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
- 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 · 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 · Hemingway as Narrator (voice)
- 2021 · The Girl Who Believes in Miracles as Sam Donovan
- 2021 · Nepal Beyond 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
- 2019 · Country Music as Narrator
- 2018 · The Remarkable Life of John Weld as Narrator
- 2018 · As If They Were Angels as Narrator
- 2018 · The Mayo Clinic as Narrator
- 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 · The Reality of Truth as Self
- 2015 · Robert Bly: A Thousand Years of Joy as Self
- 2015 · The Spoils Before Dying as Dizzy the Cat
- 2015 · Eva & Leon as Le Père
- 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 · The Real History of Science Fiction as Himself
- 2014 · Angel Azul as Narrator
- 2014 · Intelligence as Leland Strand
- 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 · The Dust Bowl as Peter Coyote
- 2012 · Dangerous Waters as Self
- 2012 · Hemingway & Gellhorn as Maxwell Perkins
- 2012 · Perception as James Alan Pierce
- 2011 · Prohibition as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2011 · The Gundown as Thomas Morgan
- 2011 · Bag It as Self
- 2011 · Last Will as Judge Garner
- 2011 · This Is Not a Movie as
- 2011 · These Amazing Shadows as Self
- 2011 · Here as Storyteller
- 2011 · Connected: An Autoblogography About Love, Death & Technology as Narrator (voice)
- 2010 · Great Migrations as
- 2010 · DiDi Hollywood as Michael McLean
- 2010 · Law & Order: LA as Jerry Hardin
- 2010 · Blue Bloods as Senator Ted McCreary
- 2010 · What If Cannabis Cured Cancer as Narration
- 2009 · For the Rights of All: Ending Jim Crow in Alaska 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 · Huxley on Huxley as Self
- 2008 · Hope & Redemption: The Lena Baker Story as Elliot Arthur
- 2008 · Adopt a Sailor as Richard
- 2008 · A Single Woman as Maury Maverick
- 2008 · $5 a Day as Burt Kruger
- 2008 · Dr. Dolittle: Tail to the Chief as President Sterling
- 2008 · All Roads Lead Home as Hock
- 2007 · Fog City Mavericks as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2007 · Resurrecting the Champ as Ike Epstein
- 2007 · Hippies as Self
- 2007 · Strange Culture as Self
- 2007 · Soldiers Of Conscience as Self
- 2006 · Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil as President Adair T. Manning
- 2006 · Brothers and Sisters as Mark August
- 2006 · AKA Tommy Chong as Himself
- 2006 · The Gospel of Judas as
- 2006 · The Gospel of Judas as Narrator
- 2005 · A Little Trip to Heaven as Frank
- 2005 · The War Prayer as Narrator
- 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 · Commune as self, Black Bear resident
- 2005 · Law & Order: Trial by Jury as Mike LaSalle
- 2004 · The Great Role as Rudolph Grichenberg
- 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 · Phenomenon II as John Ringold
- 2003 · NCIS as Ned Quinn
- 2003 · Northfork as Eddie
- 2003 · Out of the Blue as Narrator (voice)
- 2003 · Written In Blood as John Traveller
- 2003 · Bon Voyage as Alex Winckler
- 2002 · A Time for Dancing as Wyn Michaels
- 2002 · Founding Brothers as
- 2002 · Femme Fatale as Watts
- 2002 · Polanski y los ojos del mal as Himself
- 2002 · E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special as Self
- 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 · Suddenly Naked as Lionel Heathcote
- 2001 · Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Fillmore as Voice of Urban Renewal (Voice)
- 2001 · Midwives as Stephen Hastings
- 2001 · Jack the Dog as Alfred
- 2001 · The Division as
- 2000 · Founding Fathers as John Hancock (voice) / Thomas Jefferson (voice)
- 2000 · More Dogs Than Bones as Detective Darren Cody
- 2000 · Red Letters as Dennis Burke
- 2000 · The Basket as Martin Conlon
- 2000 · Erin Brockovich as Kurt Potter
- 1999 · Execution of Justice as Harvey Milk
- 1999 · Random Hearts as Cullen Chandler
- 1999 · The History of Sex as Himself - Narrator
- 1999 · Independent Lens as
- 1999 · Emperor of Hemp as Narrator
- 1999 · Murder on Shadow Mountain as Dennis 'Denny' Traynor
- 1999 · National Geographic Explorer: The Battle For Midway as Himself - Narrator
- 1999 · Last Call as Xuave
- 1998 · Patch Adams as Bill Davis
- 1998 · Route 9 as Sheriff Dwayne Hogan
- 1998 · Indiscreet as Detective Roos
- 1998 · Seeds Of Doubt as
- 1998 · Rome: Power & Glory as Narrator
- 1998 · Sphere as Captain Harold C. Barnes
- 1998 · Two for Texas as Jim Bowie
- 1998 · Avalanche: The White Death as Narrator
- 1997 · The Secrets of 007 as Narrator (voice)
- 1997 · Road Ends as Gene Gere
- 1997 · Top of the World as Doc 'The Butcher'
- 1996 · The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial' as Self
- 1996 · The West as Self - Narrator
- 1996 · Terminal Justice as Deacon Vivyan
- 1996 · Seduced by Madness as Ruben Borchardt
- 1996 · Seduced by Madness: The Diane Borchardt Story as Ruben Borchardt
- 1996 · Unforgettable as Don Bresler
- 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
- 1995 · The History of Rock 'n' Roll as Self
- 1995 · American Cinema as Narrator
- 1994 · Breach of Conduct as Col. Andrew Case
- 1993 · Kika as Nicholas Pierce
- 1993 · Fallen Angels as Herman Charn
