Peter Coyote

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actor author counterculture figure film actor human narrator political activist television actor voice actor writer

Peter Coyote is an American actor and narrator known for his distinctive voice and roles in numerous films and documentaries.

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Label	Occurrences
Peter Coyote canonical	12

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2461935 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Peter Coyote
Context triple: [E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, stars, Peter Coyote]

A. Wallace Shawn
Wallace Shawn is an American character actor, playwright, and essayist known for his distinctive voice and roles in films such as "The Princess Bride" and "My Dinner with Andre."
B. Stephen Tobolowsky
Stephen Tobolowsky is an American character actor and storyteller known for his prolific film and television work, including memorable roles in projects like "Groundhog Day" and numerous other mainstream movies and series.
C. Thomas Haden Church
Thomas Haden Church is an American actor known for roles in the TV series "Wings" and films such as "Sideways" and "Spider-Man 3."
D. Bill Irwin
Bill Irwin is an American actor and clown known for his work in theater, film, and television, including his performance as the voice and puppeteer of the robot TARS in "Interstellar."
E. Nick Searcy
Nick Searcy is an American character actor and director known for his roles in film and television, including his portrayal of Chief Deputy Art Mullen on the TV series "Justified."
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Peter Coyote
Target entity description: Peter Coyote is an American actor and narrator known for his distinctive voice and roles in numerous films and documentaries.

A. Wallace Shawn
Wallace Shawn is an American character actor, playwright, and essayist known for his distinctive voice and roles in films such as "The Princess Bride" and "My Dinner with Andre."
B. Stephen Tobolowsky
Stephen Tobolowsky is an American character actor and storyteller known for his prolific film and television work, including memorable roles in projects like "Groundhog Day" and numerous other mainstream movies and series.
C. Thomas Haden Church
Thomas Haden Church is an American actor known for roles in the TV series "Wings" and films such as "Sideways" and "Spider-Man 3."
D. Bill Irwin
Bill Irwin is an American actor and clown known for his work in theater, film, and television, including his performance as the voice and puppeteer of the robot TARS in "Interstellar."
E. Nick Searcy
Nick Searcy is an American character actor and director known for his roles in film and television, including his portrayal of Chief Deputy Art Mullen on the TV series "Justified."
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (65)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	actor ⓘ author ⓘ counterculture figure ⓘ film actor ⓘ human ⓘ narrator ⓘ political activist ⓘ television actor ⓘ voice actor ⓘ writer ⓘ
activeIn	audiobook narration ⓘ documentary narration ⓘ film industry ⓘ television industry ⓘ
birthName	Robert Peter Cohon ⓘ
citizenship	United States of America ⓘ
countryOfBirth	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1941-10-10 ⓘ
educatedAt	Grinnell College ⓘ San Francisco State University ⓘ
familyName	Cohon ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
genre	memoir ⓘ
givenName	Peter ⓘ Robert ⓘ
hasRole	Zen Buddhist priest ⓘ
isKnownFor	distinctive voice ⓘ narration of documentaries ⓘ roles in American films ⓘ roles in television series ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
memberOf	Diggers (San Francisco counterculture group) ⓘ San Francisco Mime Troupe ⓘ
movement	1960s counterculture ⓘ
name	Peter Coyote self-link ⓘ
nationality	American ⓘ
notableWork	film "A Walk to Remember" ⓘ surface form: A Walk to Remember Bitter Moon ⓘ Cross Creek ⓘ E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial ⓘ Erin Brockovich ⓘ Jagged Edge ⓘ Law & Order: LA ⓘ Outrageous Fortune ⓘ Patch Adams ⓘ Sleeping Where I Fall ⓘ Sphere ⓘ The 4400 ⓘ The Rainman’s Third Cure ⓘ narration of Ken Burns documentaries ⓘ narration of Prohibition (documentary series) ⓘ narration of The National Parks: America’s Best Idea ⓘ narration of The Roosevelts: An Intimate History ⓘ narration of The Vietnam War (documentary series) ⓘ
occupation	actor ⓘ author ⓘ director ⓘ narrator ⓘ political activist ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ voice actor ⓘ
placeOfBirth	New York City ⓘ
pseudonym	Peter Coyote ⓘ
religion	Zen Buddhism in Japan ⓘ surface form: Zen Buddhism
yearsActive	1960s–present ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial → stars → Peter Coyote ⓘ

Random Hearts → hasCastMember → Peter Coyote ⓘ

Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room → narrator → Peter Coyote ⓘ

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents → hasNotableGuestStars → Peter Coyote ⓘ

Femme Fatale → stars → Peter Coyote ⓘ

Bitter Moon → starring → Peter Coyote ⓘ

Bitter Moon → hasCastMember → Peter Coyote ⓘ

Peter Coyote → name → Peter Coyote self-link ⓘ

Peter Coyote → pseudonym → Peter Coyote ⓘ

Law & Order: LA → mainCastMember → Peter Coyote ⓘ

Erin Brockovich → castMember → Peter Coyote ⓘ

Sphere → starring → Peter Coyote ⓘ

subject surface form: Sphere (1998 film)

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