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Peter Coyote

Peter Coyote TV Listings

ChannelDate & TimeTitleBuy
ABCFAMSat, Aug 30, 4:30 PME.T. The Extra-TerrestrialBuy
HBO2eSat, Aug 30, 10:00 PMDeadwoodBuy
CINEMAXSun, Aug 31, 6:00 AMRandom HeartsBuy
ABCFAMSun, Aug 31, 4:30 PME.T. The Extra-TerrestrialBuy
SHO2eMon, Sep 1, 4:30 PMA Little Trip to HeavenBuy
SHO2eSun, Sep 7, 12:00 PMA Little Trip to HeavenBuy
MOMAXeWed, Sep 10, 6:45 AMRandom HeartsBuy
SHO2eFri, Sep 12, 4:25 PMA Little Trip to HeavenBuy

Peter Coyote Biography

Peter Coyote
  • Birth Name: Peter Cohon
  • Birth Place: Colver, PA
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 10/10/1942, Libra
  • Profession: Actor; writer; director
Peter Coyote Fast Facts:
  • Early on he was a dock worker and a feather peddler.
  • From 1976-83, he served as chairman of the California State Arts Council.
  • Made his film debut with an uncredited bit in 1978's Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
  • Won a 1993 Pushcart Prize for nonfiction for Carla's Story, a chapter from his memoir Sleep Where I Fall about his days in the '60s and '70s counterculture.
  • Tested for the role of Indiana Jones in 1981's Raiders of the Lost Ark. The next year, director Steven Spielberg cast him in a pivotal part in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
  • Served as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1997 and wrote about the experience for the magazine Mother Jones.
  • Worked for Baykeepers, an organization that tracked polluters of San Francisco Bay.
    Peter Coyote Relationships:
  • Marilyn McCann - Ex-wife
  • Morris Cohon - Father
  • Ruth Fidler - Mother
  • Stefanie Pleet - Wife

  • Peter Coyote Awards:
  • 1991 Emmy: Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series - Nominee

  • College:
  • Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA (BA in English Literature, 1964); Attended San Francsico State University, San Francisco, CA
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