- 1992 · Earth and the American Dream as Reader (voice)
- 1992 · Bitter Moon as Oscar
- 1991 · Crooked Hearts as Edward Warren
- 1991 · High Art as Peter Mandrake
- 1990 · Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey as Narrator (voice)
- 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 · Sworn to Silence as Sam Fischetti
- 1987 · Outrageous Fortune as Michael Sanders
- 1985 · The Blue Yonder as Max Knickerbocker
- 1985 · Jagged Edge as Thomas Krasny
- 1985 · The Twilight Zone as
- 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 · Heartbreakers as Blue
- 1984 · Best Kept Secrets as Frank Mitchell
- 1983 · Slayground as Stone
- 1983 · The Hitchhiker as Alex Nolan
- 1983 · Cross Creek as Norton Baskin
- 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 · Tell Me a Riddle as Young David
- 1980 · Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story as Courtney Taylor
- 1980 · Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story as Courtney Taylor
- 1980 · Die Laughing as Davis
- Future · National Geographic Special: Secret Cities of the Amazon as
- 1998 · Karmapa - Two Ways of Divinity as Narrator, English version (voice)
- 1997 · Murder in My Mind as Arthur Lefcourt
- 1996 · Dalva as Michael
- 1991 · Living a Lie as Matt
- 1986 · Child's Cry as Matt Townsend
- 1982 · The UFO Experience as
- 1967 · The Hippie Temptation as Digger
- Future · Kursk: A Submarine in Troubled Waters as Narrator
- 2023 · Fields of Gold as Narrator
- 2021 · The Co-op Wars as Narrator
- 2021 · Wandering...But Not Lost as Narrator
- 2021 · Downwinders and the Radioactive West as Narrator (voice)
- 2021 · Marriner Eccles: Father of the Modern Federal Reserve as Narrator
- 2020 · Sunseed: The Journey as Narrator (voice)
- 2020 · Almost Thirteen as Narrator
- 2019 · Polanski, le travail à l'oeuvre as Self
- 2019 · Troubled Waters: A Turtle's Tale as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2019 · Olompali: A Hippie Odyssey as narrator
- 2019 · The Atomic Tree as Narrator
- 2018 · Summer of Love as Himself
- 2017 · The Beatles, Hippies & Hells Angels: Inside the Crazy World of Apple as Himself - Narrator
- 2016 · Americana as Ben
- 2016 · Who Wants to Live Forever? The Wisdom of Aging. as Himself
- 2015 · A Coup in Camelot as Narrator (voice)
- 2014 · Realm of the Ancient Redwoods as Narrator
- 2013 · Paolo Soleri: Beyond Form as Narrator
- 2012 · Right to Play as Narrator
- 2012 · Valparaiso as Edward G. Drexler
- 2012 · Cold War on Ice: Summit Series '72 as Narrator
- 2011 · I am Fishead as narrator
- 2011 · Oceans in Glass as Narrator
- 2011 · Green Fire as Aldo Leopold (voice)
- 2010 · Chattahoochee: From Water War to Water Vision as Narrator
- 2010 · Call of Life: Facing the Mass Extinction as Narrator
- 2010 · Vampire Forensics as
- 2009 · Nazi Mystery - Twins From Brazil as Narrstor (voice)
- 2009 · I Know What I Saw as Narrator (voice)
- 2009 · Climbing Redwood Giants as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2009 · What The Tourist Should See as Narrator (voice)
- 2009 · Grand Canyon: A Journey of Wonder as Narrator
- 2008 · Illicit: The Dark Trade as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2008 · Alaska Far Away as Narrator
- 2008 · The Brain Fitness Program as
- 2008 · Texas Gold as Narrator
- 2007 · One Man, One Cow, One Planet as Narrator
- 2007 · The Sunday Man as The Voice
- 2006 · Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home as Narrator (voice)
- 2005 · The Tribe as Voice
- 2004 · Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer as
- 2003 · Bare Knuckle Filming: The Construction of Northfork as Narrator
- 2003 · Hollywood's Magical Island: Catalina as Narrator (voice)
- 2003 · Grizzly Diaries as Narrator (voice)
- 2002 · Empty Oceans, Empty Nets as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · In the Light of Reverence as Narrator (voice)
- 2000 · The Wednesday Woman as Don Wigulow
- 2000 · Search for the Submarine I-52 as Narrator
- 1999 · Missing in Tibet as Narrator
- 1998 · A Dreamer and the Dreamtribe as Narrator
- 1998 · National Geographic's Storm of the Century as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1998 · San Francisco Diggers as
- 1997 · Alaska's Great Wilderness Denali: The Living Edens as Narrator
- 1996 · 21st Century Jet: The Building of the 777 as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1995 · That Eye, the Sky as Henry Warburton
- 1991 · Keeper of the City as Frank Nordhall
- 1991 · A Seduction in Travis County as Frank Maguire
- 1990 · The Man Inside as Henry Tobel
- 1987 · Stacking as The Photographer
- 1985 · Contrary Warriors: A Film of the Crow Tribe as Narrator (voice)
- 1985 · Jack Kerouac: King of the Beats as Narrator
- 1984 · Scorned and Swindled as Anthony Ristelli
- 1982 · Out as Rex
- 1982 · Breach of Contract as
- Future · The Sacramento River of Life as Narrator
- 1988 · Collision Course: Labor Management Relations in America as Narrator
- Future · Pretty Slick - The Deep Water Horizon Environmental Coverup - Extended Directors Cut as Narrator
- 1983 · The Four Corners: A National Sacrifice Area? as Narrator (voice)
- 1981 · Isabel's Choice as Wynn Thomas
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- Future · San Francisco Stories as Narrator/SInger