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
2026
- Antonio's Road as Breaking News Reporter (voice)
- Cornellskop: Freedom From Fear as Narrator
2025
- The American Revolution as Narrator (voice)
- Moment of Contact: New Revelations of Alien Encounters as Narrator (voice)
- The Atomic Bowl: Football at Ground Zero -- And Nuclear Peril Today as Narrator
- O Mother Gaia: The World of Gary Snyder as Self
- Black Mountain Blues
2024
- Good Men as Self
- The Program as Narrator (voice)
- Bad Faith as Narrator (voice)
2023
- The American Buffalo as Narrator (voice)
- San Francisco Sounds: A Place in Time as Self - Narrator (voice)
- La Californie ! as Self - Actor / Activist
- Kennedy as Narrator (voice)
- Fields of Gold as Narrator
- Against All Enemies as Narrator
- Spirit of Golf as Self
2022
- The U.S. and the Holocaust as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Benjamin Franklin as Narrator (voice)
- Moment of Contact as Narrator (voice)
- A Cloud Never Dies as Narrator (voice)
- Jerry Brown: The Disrupter as Self
- The Weight of a Feather: The Liberty Wildlife Story as Narrator
- The Last Stand as Narrator (voice)
2021
- Hemingway as Narrator (voice)
- The Girl Who Believes in Miracles as Sam Donovan
- Nepal Beyond as Narrator
- The Tent Mender as as Narrator
- Wandering...But Not Lost as Narrator
- The Co-op Wars as Narrator (voice)
- Marriner Eccles: Father of the Modern Federal Reserve as Narrator
- Downwinders and the Radioactive West as Narrator (voice)
- San Francisco Stories as Narrator/SInger
2020
- The Comey Rule as Robert Mueller
- Helter Skelter: An American Myth as Self - Actor, Diggers Early Core Member
- The Phenomenon as Narrator (voice)
- About Face: Jewish Refugees in the Allied Forces as Narrator (voice)
- Almost Thirteen as Narrator
- Sunseed: The Journey as Narrator (voice)
2019
- Country Music as Narrator
- Olompali: A Hippie Odyssey as narrator
- Polanski, le travail à l'oeuvre as Self
- The Atomic Tree as Narrator
- Troubled Waters: A Turtle's Tale as Self - Narrator (voice)
2018
- The Etruscan Smile as Professor
- The Mayo Clinic as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Saving Atlantis
- The Remarkable Life of John Weld as Narrator
- Summer of Love as Himself
- As If They Were Angels as Narrator
2017
- The Vietnam War as Self - Narrator (voice)
- The Disappearance as Henry Sullivan
- 1 Mile To You as Principal Umber
- Spielberg as Self
- Revolution: The Legacy of the Sixties
- The Beatles, Hippies & Hells Angels: Inside the Crazy World of Apple as Himself - Narrator
2016
- Paris Can Wait ... (Thanks)
- The Reality of Truth as Self
- Americana as Ben
- Who Wants to Live Forever? The Wisdom of Aging. as Himself
2015
- The Spoils Before Dying as Dizzy the Cat
- Good Kill as Langley
- The Price of Fame as Crooker
- Girl on the Edge as Hank Taylor
- No Deposit as Police Chief Williams
- Robert Bly: A Thousand Years of Joy as Self
- Eva & Leon as Le Père
- A Coup in Camelot as Narrator (voice)
- A Daring Journey: From Immigration to Education as Narrator
2014
- Intelligence as Leland Strand
- The Real History of Science Fiction as Himself
- The Roosevelts: An Intimate History as Narrator (voice)
- Bangkok, We Have A Problem! as Burt Lowell
- Angel Azul as Narrator
- Realm of the Ancient Redwoods as Narrator
2013
- Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal as Self
- Paolo Soleri: Beyond Form as Narrator
- The Ghost Army as Narrator (Voice)
2012
- Perception as James Alan Pierce
- The Dust Bowl as Peter Coyote
- Hemingway & Gellhorn as Maxwell Perkins
- Dangerous Waters as Self
- Cold War on Ice: Summit Series '72 as Narrator
- Rise Above the Mark as Narrator
- Right to Play as Narrator
- Valparaiso as Edward G. Drexler
2011
- Prohibition as Self - Narrator (voice)
- On the Trail of Easy Rider: 40 Years On... Still Searching for America as Self
- These Amazing Shadows as Self
- Here as Storyteller
- This Is Not a Movie
- Bag It as Self
- Green Fire as Aldo Leopold (voice)
- Connected: An Autoblogography About Love, Death & Technology as Narrator (voice)
- The Gundown as Thomas Morgan
- Last Will as Judge Garner
- Oceans in Glass as Narrator
- I am Fishead as narrator
2010
