ACTOR

Peter Coyote

1941 - Today

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Peter Coyote (born Robert Peter Cohon; October 10, 1941) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, author, and narrator of films, theater, television, and audiobooks. He worked on films, such as E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), Cross Creek (1983), Jagged Edge (1985), Bitter Moon (1992), Kika (1993), Patch Adams (1998), Erin Brockovich (2000), A Walk to Remember (2002), and Femme Fatale (2002). His voice work includes his narration for the opening ceremony of the 2002 Winter Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Coyote has received more than 4,059,877 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Peter Coyote is the 1,001st most popular actor (up from 1,422nd in 2019), the 1,762nd most popular biography from United States (up from 2,485th in 2019) and the 476th most popular American Actor.

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  • 4.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.82

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Peter Coyote ranks 1,001 out of 13,578Before him are Daniel Olbrychski, Carrie-Anne Moss, Michael Gough, Geneviève Bujold, Renato Salvatori, and Patrick Macnee. After him are Tomas Milian, Brenda Blethyn, Lea Massari, Brion James, Conrad Veidt, and Madeleine Stowe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Peter Coyote ranks 119Before him are Stephen Jay Gould, Robert Wilson, Abdelkader Bensalah, Goh Chok Tong, Jorge Solari, and Infante Alfonso of Spain. After him are Adrian Lyne, Barbet Schroeder, Barbara Brylska, Stacy Keach, Ahmed Shafik, and Gunpei Yokoi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Peter Coyote ranks 1,762 out of 20,380Before him are Lloyd Bridges (1913), Kenneth Waltz (1924), Daniel Nathans (1928), Virginia Henderson (1897), Fats Domino (1928), and Bob Newhart (1929). After him are Brion James (1945), Robert H. Grubbs (1942), Henry Steel Olcott (1832), Madeleine Stowe (1958), June Carter Cash (1929), and Coolio (1963).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Peter Coyote ranks 476Before him are Ving Rhames (1959), Barbara Bel Geddes (1922), Stephen Lang (1952), Emilio Estevez (1962), Billy Crystal (1948), and Lloyd Bridges (1913). After him are Brion James (1945), Madeleine Stowe (1958), June Carter Cash (1929), Paul Michael Glaser (1943), Eva Mendes (1974), and Donna Reed (1921).

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