Peter Coyote
Born
October 10, 1941 (83 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
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
Fields of Gold
Narrator
2023
Jerry Brown: The Disrupter
Self
2022
A Cloud Never Dies
Narrator (voice)
2022
Wandering...But Not Lost
Narrator
2021
Marriner Eccles: Father of the Modern Federal Reserve
Narrator
2021
Sunseed: The Journey
Narrator (voice)
2020
Almost Thirteen
Narrator
2020
Olompali: A Hippie Odyssey
narrator
2019
The Price of Fame
Crooker
2015
Angel Azul
Narrator
2014
The Ghost Army
Narrator (Voice)
2013
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
Self
2013
Last Will
Judge Garner
2011
Texas Gold
Narrator
2008
Strange Culture
Self
2007
Soldiers Of Conscience
Self
2007
Out of the Blue
Narrator (voice)
2003
Written In Blood
John Traveller
2003
Midwives
Stephen Hastings
2001
Route 9
Sheriff Dwayne Hogan
1998
Indiscreet
Detective Roos
1998
Seeds Of Doubt
1998
Two for Texas
Jim Bowie
1998
Road Ends
Gene Gere
1997
Alaska's Great Wilderness Denali: The Living Edens
Narrator
1997
Terminal Justice
Deacon Vivyan
1996
That Eye, the Sky
Henry Warburton
1995
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Narrator
1995
Echoes in the Darkness
William Bradfield Jr.
1987
Child's Cry
Matt Townsend
1986
Contrary Warriors: A Film of the Crow Tribe
Narrator (voice)
1985
Best Kept Secrets
Frank Mitchell
1984
Cross Creek
Norton Baskin
1983
Tell Me a Riddle
Young David
1980
National Geographic Special: Secret Cities of the Amazon
The Program
Narrator (voice)
2024
The Girl Who Believes in Miracles
Sam Donovan
2021
The Phenomenon
Narrator (voice)
2020
Polanski, le travail à l'oeuvre
Self
2019
The Remarkable Life of John Weld
Narrator
2018
As If They Were Angels
Narrator
2018
The Mayo Clinic
Self - Narrator (voice)
2018
Summer of Love
Himself
2018
The Etruscan Smile
Professor
2018
Spielberg
Self
2017
The Beatles, Hippies & Hells Angels: Inside the Crazy World of Apple
Himself - Narrator
2017
1 Mile To You
Principal Umber
2017
The Reality of Truth
Self
2016
Who Wants to Live Forever? The Wisdom of Aging.
Himself
2016
Robert Bly: A Thousand Years of Joy
Self
2015
A Coup in Camelot
Narrator (voice)
2015
Girl on the Edge
Hank Taylor
2015
Hemingway & Gellhorn
Maxwell Perkins
2012
Valparaiso
Edward G. Drexler
2012
Bag It
Self
2011
Oceans in Glass
Narrator
2011
Vampire Forensics
2010
I Know What I Saw
Narrator (voice)
2009
Climbing Redwood Giants
Self - Narrator (voice)
2009
With One Voice
Narrator
2009
What The Tourist Should See
Narrator (voice)
2009
Huxley on Huxley
Self
2009
Grand Canyon: A Journey of Wonder
Narrator
2009
A Single Woman
Maury Maverick
2008
Alaska Far Away
Narrator
2008
The Brain Fitness Program
2008
Fog City Mavericks
Self - Narrator (voice)
2007
Resurrecting the Champ
Ike Epstein
2007
The Sunday Man
The Voice
2007
Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home
Narrator (voice)
2006
The Sacramento River of Life
Narrator
2005
The War Prayer
Narrator
2005
Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis
Uncle Charles
2005
The Tribe
Voice
2005
Commune
self, Black Bear resident
2005
Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer
2004
Bare Knuckle Filming: The Construction of Northfork
Narrator
2003
The Hebrew Hammer
JJL Chief Bloomenbergensteinenthal
2003
Phenomenon II
John Ringold
2003
Bon Voyage
Alex Winckler
2003
Grizzly Diaries
Narrator (voice)
2003
Polanski y los ojos del mal
Himself
2002
In the Light of Reverence
Narrator (voice)
2001
The Wednesday Woman
Don Wigulow
2000
Search for the Submarine I-52
Narrator
2000
Execution of Justice
Harvey Milk
1999
Missing in Tibet
Narrator
1999
Murder on Shadow Mountain
Dennis 'Denny' Traynor
1999
Karmapa - Two Ways of Divinity
Narrator, English version (voice)
1998
Dalva
Michael
1996
Seduced by Madness: The Diane Borchardt Story
Ruben Borchardt
1996
Moonlight and Valentino
Paul
1995
American Cinema
Narrator
1995
Earth and the American Dream
Reader (voice)
1992
Keeper of the City
Frank Nordhall
1991
Living a Lie
Matt
1991
A Seduction in Travis County
Frank Maguire
1991
The Man Inside
Henry Tobel
1990
Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey
Narrator (voice)
1990
Poison in the Rockies
Narrator (voice)
1990
Baja Oklahoma
Slick Henderson
1988
Stacking
The Photographer
1987
Scorned and Swindled
Anthony Ristelli
1984
The Four Corners: A National Sacrifice Area?
Narrator (voice)
1983
The UFO Experience
1982
Isabel's Choice
Wynn Thomas
1981
The Hippie Temptation
Digger
1967
San Francisco Stories
Narrator/SInger
O Mother Gaia: The World of Gary Snyder
Self
2025
Good Men
Self
2024
Bad Faith
Narrator (voice)
2024
Pretty Slick - The Deep Water Horizon Environmental Coverup - Extended Directors Cut
Narrator
Kennedy
Narrator (voice) · (8 episodes)
2023
The American Buffalo
Narrator (voice) · (2 episodes)
2023
San Francisco Sounds: A Place in Time
Self - Narrator (voice) · (2 episodes)
2023
La Californie !
Self - Actor / Activist · (3 episodes)
2023
Against All Enemies
Narrator
2023
Moment of Contact
Narrator (voice)
2022
The Weight of a Feather: The Liberty Wildlife Story
Narrator
2022
The U.S. and the Holocaust
Self - Narrator · (3 episodes)
2022
The Last Stand
Narrator (voice)
2022
Benjamin Franklin
Narrator (voice) · (2 episodes)
2022
The Tent Mender
as Narrator · (3 episodes)
2021
The Co-op Wars
Narrator (voice)
2021
Hemingway
Narrator (voice) · (3 episodes)
2021
Nepal Beyond
Narrator
2021
Downwinders and the Radioactive West
Narrator (voice)
2021
The Comey Rule
Robert Mueller · (2 episodes)
2020
Helter Skelter: An American Myth
Self - Actor, Diggers Early Core Member · (1 episode)
2020
Troubled Waters: A Turtle's Tale
Self - Narrator (voice)
2019
Country Music
Narrator · (8 episodes)
2019
The Atomic Tree
Narrator
2019
The Disappearance
Henry Sullivan · (6 episodes)
2017
The Vietnam War
Narrator (voice) · (10 episodes)
2017
Americana
Ben
2016
The Spoils Before Dying
Dizzy the Cat · (6 episodes)
2015
Eva & Leon
Le Père
2015
No Deposit
Police Chief Williams
2015
Good Kill
Langley
2015
Bangkok, We Have A Problem!
