Peter Coyote
Born: 1941-10-10 in New York City, New York, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
Peter Coyote (born Rachmil Pinchus Ben Mosha Cohon; October 10, 1941) is an American actor, author, director, screenwriter and narrator of films, theatre, television and audio books. His voice work includes narrating the opening ceremony of the 2002 Winter Olympics and Apple's iPad campaign. He has also served as on-camera co-host of the 2000 Oscar telecasts. Coyote was one of the founders of the Diggers, an anarchist improv group active in Haight-Ashbury during the mid-1960s. Coyote was also an actor, writer and director with the San Francisco Mime Troupe; his prominence in the San Francisco counter-culture scene led to his being interviewed for the noted book, Voices from the Love Generation. He acted in and directed the first cross-country tour of the Minstrel Show, and his play Olive Pits, co-authored with Mime Troupe member Peter Berg, won the Troupe an Obie Award from the Village Voice. Coyote became a member, and later chairman, of the California Arts Council from 1975 to 1983. In the late 1970s, he shifted from acting on stage to acting in films. In the 1990s and 2000s, he acted in several television shows. He speaks fluent Spanish and French.
Filmography
2025
- The American Revolution as Self - Narrator (voice)
- O Mother Gaia: The World of Gary Snyder as Self
2024
- Good Men as Self
- Bad Faith as Narrator (voice)
- The Program as Narrator (voice)
2023
- Against All Enemies as Narrator
- Kennedy as Narrator (voice)
- The American Buffalo as Narrator (voice)
- La Californie ! as Self - Actor / Activist
- Spirit of Golf as Self
- San Francisco Sounds: A Place in Time as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Fields of Gold as Narrator
2022
- Moment of Contact as Narrator (voice)
- A Cloud Never Dies as Narrator (voice)
- The U.S. and the Holocaust as Self - Narrator
- Benjamin Franklin as Narrator (voice)
- Jerry Brown: The Disrupter as Self
- The Last Stand as Narrator (voice)
- The Weight of a Feather: The Liberty Wildlife Story as Narrator
2021
- The Girl Who Believes in Miracles as Sam Donovan
- Hemingway as Narrator (voice)
- The Tent Mender as as Narrator
- Nepal Beyond as Narrator
- Wandering...But Not Lost as Narrator
- Marriner Eccles: Father of the Modern Federal Reserve as Narrator
- The Co-op Wars as Narrator (voice)
- Downwinders and the Radioactive West as Narrator (voice)
2020
- Almost Thirteen as Narrator
- The Comey Rule as Robert Mueller
- Sunseed: The Journey as Narrator (voice)
- The Phenomenon as Narrator (voice)
- Helter Skelter: An American Myth as Self - Actor, Diggers Early Core Member
- About Face: Jewish Refugees in the Allied Forces as Narrator (voice)
2019
- Country Music as Narrator
- Polanski, le travail à l'oeuvre as Self
- Troubled Waters: A Turtle's Tale as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Olompali: A Hippie Odyssey as narrator
- The Atomic Tree as Narrator
2018
- The Mayo Clinic as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Summer of Love as Himself
- The Etruscan Smile as Professor
- As If They Were Angels as Narrator
- Saving Atlantis
- The Remarkable Life of John Weld as Narrator
2017
- The Vietnam War as Narrator (voice)
- 1 Mile To You as Principal Umber
- Spielberg as Self
- The Disappearance as Henry Sullivan
- The Beatles, Hippies & Hells Angels: Inside the Crazy World of Apple as Himself - Narrator
- Revolution: The Legacy of the Sixties
2016
- Paris Can Wait ... (Thanks)
- Americana as Ben
- The Reality of Truth as Self
- Who Wants to Live Forever? The Wisdom of Aging. as Himself
2015
- Good Kill as Langley
- The Price of Fame as Crooker
- Girl on the Edge as Hank Taylor
- The Spoils Before Dying as Dizzy the Cat
- Eva & Leon as Le Père
- Robert Bly: A Thousand Years of Joy as Self
- No Deposit as Police Chief Williams
- A Coup in Camelot as Narrator (voice)
- A Daring Journey: From Immigration to Education as Narrator
2014
- Bangkok, We Have A Problem! as Burt Lowell
- Intelligence as Leland Strand
- The Roosevelts: An Intimate History as Narrator (voice)
- The Real History of Science Fiction as Himself
- Realm of the Ancient Redwoods as Narrator
- Angel Azul as Narrator
2013
- Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal as Self
- The Ghost Army as Narrator (Voice)
- Paolo Soleri: Beyond Form as Narrator
2012
- Perception as James Alan Pierce
- Hemingway & Gellhorn as Maxwell Perkins
