PETER COYOTE (Reverend Sullivan) began his film career at 39, after nearly 15 years in the counter-culture of the 1960s. Since then, he has performed as an actor for some of the world's most distinguished filmmakers, including Barry Levinson, Roman Polanski, Pedro Almodovar, Steven Spielberg, Walter Hill, Martin Ritt, Steven Soderbergh, Diane Kurys and Sydney Pollack.
Coyote has written a memoir of his Sixties adventures, Sleeping Where I Fall. which received universally outstanding reviews, sold five hardback printings and is in its second paperback printing after being released by Counterpoint Press in 1999. A chapter from the book, "Carla's Story," won the 1993/94 Pushcart Prize for Excellence in Non-Fiction.
He is currently writing a screenplay, doing research for a novel and preparing to direct an original screenplay called "Crimes of Opportunity." Coyote recently sold an original script for a series pilot, "5150," to CBS-TV.
Also well-known for his voiceover work, Coyote has done numerous documentaries and television specials, including the nine-hour PBS special "The West." In 1992 he won an Emmy Award as host of the nine-hour series "The Pacific Century," which also earned the extremely prestigious duPont-Columbia Award for Excellence in Broadcast Journalism. In 2000 he was the announcer for the Academy Award ceremony, broadcast live to an estimated one billion viewers worldwide.
Coyote can currently be seen in Brian DePalma's thriller "Femme Fatale," starring Antonio Banderas and Rebecca Romijn-Stamos.
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