Burt Lowell
2014
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
Narrator (voice) · (7 episodes)
2014
Realm of the Ancient Redwoods
Narrator
2014
The Real History of Science Fiction
Himself · (1 episode)
2014
Intelligence
Leland Strand · (3 episodes)
2014
Paolo Soleri: Beyond Form
Narrator
2013
Rise Above the Mark
Narrator
2012
The Dust Bowl
Peter Coyote · (2 episodes)
2012
Dangerous Waters
Self · (10 episodes)
2012
Perception
James Alan Pierce · (4 episodes)
2012
Right to Play
Narrator
2012
Cold War on Ice: Summit Series '72
Narrator
2012
Prohibition
Self - Narrator (voice) · (3 episodes)
2011
The Gundown
Thomas Morgan
2011
I am Fishead
narrator
2011
On the Trail of Easy Rider: 40 Years On... Still Searching for America
self · (1 episode)
2011
Green Fire
Aldo Leopold (voice)
2011
This Is Not a Movie
2011
These Amazing Shadows
Self
2011
Connected: An Autoblogography About Love, Death & Technology
Narrator (voice)
2011
Here
Storyteller
2011
Great Migrations
(7 episodes)
2010
DiDi Hollywood
Michael McLean
2010
Chattahoochee: From Water War to Water Vision
Narrator
2010
Law & Order: LA
Jerry Hardin · (8 episodes)
2010
Blue Bloods
Senator Ted McCreary · (1 episode)
2010
What If Cannabis Cured Cancer
Narration
2010
Call of Life: Facing the Mass Extinction
Narrator
2010
Nazi Mystery - Twins From Brazil
Narrstor (voice)
2009
24 Hours After: Asteroid Impact
Narrator
2009
For the Rights of All: Ending Jim Crow in Alaska
Self - Narrator (voice)
2009
The National Parks: America's Best Idea
Narrator · (6 episodes)
2009
FlashForward
Dave Segovia · (2 episodes)
2009
Full Color Football: The History of the American Football League
Himself - Narrator · (5 episodes)
2009
Torturing Democracy
Narrator
2009
Hope & Redemption: The Lena Baker Story
Elliot Arthur
2008
Adopt a Sailor
Richard
2008
$5 a Day
Burt Kruger
2008
Illicit: The Dark Trade
Self - Narrator (voice)
2008
Dr. Dolittle: Tail to the Chief
President Sterling
2008
All Roads Lead Home
Hock
2008
One Man, One Cow, One Planet
Narrator
2007
Hippies
Self
2007
Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil
President Adair T. Manning
2006
Brothers and Sisters
Mark August · (4 episodes)
2006
AKA Tommy Chong
Himself
2006
The Gospel of Judas
2006
The Gospel of Judas
Narrator
2006
A Little Trip to Heaven
Frank
2005
Return of the Living Dead: Rave to the Grave
Uncle Charles
2005
Commander in Chief
Warren Keaton · (7 episodes)
2005
Guns Germs & Steel
Narrator (voice) · (3 episodes)
2005
Deepwater
Herman Finch
2005
The Inside
Special Agent Virgil "Web" Webster · (13 episodes)
2005
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Narrator
2005
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Mike LaSalle · (1 episode)
2005
The Great Role
Rudolph Grichenberg
2004
Shadow of Fear
Congressman Henderson
2004
The 4400
Dennis Ryland · (13 episodes)
2004
Oil on Ice
Narrator
2004
Deadwood
General Crook · (1 episode)
2004
NCIS
Ned Quinn · (1 episode)
2003
Hollywood's Magical Island: Catalina
Narrator (voice)
2003
Northfork
Eddie
2003
National Geographic: Surviving Everest
Narrator
2003
A Time for Dancing
Wyn Michaels
2002
Founding Brothers
(2 episodes)
2002
Femme Fatale
Watts
2002
Empty Oceans, Empty Nets
Narrator (voice)
2002
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special
Self
2002
Purpose
Bernard Elias
2002
A Walk to Remember
Reverend Sullivan
2002
The Color of War
