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
- 2023 · Kennedy as Narrator (voice)
- 2023 · The American Buffalo as Narrator (voice)
- 2023 · La Californie ! as Self - Actor / Activist
- 2022 · Moment of Contact as Narrator (voice)
- 2022 · The U.S. and the Holocaust as Self - Narrator
- 2022 · The Last Stand as Narrator (voice)
- 2021 · Hemingway as Narrator (voice)
- 2021 · The Girl Who Believes in Miracles as Sam Donovan
- 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 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
- 2015 · The Spoils Before Dying as Dizzy the Cat
- 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 · Intelligence as Leland Strand
- 2013 · Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal as Self
- 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 · These Amazing Shadows as Self
- 2010 · Great Migrations as
- 2010 · Law & Order: LA as Jerry Hardin
- 2010 · Blue Bloods as Senator Ted McCreary
- 2010 · What If Cannabis Cured Cancer as Narration
- 2009 · The National Parks: America's Best Idea as Narrator
- 2009 · FlashForward as Dave Segovia
- 2008 · Hope & Redemption: The Lena Baker Story as Elliot Arthur
- 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 · 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: Rave to the Grave as Uncle Charles
- 2005 · Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis as Uncle Charles
- 2005 · Commander in Chief as Warren Keaton
- 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 · Deadwood as General Crook
- 2003 · The Hebrew Hammer as JJL Chief Bloomenbergensteinenthal
- 2003 · NCIS as Ned Quinn
- 2003 · Northfork as Eddie
- 2003 · Bon Voyage as Alex Winckler
- 2002 · A Time for Dancing as Wyn Michaels
- 2002 · Femme Fatale as Watts
- 2002 · A Walk to Remember as Reverend Sullivan
- 2001 · Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Lionel Shill
- 2001 · Midwives as Stephen Hastings
- 2001 · The Division as
- 2000 · More Dogs Than Bones as Detective Darren Cody
- 2000 · Erin Brockovich as Kurt Potter
- 1999 · Random Hearts as Cullen Chandler
- 1999 · The History of Sex as Himself - Narrator
- 1999 · Independent Lens as
- 1999 · Emperor of Hemp as Narrator
- 1998 · Patch Adams as Bill Davis
- 1998 · Sphere as Captain Harold C. Barnes
- 1996 · The West as Self - Narrator
- 1996 · Unforgettable as Don Bresler
- 1995 · Moonlight and Valentino as Paul
- 1995 · The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies as Narrator
- 1993 · Kika as Nicholas Pierce
- 1993 · Fallen Angels as Herman Charn
- 1992 · Bitter Moon as Oscar
- 1991 · Keeper of the City as Frank Nordhall
- 1991 · High Art as Peter Mandrake
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Peter Coyote (voice)
- 1988 · American Experience as Narrator (voice)
- 1987 · A Man in Love as Steve Elliott
- 1987 · Outrageous Fortune as Michael Sanders
- 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)
- 1983 · The Hitchhiker as Alex Nolan
- 1983 · Cross Creek as Norton Baskin
- 1982 · Nature as Narrator (voice)
- 1982 · Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann as Porter Reese
- 1982 · E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial as Keys
- 1981 · Southern Comfort as Poole
- 1980 · Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story as Courtney Taylor
- 1980 · Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story as Courtney Taylor
- 1980 · Die Laughing as Davis
- Future · Kursk: A Submarine in Troubled Waters as Narrator
- 2024 · Bad Faith as Narrator (voice)
- 2023 · Fields of Gold as Narrator
- 2023 · Against All Enemies as Narrator
- 2022 · Jerry Brown: The Disrupter as Self
- 2022 · The Weight of a Feather: The Liberty Wildlife Story as Narrator
- 2022 · Benjamin Franklin as Narrator (voice)
- 2022 · A Cloud Never Dies as Narrator (voice)
- 2021 · The Tent Mender as as Narrator
- 2020 · Almost Thirteen as Narrator
- 2019 · Olompali: A Hippie Odyssey as narrator
- 2018 · As If They Were Angels as Narrator
- 2016 · Americana as Ben
- 2014 · Angel Azul as Narrator
- 2013 · Paolo Soleri: Beyond Form as Narrator
- 2012 · Right to Play as Narrator
- 2012 · Valparaiso as Edward G. Drexler
- 2011 · Green Fire as Aldo Leopold (voice)
- 2009 · Climbing Redwood Giants as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2009 · What The Tourist Should See as Narrator (voice)
- 2008 · A Single Woman as Maury Maverick
- 2008 · The Brain Fitness Program as
- 2007 · Hippies as Self
- 2005 · The War Prayer as Narrator
- 2003 · Bare Knuckle Filming: The Construction of Northfork as Narrator
- 2002 · Empty Oceans, Empty Nets as Narrator (voice)
- 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)
- 2001 · Jack the Dog as Alfred
- 2000 · The Wednesday Woman as Don Wigulow
- 1999 · Execution of Justice as Harvey Milk
- 1998 · Avalanche: The White Death as Narrator
- 1996 · Dalva as Michael
- 1990 · The Man Inside as Henry Tobel
- 1990 · Poison in the Rockies as Narrator (voice)
- 1989 · Unconquered as Richmond Flowers Sr.
