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
- Cornellskop: Freedom From Fear as Narrator
2025
- The American Revolution as Narrator (voice)
- Moment of Contact: New Revelations of Alien Encounters as Narrator (voice)
- O Mother Gaia: The World of Gary Snyder as Self
- The Atomic Bowl: Football at Ground Zero -- And Nuclear Peril Today as Narrator
- Black Mountain Blues
2024
- Good Men as Self
- Bad Faith as Narrator (voice)
- The Program as Narrator (voice)
2023
- The American Buffalo as Narrator (voice)
- Kennedy as Narrator (voice)
- La Californie ! as Self - Actor / Activist
- San Francisco Sounds: A Place in Time as Self - 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)
- Jerry Brown: The Disrupter as Self
- A Cloud Never Dies as Narrator (voice)
- The Weight of a Feather: The Liberty Wildlife Story as Narrator
- The Last Stand as Narrator (voice)
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
- The Co-op Wars as Narrator (voice)
- Downwinders and the Radioactive West as Narrator (voice)
- San Francisco Stories as Narrator/SInger
- Marriner Eccles: Father of the Modern Federal Reserve as Narrator
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)
- Sunseed: The Journey as Narrator (voice)
- Almost Thirteen as Narrator
2019
- Country Music as Narrator
- Polanski, le travail à l'oeuvre as Self
- Olompali: A Hippie Odyssey as narrator
- Troubled Waters: A Turtle's Tale as Self - Narrator (voice)
- The Atomic Tree as Narrator
2018
- The Etruscan Smile as Professor
- The Mayo Clinic as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Summer of Love as Himself
- The Remarkable Life of John Weld as Narrator
- As If They Were Angels as Narrator
- Saving Atlantis
2017
- The Vietnam War as Self - Narrator (voice)
- The Disappearance as Henry Sullivan
- Spielberg as Self
- 1 Mile To You as Principal Umber
- 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)
- Americana as Ben
- The Reality of Truth as Self
- Who Wants to Live Forever? The Wisdom of Aging. as Himself
2015
- The Spoils Before Dying as Dizzy the Cat
- Good Kill as Langley
- No Deposit as Police Chief Williams
- The Price of Fame as Crooker
- Girl on the Edge as Hank Taylor
- 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
- The Ghost Army as Narrator (Voice)
- Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal as Self
- Paolo Soleri: Beyond Form as Narrator
2012
- Perception as James Alan Pierce
- Hemingway & Gellhorn as Maxwell Perkins
- Dangerous Waters as Self
- The Dust Bowl as Peter Coyote
- Rise Above the Mark as Narrator
- Valparaiso as Edward G. Drexler
- Cold War on Ice: Summit Series '72 as Narrator
- Right to Play as Narrator
2011
- Prohibition as Self - Narrator (voice)
- These Amazing Shadows as Self
- On the Trail of Easy Rider: 40 Years On... Still Searching for America as Self
- Bag It as Self
- Here as Storyteller
- The Gundown as Thomas Morgan
- Last Will as Judge Garner
- This Is Not a Movie
- Green Fire as Aldo Leopold (voice)
- I am Fishead as narrator
- 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
- Great Migrations
- DiDi Hollywood as Michael McLean
- Vampire Forensics
- What If Cannabis Cured Cancer as Narration
- Call of Life: Facing the Mass Extinction as Narrator
- Chattahoochee: From Water War to Water Vision 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
- With One Voice as Narrator
- Nazi Mystery - Twins From Brazil as Narrstor (voice)
- 24 Hours After: Asteroid Impact as Narrator
- Torturing Democracy as Narrator
- Huxley on Huxley as Self
- I Know What I Saw as Narrator (voice)
- What The Tourist Should See as Narrator (voice)
- Grand Canyon: A Journey of Wonder as Narrator
- For the Rights of All: Ending Jim Crow in Alaska as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Climbing Redwood Giants as Self - Narrator (voice)
2008
- Dr. Dolittle: Tail to the Chief as President Sterling
- $5 a Day as Burt Kruger
- Hope & Redemption: The Lena Baker Story as Elliot Arthur
- All Roads Lead Home as Hock
- A Single Woman as Maury Maverick
- Alaska Far Away as Narrator
- Texas Gold as Narrator
- Finding Anastasia as Narrator
- Illicit: The Dark Trade as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Adopt a Sailor as Richard
- The Brain Fitness Program
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
- Strange Culture as Self
- The Sunday Man as The Voice
2006
- Brothers and Sisters as Mark August
- Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil as President Adair T. Manning
- AKA Tommy Chong as Himself
- Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home as Narrator (voice)
