Peter Coyote

Cast opposite Gérard Depardieu in "Bon voyage"

featured in the holiday comedy "The Hebrew Hammer"

Cast in the thriller feature "Femme Fatale"

Co-starred with Sissy Spacek in the Lifetime movie "Midwives"

Selected as the "voice of the Oscars"; serving as announcer for the annual telecast

Co-starred with Dustin Hoffman and Sharon Stone in "Sphere" for Barry Levinson

Had featured role in "Patch Adams"

Narrated the Oscar-nominated short documentary "A Place in the Land"

Narrated "The West" for Ken Burns/PBS

Played doomed husband of Ann-Margret in NBC miniseries "Seduced By Madness: The Diane Borchardt Story"

Published critically-acclaimed short story "Carla's Story"

Began active second career as a documentary narrator with "The Grizzlies" for National Geographic/PBS

Was love object of Shelley Long and Bette Midler in "Outrageous Fortune"

Played first major feature film role as Keys, the scientist on the trail of "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial"

Made TV longform debut in "Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story"

Originated the role of Austin in Sam Shepherd's "True West" in San Francisco

Made first screen appearance, "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"

Served as co-chair of the California Arts Council (dates approximate)

After a long hiatus, returned to acting in a San Francisco production of Paul Sills' "Story Theatre"

Moved to London

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

Played Larisa Oleynik's father in "A Time for Dancing" (lensed 2000)

Played role of Jake in Old Globe pre-Broadway tryout of Neil Simon's "Jake's Women"

Raised in Englewood, NJ and on his family's farm in Pennsylvania