- Cold War on Ice: Summit Series '72 as Narrator
- The Dust Bowl as Peter Coyote
- Dangerous Waters as Self
- Rise Above the Mark as Narrator
- Valparaiso as Edward G. Drexler
- Right to Play as Narrator
2011
- The Gundown as Thomas Morgan
- Here as Storyteller
- Bag It as Self
- These Amazing Shadows as Self
- Last Will as Judge Garner
- Prohibition as Self - Narrator (voice)
- This Is Not a Movie
- I am Fishead as narrator
- On the Trail of Easy Rider: 40 Years On... Still Searching for America as self
- Green Fire as Aldo Leopold (voice)
- Connected: An Autoblogography About Love, Death & Technology as Narrator (voice)
- Oceans in Glass as Narrator
2010
- Blue Bloods as Senator Ted McCreary
- Law & Order: LA as Jerry Hardin
- DiDi Hollywood as Michael McLean
- Great Migrations
- Chattahoochee: From Water War to Water Vision as Narrator
- What If Cannabis Cured Cancer as Narration
- Call of Life: Facing the Mass Extinction as Narrator
- Vampire Forensics
2009
- FlashForward as Dave Segovia
- The National Parks: America's Best Idea as Narrator
- Huxley on Huxley as Self
- 24 Hours After: Asteroid Impact as Narrator
- I Know What I Saw as Narrator (voice)
- Full Color Football: The History of the American Football League as Himself - Narrator
- Nazi Mystery - Twins From Brazil as Narrstor (voice)
- For the Rights of All: Ending Jim Crow in Alaska as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Climbing Redwood Giants as Self - Narrator (voice)
- With One Voice as Narrator
- Torturing Democracy as Narrator
- What The Tourist Should See as Narrator (voice)
- Grand Canyon: A Journey of Wonder as Narrator
2008
- Dr. Dolittle: Tail to the Chief as President Sterling
- A Single Woman as Maury Maverick
- Adopt a Sailor as Richard
- $5 a Day as Burt Kruger
- Hope & Redemption: The Lena Baker Story as Elliot Arthur
- Illicit: The Dark Trade as Self - Narrator (voice)
- All Roads Lead Home as Hock
- Alaska Far Away as Narrator
- Finding Anastasia as Narrator
- Texas Gold as Narrator
- The Brain Fitness Program
2007
- Resurrecting the Champ as Ike Epstein
- Fog City Mavericks as Self - Narrator (voice)
- The Sunday Man as The Voice
- Soldiers Of Conscience as Self
- Hippies as Self
- Strange Culture as Self
- One Man, One Cow, One Planet as Narrator
2006
- Brothers and Sisters as Mark August
- Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil as President Adair T. Manning
- Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home as Narrator (voice)
- The Gospel of Judas
- AKA Tommy Chong as Himself
2005
- Commander in Chief as Warren Keaton
- Deepwater as Herman Finch
- Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis as Uncle Charles
- Law & Order: Trial by Jury as Mike LaSalle
- Return of the Living Dead: Rave to the Grave as Uncle Charles
- The Inside as Special Agent Virgil "Web" Webster
- Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room as Narrator
- Commune as self, Black Bear resident
- A Little Trip to Heaven as Frank
- Guns Germs & Steel as Narrator (voice)
- The Tribe as Voice
- The Sacramento River of Life as Narrator
- The War Prayer as Narrator
2004
- Deadwood as General Crook
- The 4400 as Dennis Ryland
- The Great Role as Rudolph Grichenberg
- Shadow of Fear as Congressman Henderson
- Oil on Ice as Narrator
- Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer
2003
- NCIS as Ned Quinn
- Bon Voyage as Alex Winckler
- Phenomenon II as John Ringold
- Northfork as Eddie
- Written In Blood as John Traveller
- The Hebrew Hammer as JJL Chief Bloomenbergensteinenthal
- Out of the Blue as Narrator (voice)
- Grizzly Diaries as Narrator (voice)
- Hollywood's Magical Island: Catalina as Narrator (voice)
- Bare Knuckle Filming: The Construction of Northfork as Narrator
- National Geographic: Surviving Everest as Narrator
2002
- A Walk to Remember as Reverend Sullivan
- Femme Fatale as Watts
- Purpose as Bernard Elias
- A Time for Dancing as Wyn Michaels
- E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special as Self
- Polanski y los ojos del mal as Himself
- Founding Brothers
- Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election as Narrator
- Empty Oceans, Empty Nets as Narrator (voice)
2001
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Lionel Shill
- The Division as Ross
- Midwives as Stephen Hastings
- Jack the Dog as Alfred
- The Color of War as Narrator
- Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Fillmore as Voice of Urban Renewal (Voice)
- Suddenly Naked as Lionel Heathcote
