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Biography

With Peter unseen (as in voiceovers or radio adverts), his voice is strongly reminiscent of that of Henry Fonda. Along with Glenn Close, he…more

Born

10/10/1942, Colver, Pennsylvania,

Birth Name

Peter Cohon

Gender

Male

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Role
- Great Migrations
  Narrator
  - S 1: Ep 3 Science of Great Migrations
    11/9/10
- The National Parks: America's Best Idea
  Narrator
  - S 1: Ep 6 The Morning of Creation (1946-1980)
    10/2/09
  - S 1: Ep 5 Great Nature (1933-1945)
    10/1/09
  - S 1: Ep 4 Going Home (1920-1933)
    9/30/09
  - S 1: Ep 3 The Empire of Grandeur (1915-1919)
    9/29/09
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Last Refuge (1890-1915)
    9/28/09
  - + 1 More Credits
- The Inside
  Supervisory Agent Virgil "Web" Webster
  - S 1: Ep 7 Declawed
    7/13/05
  - S 1: Ep 6 Thief of Hearts
    7/6/05
  - S 1: Ep 5 Loneliest Number
    7/6/05
  - S 1: Ep 4 Everything Nice
    6/29/05
  - S 1: Ep 3 Pre-Filer
    6/22/05
  - + 8 More Credits
- The 4400
  Dennis Ryland
  - S 1: Ep 5 White Light
    8/8/04
  - S 1: Ep 4 Trial By Fire
    8/1/04
  - S 1: Ep 3 Becoming
    7/25/04
  - S 1: Ep 2 The New and Improved Carl Morrissey
    7/18/04
  - S 1: Ep 1 Pilot
    7/11/04
Recurring Role (3)

Role
- Law & Order: Los Angeles
  D.A. Jerry Hardin
  - S 1: Ep 13 Reseda
    5/2/11
  - S 1: Ep 9 Zuma Canyon
    4/11/11
  - S 1: Ep 5 Pasadena
    11/3/10
  - S 1: Ep 4 Sylmar
    10/20/10
  - S 1: Ep 2 Echo Park
    10/6/10
- The 4400
  Dennis Ryland
  - S 3: Ep 13 Fifty-Fifty
    8/27/06
  - S 3: Ep 12 Terrible Swift Sword
    8/20/06
  - S 3: Ep 10 The Starzl Mutation
    8/6/06
  - S 3: Ep 7 The Home Front
    7/16/06
  - S 3: Ep 1 The New World (1)
    6/11/06
  - + 3 More Credits
- Commander In Chief
  Warren Keaton
  - S 1: Ep 10 Sub Enchanted Evening (1)
    1/10/06
  - S 1: Ep 9 The Mom Who Came to Dinner
    11/29/05
  - S 1: Ep 7 First Scandal
    11/8/05
  - S 1: Ep 3 First Strike
    10/11/05
  - S 1: Ep 2 First Choice
    10/4/05
Guest Star (21)

Role
- FlashForward
  Dave Segovia
  - S 1: Ep 19 The Negotiation
    5/13/10
  - S 1: Ep 5 Gimme Some Truth
    10/22/09
- NCIS
  Ned Quinn
  - S 6: Ep 11 Silent Night
    12/16/08
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent
  Lionel Shill
  - S 7: Ep 7 Self-Made
    11/15/07
- Brothers & Sisters
  Mark August
  - S 1: Ep 21 Grapes of Wrath
    5/6/07
  - S 1: Ep 20 Bad News
    4/29/07
  - S 1: Ep 18 Three Parties
    4/8/07
  - S 1: Ep 17 All In the Family
    4/1/07
- American Masters
  Narrator
  - S 20: Ep 3 Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home
    7/12/06
  - S 6: Ep 9 Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey
    5/1/92
- Nature
  Narrator
  - S 24: Ep 12 The Vanishing Lions
    4/30/06
  - S 24: Ep 6 Oceans in Glass: Behind the Scenes of the Monterey Bay Aquarium
    1/22/06
- Commander In Chief
  Vice President Warren Keaton
  - S 1: Ep 15 Ties That Bind
    4/27/06
- Lost
  Narrator
  - S 2: Ep 0 Lost: Reckoning
    4/26/06
  - S 2: Ep 0 Lost: Revelation
    1/11/06
  - S 2: Ep 0 Destination Lost
    9/21/05
- Commander In Chief
  Warren Keaton
  - S 1: Ep 14 The Price You Pay
    4/20/06
- Law & Order: Trial by Jury
  Mike LaSalle
  - S 1: Ep 2 Forty-One Shots
    3/4/05
- Deadwood
  General Crook
  - S 1: Ep 12 Sold Under Sin
    6/13/04
- National Geographic Explorer
  Narrator
  - S 1: Ep 66 The Battle for Midway
    5/30/04
- The Division
  Ross
  - S 2: Ep 17 Secrets, Lies, and Weddings
    6/9/02
- The Academy Awards
  Himself
  - S 72: Ep 1 The 72nd Annual Academy Awards
    3/26/00
- American Experience
  Narrator
  - S 11: Ep 3 Hoover Dam
    1/18/99
  - S 8: Ep 2 Edison's Miracle of Light
    10/23/95
- Cybill
  Roger
  - S 4: Ep 2 The Love of Her Life
    9/22/97
- Fallen Angels
  Boss
  - S 2: Ep 2 The Professional Man
    10/15/95
- The Arsenio Hall Show
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 117 March 16, 1994
    3/16/94
  - S 3: Ep 28 October 17, 1990
    10/17/90
- Road to Avonlea
  Romney Penhallow
  - S 2: Ep 5 Old Quarrels, Old Love
    12/30/90
- The Twilight Zone (1985)
  Adam Grant
  - S 1: Ep 56 Shadow Play
    4/4/86
- The Hitchhiker
  Alex
  - S 1: Ep 24 Last Scene
    3/25/86

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- Peter has a completely re-built 1964 Dodge 4x4 Town Wagon that he has owned since 1969.
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- He won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Historical Program at the 1993 News & Documentary Emmy Awards for his role as the Narrator in the documentary The Pacific Century.
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- Peter is a songwriter who sings and plays the guitar.
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- Peter: Acting is about discovering what's true in the moment. It's playing jazz on your own nervous system.
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- Peter: I'm a Zen-Buddhist student first, actor second. If I can't reconcile the two lives, I'll stop acting. I spend more time off-screen than on.
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- Peter: Nobody hires me because I look like Richard Gere. I'm not that kind of guy. I get hired basically because I'm good at what I do and I'm smart. I'm one of a number of actors who are really there to serve the script.
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