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
- 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 · Benjamin Franklin 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 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 · The Beatles, Hippies & Hells Angels: Inside the Crazy World of Apple as Himself - Narrator
- 2017 · 1 Mile To You as Principal Umber
- 2016 · The Reality of Truth as Self
- 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 · 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
- 2011 · Prohibition as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2011 · The Gundown as Thomas Morgan
- 2011 · Last Will as Judge Garner
- 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
- 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
- 2008 · Hope & Redemption: The Lena Baker Story as Elliot Arthur
- 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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
- 2000 · Founding Fathers as John Hancock (voice) / Thomas Jefferson (voice)
- 2000 · More Dogs Than Bones as Detective Darren Cody
- 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
- 1998 · Patch Adams as Bill Davis
- 1998 · Route 9 as Sheriff Dwayne Hogan
- 1998 · Indiscreet as Detective Roos
- 1998 · Rome: Power & Glory as Narrator
- 1998 · Sphere as Captain Harold C. Barnes
- 1998 · Two for Texas as Jim Bowie
- 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 West as Self - Narrator
- 1996 · Terminal Justice as Deacon Vivyan
- 1996 · Seduced by Madness: The Diane Borchardt Story as Ruben Borchardt
- 1996 · Seduced by Madness 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
- 1993 · Kika as Nicholas Pierce
- 1993 · Fallen Angels as Herman Charn
- 1992 · Bitter Moon as Oscar
- 1991 · Crooked Hearts as Edward Warren
- 1991 · High Art as Peter Mandrake
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Peter Coyote (voice)
- 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 · 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
- 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 · Slayground as Stone
- 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
- 1981 · Southern Comfort as Poole
- 1980 · Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story as Courtney Taylor
- 1980 · Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story as Courtney Taylor
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- Future · Kursk: A Submarine in Troubled Waters as Narrator
- 2023 · Fields of Gold as Narrator
- 2023 · Against All Enemies as Narrator
- 2022 · Jerry Brown: The Disrupter as Self
- 2022 · The Last Stand 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 · Summer of Love as Himself
- 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
- 2012 · Rise Above the Mark as Narrator
- 2012 · Right to Play as Narrator
- 2012 · Valparaiso as Edward G. Drexler
- 2011 · I am Fishead as narrator
- 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 · With One Voice as Narrator
- 2009 · What The Tourist Should See as Narrator (voice)
- 2009 · Huxley on Huxley as Self
- 2008 · Alaska Far Away as Narrator
- 2008 · Texas Gold as Narrator
- 2007 · One Man, One Cow, One Planet as Narrator
- 2007 · Soldiers Of Conscience as Self
- 2005 · The War Prayer as Narrator
- 2005 · The Tribe as Voice
- 2004 · Oil on Ice as Narrator
- 2003 · Bare Knuckle Filming: The Construction of Northfork as Narrator
- 2003 · Hollywood's Magical Island: Catalina as Narrator (voice)
- 2000 · The Wednesday Woman as Don Wigulow
- 1991 · Living a Lie as Matt
- 1986 · Child's Cry as Matt Townsend
- Future · The Sacramento River of Life as Narrator
- 2001 · In the Light of Reverence as Narrator (voice)
- 1999 · Missing in Tibet as Narrator
- 1982 · The UFO Experience as
- 1967 · The Hippie Temptation as Digger
- 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 · As If They Were Angels as Narrator
- 2016 · Americana as Ben
- 2014 · Realm of the Ancient Redwoods 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 · Cold War on Ice: Summit Series '72 as Narrator
- 2011 · Bag It as Self
- 2011 · Oceans in Glass as Narrator
- 2011 · Green Fire as Aldo Leopold (voice)
- 2011 · This Is Not a Movie as
- 2010 · Chattahoochee: From Water War to Water Vision as Narrator
- 2010 · What If Cannabis Cured Cancer as Narration
- 2010 · Call of Life: Facing the Mass Extinction as Narrator
- 2010 · Vampire Forensics as
- 2009 · I Know What I Saw as Narrator (voice)
- 2009 · Climbing Redwood Giants as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2009 · Torturing Democracy as Narrator
- 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 · The Brain Fitness Program as
- 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 · 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 · Commune as self, Black Bear resident
- 2004 · The Great Role as Rudolph Grichenberg
- 2004 · Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer as
- 2003 · Out of the Blue as Narrator (voice)
- 2003 · Grizzly Diaries as Narrator (voice)
- 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
- 2001 · Suddenly Naked as Lionel Heathcote
- 2001 · Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Fillmore as Voice of Urban Renewal (Voice)
- 2000 · Red Letters as Dennis Burke
- 2000 · Search for the Submarine I-52 as Narrator
- 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
- 1997 · Alaska's Great Wilderness Denali: The Living Edens as Narrator
- 1996 · 21st Century Jet: The Building of the 777 as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1992 · The Pacific Century as Narrator (voice)
- 1988 · Collision Course: Labor Management Relations in America as Narrator
- Future · National Geographic Special: Secret Cities of the Amazon as
- 1983 · The Four Corners: A National Sacrifice Area? as Narrator (voice)
- Future · San Francisco Stories as Narrator/SInger
- 1998 · A Dreamer and the Dreamtribe as Narrator
- 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 · San Francisco Diggers as
- 1998 · Avalanche: The White Death as Narrator
- 1996 · The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial' as Self
- 1996 · Dalva as Michael
- 1995 · That Eye, the Sky as Henry Warburton
- 1995 · American Cinema as Narrator
- 1994 · Breach of Conduct as Col. Andrew Case
- 1992 · Earth and the American Dream as Reader (voice)
- 1991 · Keeper of the City as Frank Nordhall
- 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)
- 1990 · Poison in the Rockies as Narrator (voice)
- 1989 · Unconquered as Richmond Flowers Sr.
- 1987 · Echoes in the Darkness as William Bradfield Jr.
- 1987 · Sworn to Silence as Sam Fischetti
- 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
- 1984 · Heartbreakers as Blue
- 1984 · Best Kept Secrets as Frank Mitchell
- 1983 · Strangers Kiss as Stanley, the Director
- 1982 · Out as Rex
- 1982 · Breach of Contract as
- 1981 · Isabel's Choice as Wynn Thomas
- 1981 · People vs. Jean Harris as George Bolen
- 1980 · Tell Me a Riddle as Young David
- 1980 · Die Laughing as Davis