
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 · Fields of Gold as Narrator
- 2023 · La Californie ! as Self - Actor / Activist
- 2023 · Against All Enemies as Narrator
- 2021 · The Tent Mender as as Narrator
- 2020 · Sunseed: The Journey as Narrator (voice)
- 2020 · Almost Thirteen as Narrator
- 2019 · Polanski, le travail à l'oeuvre as Self
- 2018 · As If They Were Angels as Narrator
- 2018 · The Mayo Clinic as Narrator
- 2017 · The Beatles, Hippies & Hells Angels: Inside the Crazy World of Apple as Himself - Narrator
- 2016 · Americana as Ben
- 2015 · Robert Bly: A Thousand Years of Joy as Self
- 2013 · The Ghost Army as Narrator (Voice)
- 2013 · Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal as Self
- 2012 · Valparaiso as Edward G. Drexler
- 2011 · The Gundown as Thomas Morgan
- 2011 · This Is Not a Movie as
- 2011 · Here as Storyteller
- 2011 · Connected: An Autoblogography About Love, Death & Technology as Narrator (voice)
- 2010 · What If Cannabis Cured Cancer as Narration
- 2009 · For the Rights of All: Ending Jim Crow in Alaska as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2009 · Climbing Redwood Giants as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2009 · With One Voice as Narrator
- 2008 · Hope & Redemption: The Lena Baker Story as Elliot Arthur
- 2008 · A Single Woman as Maury Maverick
- 2007 · Fog City Mavericks as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2007 · Hippies as Self
- 2007 · The Sunday Man as The Voice
- 2007 · Strange Culture as Self
- 2006 · AKA Tommy Chong as Himself
- 2005 · A Little Trip to Heaven as Frank
- 2005 · The Tribe as Voice
- 2003 · Out of the Blue as Narrator (voice)
- 2003 · Written In Blood as John Traveller
- 2002 · A Time for Dancing as Wyn Michaels
- 2002 · Founding Brothers as
- 2002 · Empty Oceans, Empty Nets as Narrator (voice)
- 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 · Suddenly Naked as Lionel Heathcote
- 2001 · In the Light of Reverence as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · Jack the Dog as Alfred
- 2000 · Red Letters as Dennis Burke
- 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 · Route 9 as Sheriff Dwayne Hogan
- 1998 · Seeds Of Doubt 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
- 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
- 1995 · That Eye, the Sky as Henry Warburton
- 1995 · American Cinema as Narrator
- 1994 · Breach of Conduct as Col. Andrew Case
- 1991 · Crooked Hearts as Edward Warren
- 1990 · The Man Inside as Henry Tobel
- 1990 · Poison in the Rockies as Narrator (voice)
- 1985 · The Blue Yonder as Max Knickerbocker
- 1985 · Contrary Warriors: A Film of the Crow Tribe as Narrator (voice)
- 1984 · Heartbreakers as Blue
- 1984 · Best Kept Secrets as Frank Mitchell
- 1983 · Strangers Kiss as Stanley, the Director
- 1982 · The UFO Experience as
- 1981 · People vs. Jean Harris as George Bolen
- Future · Pretty Slick - The Deep Water Horizon Environmental Coverup - Extended Directors Cut 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 Co-op Wars as Narrator (voice)
- 2021 · Hemingway as Narrator (voice)
- 2021 · The Girl Who Believes in Miracles as Sam Donovan
- 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 · 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 · Troubled Waters: A Turtle's Tale as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 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 · Summer of Love as Himself
- 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
- 2016 · Who Wants to Live Forever? The Wisdom of Aging. as Himself
- 2015 · The Spoils Before Dying as Dizzy the Cat
- 2015 · Eva & Leon as Le Père
- 2015 · No Deposit as Police Chief Williams
- 2015 · A Coup in Camelot as Narrator (voice)
- 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 · Angel Azul as Narrator
- 2014 · Intelligence as Leland Strand
- 2013 · Paolo Soleri: Beyond Form as Narrator
- 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
- 2012 · Right to Play as Narrator
- 2012 · Cold War on Ice: Summit Series '72 as Narrator
- 2011 · Prohibition as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2011 · I am Fishead as narrator
- 2011 · Bag It as Self
- 2011 · Oceans in Glass as Narrator
- 2011 · Last Will as Judge Garner
- 2011 · Green Fire as Aldo Leopold (voice)