- Blue Bloods as Senator Ted McCreary
- Law & Order: LA as Jerry Hardin
- Great Migrations
- DiDi Hollywood as Michael McLean
- What If Cannabis Cured Cancer as Narration
- Chattahoochee: From Water War to Water Vision as Narrator
- Call of Life: Facing the Mass Extinction as Narrator
2009
- FlashForward as Dave Segovia
- The National Parks: America's Best Idea as Narrator
- Full Color Football: The History of the American Football League as Himself - Narrator
- Torturing Democracy as Narrator
- I Know What I Saw as Narrator (voice)
- What The Tourist Should See as Narrator (voice)
- 24 Hours After: Asteroid Impact as Narrator
- Nazi Mystery - Twins From Brazil as Narrstor (voice)
- For the Rights of All: Ending Jim Crow in Alaska as Self - Narrator (voice)
- With One Voice as Narrator
- Huxley on Huxley as Self
- Climbing Redwood Giants as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Grand Canyon: A Journey of Wonder as Narrator
2008
- Dr. Dolittle: Tail to the Chief as President Sterling
- All Roads Lead Home as Hock
- Hope & Redemption: The Lena Baker Story as Elliot Arthur
- $5 a Day as Burt Kruger
- Texas Gold as Narrator
- A Single Woman as Maury Maverick
- Finding Anastasia as Narrator
- Illicit: The Dark Trade as Self - Narrator (voice)
- The Brain Fitness Program
- Alaska Far Away as Narrator
- Adopt a Sailor as Richard
2007
- Resurrecting the Champ as Ike Epstein
- Hippies as Self
- Fog City Mavericks as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Soldiers Of Conscience as Self
- One Man, One Cow, One Planet as Narrator
- The Sunday Man as The Voice
- Strange Culture as Self
2006
- Brothers and Sisters as Mark August
- Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil as President Adair T. Manning
- AKA Tommy Chong as Himself
- The Gospel of Judas
- Darryl Henriques Is in Show Business as Self
- Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home as Narrator (voice)
2005
- Commander in Chief as Warren Keaton
- Law & Order: Trial by Jury as Mike LaSalle
- The Inside as Special Agent Virgil "Web" Webster
- Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis as Uncle Charles
- Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Return of the Living Dead: Rave to the Grave as Uncle Charles
- A Little Trip to Heaven as Frank
- Deepwater as Herman Finch
- The Tribe as Voice
- Guns Germs & Steel as Narrator (voice)
- Commune as self, Black Bear resident
- The War Prayer as Narrator
- The Sacramento River of Life as Narrator
2004
- The 4400 as Dennis Ryland
- Deadwood as General George Crook
- Shadow of Fear as Congressman Henderson
- The Great Role as Rudolph Grichenberg
- Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer
- Oil on Ice as Narrator
2003
- NCIS as Ned Quinn
- The Hebrew Hammer as JJL Chief Bloomenbergensteinenthal
- Northfork as Eddie
- Bon Voyage as Alex Winckler
- Bare Knuckle Filming: The Construction of Northfork as Narrator
- Grizzly Diaries as Narrator (voice)
- Out of the Blue as Narrator (voice)
- Hollywood's Magical Island: Catalina as Narrator (voice)
- Phenomenon II as John Ringold
- National Geographic: Surviving Everest as Narrator
- Written In Blood as John Traveller
2002
- A Walk to Remember as Reverend Sullivan
- Femme Fatale as Watts
- A Time for Dancing as Wyn Michaels
- Founding Brothers
- E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special as Self
- Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election as Narrator
- Polanski y los ojos del mal as Himself
- Empty Oceans, Empty Nets as Narrator (voice)
- Purpose as Bernard Elias
2001
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Lionel Shill
- The Division as Ross
- The Color of War as Narrator
- Jack the Dog as Alfred
- In the Light of Reverence as Narrator (voice)
- Midwives as Stephen Hastings
- Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Fillmore as Voice of Urban Renewal (Voice)
- Suddenly Naked as Lionel Heathcote
2000
- Erin Brockovich as Kurt Potter
- Founding Fathers as John Hancock (voice) / Thomas Jefferson (voice)
- More Dogs Than Bones as Detective Darren Cody
- Red Letters as Dennis Burke
- The Basket as Martin Conlon
- The Wednesday Woman as Don Wigulow
- Search for the Submarine I-52 as Narrator
