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