- Darryl Henriques Is in Show Business as Self
- The Gospel of Judas
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
- Guns Germs & Steel as Narrator (voice)
- Deepwater as Herman Finch
- A Little Trip to Heaven as Frank
- Commune as self, Black Bear resident
- The Sacramento River of Life as Narrator
- The Tribe as Voice
- The War Prayer as Narrator
2004
- Deadwood as General George Crook
- The 4400 as Dennis Ryland
- The Great Role as Rudolph Grichenberg
- Shadow of Fear as Congressman Henderson
- 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
- Phenomenon II as John Ringold
- Bon Voyage as Alex Winckler
- Bare Knuckle Filming: The Construction of Northfork as Narrator
- National Geographic: Surviving Everest as Narrator
- Hollywood's Magical Island: Catalina as Narrator (voice)
- Written In Blood as John Traveller
- Out of the Blue as Narrator (voice)
- Grizzly Diaries as Narrator (voice)
2002
- A Walk to Remember as Reverend Sullivan
- Femme Fatale as Watts
- Founding Brothers
- A Time for Dancing as Wyn Michaels
- Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election as Narrator
- Purpose as Bernard Elias
- E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special as Self
- Polanski y los ojos del mal as Himself
- Empty Oceans, Empty Nets as Narrator (voice)
2001
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Lionel Shill
- The Division as Ross
- The Color of War as Narrator
- Suddenly Naked as Lionel Heathcote
- Jack the Dog as Alfred
- Midwives as Stephen Hastings
- In the Light of Reverence as Narrator (voice)
- Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Fillmore as Voice of Urban Renewal (Voice)
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
- Last Call as Xuave
- Emperor of Hemp as Narrator
- Murder on Shadow Mountain as Dennis 'Denny' Traynor
- National Geographic Explorer: The Battle For Midway as Himself - Narrator
- Execution of Justice as Harvey Milk
- Missing in Tibet as Narrator
1998
- Sphere as Captain Harold C. Barnes
- Patch Adams as Bill Davis
- Rome: Power & Glory as Narrator
- Route 9 as Sheriff Dwayne Hogan
- Indiscreet as Detective Roos
- Two for Texas as Jim Bowie
- Seeds of Doubt
- Titanic: Breaking New Ground as Narrator
- San Francisco Diggers
- Karmapa - Two Ways of Divinity as Narrator, English version (voice)
- A Dreamer and the Dreamtribe as Narrator
- National Geographic's Storm of the Century as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Avalanche: The White Death as Narrator
1997
- Top of the World as Doc 'The Butcher'
- Road Ends as Gene Gere
- Murder in My Mind as Arthur Lefcourt
- The Secrets of 007 as Narrator (voice)
- 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
- Terminal Justice as Deacon Vivyan
- 21st Century Jet: The Building of the 777 as Self - Narrator (voice)
- The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial' as Self
- Dalva as Michael
1995
- Cybill as Roger
- Buffalo Girls as Buffalo Bill Cody
- The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies as Narrator
- Moonlight and Valentino as Paul
- 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
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
- High Art as Peter Mandrake
- Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier ... (Thanks)
- Living a Lie as Matt
- Keeper of the City as Frank Nordhall
- A Seduction in Travis County as Frank Maguire
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
- Baja Oklahoma as Slick Henderson
- Collision Course: Labor Management Relations in America as Narrator
1987
- Outrageous Fortune as Michael Sanders
- Echoes in the Darkness as William Bradfield Jr.
- A Man in Love as Steve Elliott
- Echoes in the Darkness as William Bradfield Jr.
- 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")
- Explorer
- Jagged Edge as Thomas Krasny
- The Legend of Billie Jean as Ringwald
- The Blue Yonder as Max Knickerbocker
- Jack Kerouac: King of the Beats as Narrator
- Contrary Warriors: A Film of the Crow Tribe as Narrator (voice)
1984
- Slayground as Stone
- Best Kept Secrets as Frank Mitchell
- Scorned and Swindled as Anthony Ristelli
- Heartbreakers as Blue
1983
- The Hitchhiker as Alex Nolan
- Cross Creek as Norton Baskin
- The Four Corners: A National Sacrifice Area? as Narrator (voice)
- Strangers Kiss as Stanley, the Director
1982
- Nature as Narrator (voice)
- American Playhouse as Young David
- 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
- Die Laughing as Davis
- Tell Me a Riddle as Young David
1967
- The Hippie Temptation as Digger
1953
- The Oscars as Self