1999
- Independent Lens
- Random Hearts as Cullen Chandler
- The History of Sex as Himself - Narrator
- Murder on Shadow Mountain as Dennis 'Denny' Traynor
- National Geographic Explorer: The Battle For Midway as Himself - Narrator
- Emperor of Hemp as Narrator
- Last Call as Xuave
- Execution of Justice as Harvey Milk
- Missing in Tibet as Narrator
1998
- Sphere as Captain Harold C. Barnes
- Patch Adams as Bill Davis
- Route 9 as Sheriff Dwayne Hogan
- Rome: Power & Glory as Narrator
- Titanic: Breaking New Ground as Narrator
- Indiscreet as Detective Roos
- San Francisco Diggers
- Seeds of Doubt
- Karmapa - Two Ways of Divinity as Narrator, English version (voice)
- National Geographic's Storm of the Century as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Avalanche: The White Death as Narrator
- Two for Texas as Jim Bowie
- A Dreamer and the Dreamtribe as Narrator
1997
- Top of the World as Doc 'The Butcher'
- The Secrets of 007 as Narrator (voice)
- Murder in My Mind as Arthur Lefcourt
- Road Ends as Gene Gere
- Alaska's Great Wilderness Denali: The Living Edens as Narrator
1996
- The West as Self - Narrator
- Seduced by Madness as Ruben Borchardt
- Unforgettable as Don Bresler
- The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial' as Self
- 21st Century Jet: The Building of the 777 as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Terminal Justice as Deacon Vivyan
- Dalva as Michael
1995
- Cybill as Roger
- The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies as Narrator
- Moonlight and Valentino as Paul
- Buffalo Girls as Buffalo Bill Cody
- That Eye, the Sky as Henry Warburton
1994
- Breach of Conduct as Col. Andrew Case
- The Peyote Road as Narrator
1993
- Fallen Angels as Herman Charn
- Kika as Nicholas Pierce
- Roots of Roe as James Morris (voice)
1992
- Bitter Moon as Oscar
- Earth and the American Dream as Reader (voice)
- The Pacific Century as Narrator (voice)
1991
- Crooked Hearts as Edward Warren
- Keeper of the City as Frank Nordhall
- High Art as Peter Mandrake
- A Seduction in Travis County as Frank Maguire
- Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier ... (Thanks)
- Living a Lie as Matt
1990
- Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey as Narrator (voice)
- Poison in the Rockies as Narrator (voice)
- The Man Inside as Henry Tobel
1989
- The Simpsons as Peter Coyote (voice)
- Unconquered as Richmond Flowers Sr.
1988
- American Experience as Narrator (voice)
- Heart of Midnight as Sharpe/Larry
- Collision Course: Labor Management Relations in America as Narrator
- Baja Oklahoma as Slick Henderson
1987
- Echoes in the Darkness as William Bradfield Jr.
- Outrageous Fortune as Michael Sanders
- Echoes in the Darkness as William Bradfield Jr.
- A Man in Love as Steve Elliott
- Sworn to Silence as Sam Fischetti
- Stacking as The Photographer
1986
- Child's Cry as Matt Townsend
1985
- The Twilight Zone as (segment "Shadow Play")
- National Geographic Explorer
- Jagged Edge as Thomas Krasny
- The Legend of Billie Jean as Ringwald
- Jack Kerouac: King of the Beats as Narrator
- The Blue Yonder as Max Knickerbocker
- Contrary Warriors: A Film of the Crow Tribe as Narrator (voice)
1984
- Slayground as Stone
- Best Kept Secrets as Frank Mitchell
- Heartbreakers as Blue
- Scorned and Swindled as Anthony Ristelli
1983
- The Hitchhiker as Alex Nolan
- Cross Creek as Norton Baskin
- Strangers Kiss as Stanley, the Director
- The Four Corners: A National Sacrifice Area? as Narrator (voice)
1982
- American Playhouse as Young David
- Nature as Narrator (voice)
- E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial as Keys
- Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann as Porter Reese
- Endangered Species as Steele
- Out as Rex
- Breach of Contract
- The UFO Experience
1981
- Southern Comfort as Poole
- People vs. Jean Harris as George Bolen
- Isabel's Choice as Wynn Thomas
1980
- Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story as Courtney Taylor
- Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story as Courtney Taylor
- Tell Me a Riddle as Young David
- Die Laughing as Davis
1967
- The Hippie Temptation as Digger
1953
- The Oscars as Self