- 1986 · Child's Cry as Matt Townsend
- 1985 · Contrary Warriors: A Film of the Crow Tribe as Narrator (voice)
- 1982 · Out as Rex
- 1982 · Breach of Contract as
- Future · Pretty Slick - The Deep Water Horizon Environmental Coverup - Extended Directors Cut as Narrator
- 2021 · The Co-op Wars as Narrator
- 2021 · Wandering...But Not Lost as Narrator
- 2021 · Nepal Beyond 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)
- 2019 · Polanski, le travail à l'oeuvre as Self
- 2019 · Troubled Waters: A Turtle's Tale as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2019 · The Atomic Tree as Narrator
- 2018 · The Remarkable Life of John Weld as Narrator
- 2018 · The Mayo Clinic 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 · No Deposit as Police Chief Williams
- 2015 · A Coup in Camelot as Narrator (voice)
- 2014 · Realm of the Ancient Redwoods as Narrator
- 2013 · The Ghost Army as Narrator (Voice)
- 2012 · Rise Above the Mark as Narrator
- 2012 · Cold War on Ice: Summit Series '72 as Narrator
- 2011 · The Gundown as Thomas Morgan
- 2011 · I am Fishead as narrator
- 2011 · Bag It as Self
- 2011 · Oceans in Glass as Narrator
- 2011 · Last Will as Judge Garner
- 2011 · This Is Not a Movie as
- 2011 · Here as Storyteller
- 2011 · Connected: An Autoblogography About Love, Death & Technology as Narrator (voice)
- 2010 · DiDi Hollywood as Michael McLean
- 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 · For the Rights of All: Ending Jim Crow in Alaska as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2009 · I Know What I Saw as Narrator (voice)
- 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
- 2009 · Grand Canyon: A Journey of Wonder as Narrator
- 2008 · Adopt a Sailor as Richard
- 2008 · Illicit: The Dark Trade as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2008 · Alaska Far Away as Narrator
- 2008 · Texas Gold as Narrator
- 2007 · One Man, One Cow, One Planet as Narrator
- 2007 · Fog City Mavericks as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 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 Tribe as Voice
- 2005 · Guns Germs & Steel as Narrator (voice)
- 2005 · Commune as self, Black Bear resident
- 2004 · The Great Role as Rudolph Grichenberg
- 2004 · Oil on Ice as Narrator
- 2004 · Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer as
- 2003 · Phenomenon II as John Ringold
- 2003 · Hollywood's Magical Island: Catalina as Narrator (voice)
- 2003 · Out of the Blue as Narrator (voice)
- 2003 · Written In Blood as John Traveller
- 2003 · Grizzly Diaries as Narrator (voice)
- 2002 · Founding Brothers as
- 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
- 2001 · The Color of War as Narrator
- 2001 · Suddenly Naked as Lionel Heathcote
- 2000 · Founding Fathers as John Hancock (voice) / Thomas Jefferson (voice)
- 2000 · Red Letters as Dennis Burke
- 2000 · The Basket as Martin Conlon
- 2000 · Search for the Submarine I-52 as Narrator
- 1999 · Missing in Tibet 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 · Route 9 as Sheriff Dwayne Hogan
- 1998 · A Dreamer and the Dreamtribe as Narrator
- 1998 · Indiscreet as Detective Roos
- 1998 · National Geographic's Storm of the Century as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1998 · Seeds Of Doubt as
- 1998 · Karmapa - Two Ways of Divinity as Narrator, English version (voice)
- 1998 · Rome: Power & Glory as Narrator
- 1998 · Two for Texas as Jim Bowie
- 1998 · San Francisco Diggers as
- 1997 · The Secrets of 007 as Narrator (voice)
- 1997 · Road Ends as Gene Gere
- 1997 · Top of the World as Doc 'The Butcher'
- 1997 · Murder in My Mind as Arthur Lefcourt
- 1997 · Alaska's Great Wilderness Denali: The Living Edens as Narrator
- 1996 · The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial' as Self
- 1996 · Terminal Justice as Deacon Vivyan
- 1996 · Seduced by Madness: The Diane Borchardt Story as Ruben Borchardt
- 1996 · Seduced by Madness as Ruben Borchardt
- 1995 · That Eye, the Sky as Henry Warburton
- 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
- 1992 · Earth and the American Dream as Reader (voice)
- 1991 · Living a Lie as Matt
- 1991 · Crooked Hearts as Edward Warren
- 1991 · A Seduction in Travis County as Frank Maguire
- 1990 · Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey as Narrator (voice)
- 1988 · Heart of Midnight as Sharpe/Larry
- 1988 · Baja Oklahoma as Slick Henderson
- 1988 · Collision Course: Labor Management Relations in America as Narrator
- 1987 · Echoes in the Darkness as William Bradfield Jr.
- 1987 · Echoes in the Darkness as William Bradfield Jr.
- 1987 · Sworn to Silence as Sam Fischetti
- 1987 · Stacking as The Photographer
- 1985 · The Blue Yonder as Max Knickerbocker
- 1985 · Jack Kerouac: King of the Beats as Narrator
- 1984 · Scorned and Swindled as Anthony Ristelli
- 1984 · Heartbreakers as Blue
- 1984 · Best Kept Secrets as Frank Mitchell
- 1983 · Slayground as Stone
- Future · The Sacramento River of Life as Narrator
- Future · National Geographic Special: Secret Cities of the Amazon as
- 1983 · The Four Corners: A National Sacrifice Area? as Narrator (voice)
- 1983 · Strangers Kiss as Stanley, the Director
- 1982 · The UFO Experience as
- 1982 · Endangered Species as Steele
- 1981 · Isabel's Choice as Wynn Thomas
- 1981 · People vs. Jean Harris as George Bolen
- 1980 · Tell Me a Riddle as Young David
- 1967 · The Hippie Temptation as Digger
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- Future · San Francisco Stories as Narrator/SInger