- 2011 · These Amazing Shadows as Self
- 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
- 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 · The National Parks: America's Best Idea as Narrator
- 2009 · FlashForward as Dave Segovia
- 2009 · Full Color Football: The History of the American Football League as Himself - Narrator
- 2009 · What The Tourist Should See as Narrator (voice)
- 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 · $5 a Day as Burt Kruger
- 2008 · Illicit: The Dark Trade as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 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 · One Man, One Cow, One Planet as Narrator
- 2007 · Resurrecting the Champ as Ike Epstein
- 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 · Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home as Narrator (voice)
- 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 · 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
- 1998 · San Francisco Diggers as
- Future · San Francisco Stories as Narrator/SInger
- 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
- 2004 · Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer as
- 2003 · Bare Knuckle Filming: The Construction of Northfork as Narrator
- 2003 · The Hebrew Hammer as JJL Chief Bloomenbergensteinenthal
- 2003 · Phenomenon II as John Ringold
- 2003 · NCIS as Ned Quinn
- 2003 · Hollywood's Magical Island: Catalina as Narrator (voice)
- 2003 · Northfork as Eddie
- 2003 · Bon Voyage as Alex Winckler
- 2003 · Grizzly Diaries as Narrator (voice)
- 2002 · Femme Fatale as Watts
- 2002 · A Walk to Remember as Reverend Sullivan
- 2001 · The Color of War as Narrator
- 2001 · Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Lionel Shill
- 2001 · Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Fillmore as Voice of Urban Renewal (Voice)
- 2001 · Midwives as Stephen Hastings
- 2001 · The Division as
- 2000 · Founding Fathers as John Hancock (voice) / Thomas Jefferson (voice)
- 2000 · More Dogs Than Bones as Detective Darren Cody
- 2000 · The Wednesday Woman as Don Wigulow
- 2000 · The Basket as Martin Conlon
- 2000 · Erin Brockovich as Kurt Potter
- 2000 · Search for the Submarine I-52 as Narrator
- 1999 · Execution of Justice as Harvey Milk
- 1999 · Missing in Tibet as Narrator
- 1999 · Random Hearts as Cullen Chandler
- 1999 · The History of Sex as Himself - Narrator
- 1999 · Independent Lens as
- 1998 · Patch Adams as Bill Davis
- 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 · Karmapa - Two Ways of Divinity as Narrator, English version (voice)
- 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 · Alaska's Great Wilderness Denali: The Living Edens as Narrator
- 1996 · The West as Self - Narrator
- 1996 · Dalva as Michael
- 1996 · Seduced by Madness 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
- 1995 · The History of Rock 'n' Roll as Self
- 1994 · The Peyote Road as Narrator
- 1993 · Kika as Nicholas Pierce
- 1993 · Fallen Angels as Herman Charn
- 1992 · Earth and the American Dream as Reader (voice)
- 1992 · The Pacific Century as Narrator (voice)
- 1992 · Bitter Moon as Oscar
- 1991 · Keeper of the City as Frank Nordhall
- 1991 · Living a Lie as Matt
- 1991 · High Art as Peter Mandrake
- 1991 · A Seduction in Travis County as Frank Maguire
- 1990 · Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey 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
- 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 · A Man in Love as Steve Elliott
- 1987 · Sworn to Silence as Sam Fischetti
- 1987 · Outrageous Fortune as Michael Sanders
- 1987 · Stacking as The Photographer
- 1986 · Child's Cry as Matt Townsend
- 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 · Scorned and Swindled as Anthony Ristelli
- 1983 · Slayground as Stone
- 1983 · The Four Corners: A National Sacrifice Area? as Narrator (voice)
- 1983 · The Hitchhiker as Alex Nolan
- 1983 · Cross Creek as Norton Baskin
- 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
- 1982 · Out as Rex
- 1982 · Breach of Contract as
- 1981 · Isabel's Choice as Wynn Thomas
- 1981 · Southern Comfort as Poole
- 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
- 1967 · The Hippie Temptation as Digger
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- Future · National Geographic Special: Secret Cities of the Amazon as