- In the Light of Reverence as Narrator (voice)
2000
- Erin Brockovich as Kurt Potter
- Red Letters as Dennis Burke
- More Dogs Than Bones as Detective Darren Cody
- The Wednesday Woman as Don Wigulow
- Founding Fathers as John Hancock (voice) / Thomas Jefferson (voice)
- The Basket as Martin Conlon
- Search for the Submarine I-52 as Narrator
1999
- Independent Lens
- Last Call as Xuave
- Random Hearts as Cullen Chandler
- Execution of Justice as Harvey Milk
- Murder on Shadow Mountain as Dennis 'Denny' Traynor
- National Geographic Explorer: The Battle For Midway as Himself - Narrator
- The History of Sex as Himself - Narrator
- Missing in Tibet as Narrator
- Emperor of Hemp as Narrator
1998
- Sphere as Captain Harold C. Barnes
- Patch Adams as Bill Davis
- Indiscreet as Detective Roos
- Route 9 as Sheriff Dwayne Hogan
- Two for Texas as Jim Bowie
- Titanic: Breaking New Ground as Narrator
- Karmapa - Two Ways of Divinity as Narrator, English version (voice)
- Rome: Power & Glory as Narrator
- Seeds Of Doubt
- National Geographic's Storm of the Century as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Avalanche: The White Death as Narrator
- A Dreamer and the Dreamtribe as Narrator
- San Francisco Diggers
1997
- Road Ends as Gene Gere
- Top of the World as Doc 'The Butcher'
- The Secrets of 007 as Narrator (voice)
- Murder in My Mind as Arthur Lefcourt
- Alaska's Great Wilderness Denali: The Living Edens as Narrator
1996
- Unforgettable as Don Bresler
- Terminal Justice as Deacon Vivyan
- The West as Self - Narrator
- Seduced by Madness: The Diane Borchardt Story as Ruben Borchardt
- The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial' as Self
- Seduced by Madness as Ruben Borchardt
- Dalva as Michael
- 21st Century Jet: The Building of the 777 as Self - Narrator (voice)
1995
- Cybill as Roger
- Buffalo Girls as Buffalo Bill Cody
- The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies as Narrator
- That Eye, the Sky as Henry Warburton
- Moonlight and Valentino as Paul
1994
- Breach of Conduct as Col. Andrew Case
- The Peyote Road as Narrator
1993
- Kika as Nicholas Pierce
- Fallen Angels as Herman Charn
1992
- Bitter Moon as Oscar
- Earth and the American Dream as Reader (voice)
- The Pacific Century as Narrator (voice)
1991
- Keeper of the City as Frank Nordhall
- Crooked Hearts as Edward Warren
- High Art as Peter Mandrake
- Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier ... (Thanks)
- Living a Lie as Matt
- A Seduction in Travis County as Frank Maguire
1990
- Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey as Narrator (voice)
- The Man Inside as Henry Tobel
- Poison in the Rockies as Narrator (voice)
1989
- The Simpsons as Peter Coyote (voice)
- Unconquered as Richmond Flowers Sr.
1988
- American Experience as Narrator (voice)
- Baja Oklahoma as Slick Henderson
- Heart of Midnight as Sharpe/Larry
- Collision Course: Labor Management Relations in America as Narrator
1987
- Outrageous Fortune as Michael Sanders
- Stacking as The Photographer
- A Man in Love as Steve Elliott
- Echoes in the Darkness as William Bradfield Jr.
- Sworn to Silence as Sam Fischetti
- Echoes in the Darkness as William Bradfield Jr.
1986
- Child's Cry as Matt Townsend
1985
- The Twilight Zone as (segment "Shadow Play")
- Jagged Edge as Thomas Krasny
- Explorer
- The Blue Yonder as Max Knickerbocker
- The Legend of Billie Jean as Ringwald
- Contrary Warriors: A Film of the Crow Tribe as Narrator (voice)
- Jack Kerouac: King of the Beats as Narrator
1984
- Heartbreakers as Blue
- Best Kept Secrets as Frank Mitchell
- Scorned and Swindled as Anthony Ristelli
1983
- The Hitchhiker as Alex Nolan
- Slayground as Stone
- Cross Creek as Norton Baskin
- Strangers Kiss as Stanley, the Director
- The Four Corners: A National Sacrifice Area? as Narrator (voice)
1982
- E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial as Keys
- Nature as Narrator (voice)
- Out as Rex
- Breach of Contract
- Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann as Porter Reese
- The UFO Experience
- Endangered Species as Steele
1981
- Southern Comfort as Poole
- People vs. Jean Harris as George Bolen
- Isabel's Choice as Wynn Thomas
1980
- Die Laughing as Davis
- Tell Me a Riddle as Young David
- Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story as Courtney Taylor
- Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story as Courtney Taylor
1967
- The Hippie Temptation as Digger
1953
- The Oscars as Self