" | |
| Played role of Jake in Old Globe pre-Broadway tryout of Neil Simon's "Jake's Women" | ||
1992 | Appeared in Roman Polanski's "Bitter Moon" | |
1987 | Began active second career as a documentary narrator with "The Grizzlies" for National Geographic/PBS | |
1987 | Was love object of Shelley Long and Bette Midler in "Outrageous Fortune" | |
1982 | Played first major feature film role as Keys, the scientist on the trail of "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial" | |
1980 | Originated the role of Austin in Sam Shepherd's "True West" in San Francisco | |
1980 | Made TV longform debut in "Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story" (NBC) | |
1978 | Made first screen appearance in "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" | |
1976 | Served as co-chair of the California Arts Council | |
1975 | After a long hiatus, returned to acting in a San Francisco production of Paul Sills' "Story Theatre" | |
1969 | Moved to London | |
1967 | Stage directing debut, "The Minstrel Show" with the San Francisco Actors Workshop | |
| Appeared on stage with the Magic Theatre, and the San Francisco Mime Troupe, in the 1960s | ||
| Raised in Englewood, NJ and on his family's farm in Pennsylvania | ||
Awards
1991 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor In a Drama Series in Avonlea |