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