Narrator · (17 episodes)
2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Lionel Shill · (1 episode)
2001
Suddenly Naked
Lionel Heathcote
2001
Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Fillmore
Voice of Urban Renewal (Voice)
2001
Jack the Dog
Alfred
2001
The Division
Ross · (2 episodes)
2001
Founding Fathers
John Hancock (voice) / Thomas Jefferson (voice) · (4 episodes)
2000
More Dogs Than Bones
Detective Darren Cody
2000
Red Letters
Dennis Burke
2000
The Basket
Martin Conlon
2000
Erin Brockovich
Kurt Potter
2000
Random Hearts
Cullen Chandler
1999
The History of Sex
Himself - Narrator · (5 episodes)
1999
A Dreamer and the Dreamtribe
Narrator
1998
Titanic: Breaking New Ground
Narrator
1998
21st Century Jet: The Building of the 777
Self - Narrator (voice) · (5 episodes)
1996
The Peyote Road
Narrator
1994
Hayden's Corner
Narrator (voice)
Independent Lens
(278 episodes)
1999
Emperor of Hemp
Narrator
1999
National Geographic Explorer: The Battle For Midway
Himself - Narrator
1999
Last Call
Xuave
1999
Patch Adams
Bill Davis
1998
National Geographic's Storm of the Century
Self - Narrator (voice)
1998
Rome: Power & Glory
Narrator · (8 episodes)
1998
Sphere
Captain Harold C. Barnes
1998
San Francisco Diggers
1998
Avalanche: The White Death
Narrator
1998
The Secrets of 007
Narrator (voice)
1997
Top of the World
Doc 'The Butcher'
1997
Murder in My Mind
Arthur Lefcourt
1997
The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'
Self
1996
The West
Self - Narrator · (9 episodes)
1996
Seduced by Madness
Ruben Borchardt · (2 episodes)
1996
Unforgettable
Don Bresler
1996
Buffalo Girls
Buffalo Bill Cody
1995
The History of Rock 'n' Roll
Self
1995
Breach of Conduct
Col. Andrew Case
1994
Kika
Nicholas Pierce
1993
Fallen Angels
Herman Charn · (1 episode)
1993
The Pacific Century
Narrator (voice) · (10 episodes)
1992
Bitter Moon
Oscar
1992
Crooked Hearts
Edward Warren
1991
High Art
Peter Mandrake
1991
The Simpsons
Peter Coyote (voice) · (1 episode)
1989
Unconquered
Richmond Flowers Sr.
1989
Heart of Midnight
Sharpe/Larry
1988
American Experience
Narrator (voice) · (2 episodes)
1988
Collision Course: Labor Management Relations in America
Narrator
1988
Echoes in the Darkness
William Bradfield Jr. · (2 episodes)
1987
A Man in Love
Steve Elliott
1987
Sworn to Silence
Sam Fischetti
1987
Outrageous Fortune
Michael Sanders
1987
The Blue Yonder
Max Knickerbocker
1985
Jagged Edge
Thomas Krasny
1985
The Twilight Zone
(segment "Shadow Play") · (1 episode)
1985
Jack Kerouac: King of the Beats
Narrator
1985
The Legend of Billie Jean
Lt. Larry Ringwald
1985
Explorer
(1 episode)
1985
Explorer
Self - Narrator · (1 episode)
1985
Explorer
Himself - Narrator (voice) · (1 episode)
1985
Heartbreakers
Blue
1984
Slayground
Stone
1983
The Hitchhiker
Alex Nolan · (1 episode)
1983
Strangers Kiss
Stanley, the Director
1983
Nature
Narrator (voice) · (2 episodes)
1982
Endangered Species
Steele
1982
Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann
Porter Reese
1982
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Keys
1982
Breach of Contract
1982
Out
Rex
1982
Southern Comfort
Poole
1981
People vs. Jean Harris
George Bolen
1981
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
Courtney Taylor
1980
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
Courtney Taylor · (2 episodes)
1980
Die Laughing
Davis
1980
The Oscars
Self · (1 episode)
1953