Peter Coyote
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Acting Credits
Biography
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 a...
Known For
Filmography
Cornellskop: Freedom From Fear
2026
as Narrator
Antonio's Road
2026
as Breaking News Reporter (voice)
O Mother Gaia: The World of Gary Snyder
2025
as Self
Moment of Contact: New Revelations of Alien Encounters
2025
as Narrator (voice)
The Atomic Bowl: Football at Ground Zero -- And Nuclear Peril Today
2025
as Narrator
Black Mountain Blues
2025
The American Revolution
2025
as Narrator (voice)
Bad Faith
2024
as Narrator (voice)
The Program
2024
as Narrator (voice)
Good Men
2024
as Self
Against All Enemies
2023
as Narrator
Fields of Gold
2023
as Narrator
Spirit of Golf
2023
as Self
La Californie !
2023
as Self - Actor / Activist
Kennedy
2023
as Narrator (voice)
The American Buffalo
2023
as Narrator (voice)
San Francisco Sounds: A Place in Time
2023
as Self - Narrator (voice)
A Cloud Never Dies
2022
as Narrator (voice)
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 Last Stand
2022
as Narrator (voice)
The U.S. and the Holocaust
2022
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Benjamin Franklin
2022
as Narrator (voice)
Downwinders and the Radioactive West
2021
as Narrator (voice)
Nepal Beyond
2021
as Narrator
Marriner Eccles: Father of the Modern Federal Reserve
2021
as Narrator
Wandering...But Not Lost
2021
as Narrator
The Co-op Wars
2021
as Narrator (voice)
The Girl Who Believes in Miracles
2021
as Sam Donovan
San Francisco Stories
2021
as Narrator/SInger
Hemingway
2021
as Narrator (voice)
The Tent Mender
2021
as as Narrator
Sunseed: The Journey
2020
as Narrator (voice)
Almost Thirteen
2020
as Narrator
The Phenomenon
2020
as Narrator (voice)
About Face: Jewish Refugees in the Allied Forces
2020
as Narrator (voice)
Helter Skelter: An American Myth
2020
as Self - Actor, Diggers Early Core Member
The Comey Rule
2020
as Robert Mueller
Troubled Waters: A Turtle's Tale
2019
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Olompali: A Hippie Odyssey
2019
as narrator
The Atomic Tree
2019
as Narrator
Polanski, le travail à l'oeuvre
2019
as Self
Country Music
2019
as Narrator
The Etruscan Smile
2018
as Professor
The Mayo Clinic
2018
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Summer of Love
2018
as Himself
The Remarkable Life of John Weld
2018
as Narrator
As If They Were Angels
2018
as Narrator
Saving Atlantis
2018
1 Mile To You
2017
as Principal Umber
Spielberg
2017
as Self
The Beatles, Hippies & Hells Angels: Inside the Crazy World of Apple
2017
as Himself - Narrator
Revolution: The Legacy of the Sixties
2017
The Disappearance
2017
as Henry Sullivan
The Vietnam War
2017
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Americana
2016
as Ben
Who Wants to Live Forever? The Wisdom of Aging.
2016
as Himself
The Reality of Truth
2016
as Self
The Price of Fame
2015
as Crooker
No Deposit
2015
as Police Chief Williams
Eva & Leon
2015
as Le Père
Good Kill
2015
as Langley
Girl on the Edge
2015
as Hank Taylor
Robert Bly: A Thousand Years of Joy
2015
as Self
A Coup in Camelot
2015
as Narrator (voice)
A Daring Journey: From Immigration to Education
2015
as Narrator
The Spoils Before Dying
2015
as Dizzy the Cat
Realm of the Ancient Redwoods
2014
as Narrator
Angel Azul
2014
as Narrator
Bangkok, We Have A Problem!
2014
as Burt Lowell
Intelligence
2014
as Leland Strand
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
2014
as Narrator (voice)
The Real History of Science Fiction
2014
as Himself
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
2013
as Self
The Ghost Army
2013
as Narrator (Voice)
Paolo Soleri: Beyond Form
2013
as Narrator
Rise Above the Mark
2012
as Narrator
Cold War on Ice: Summit Series '72
2012
as Narrator
Right to Play
2012
as Narrator
Hemingway & Gellhorn
2012
as Maxwell Perkins
Valparaiso
2012
as Edward G. Drexler
Perception
2012
as James Alan Pierce
The Dust Bowl
2012
as Peter Coyote
Dangerous Waters
2012
as Self
The Gundown
2011
as Thomas Morgan
Connected: An Autoblogography About Love, Death & Technology
2011
as Narrator (voice)
These Amazing Shadows
2011
as Self
This Is Not a Movie
2011
Here
2011
as Storyteller
I am Fishead
2011
as narrator
Last Will
2011
as Judge Garner
Green Fire
2011
as Aldo Leopold (voice)
Bag It
2011
as Self
Oceans in Glass
2011
as Narrator
Prohibition
2011
as Self - Narrator (voice)
On the Trail of Easy Rider: 40 Years On... Still Searching for America
2011
as Self
DiDi Hollywood
2010
as Michael McLean
What If Cannabis Cured Cancer
2010
as Narration
Call of Life: Facing the Mass Extinction
2010
as Narrator
Chattahoochee: From Water War to Water Vision
2010
as Narrator
Law & Order: LA
2010
as Jerry Hardin
Great Migrations
2010
Blue Bloods
2010
as Senator Ted McCreary
Torturing Democracy
2009
as Narrator
Nazi Mystery - Twins From Brazil
2009
as Narrstor (voice)
For the Rights of All: Ending Jim Crow in Alaska
2009
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Huxley on Huxley
2009
as Self
Grand Canyon: A Journey of Wonder
2009
as Narrator
I Know What I Saw
2009
as Narrator (voice)
With One Voice
2009
as Narrator
Climbing Redwood Giants
2009
as Self - Narrator (voice)
What The Tourist Should See
2009
as Narrator (voice)
24 Hours After: Asteroid Impact
2009
as Narrator
The National Parks: America's Best Idea
2009
as Narrator
FlashForward
2009
as Dave Segovia
Full Color Football: The History of the American Football League
2009
as Himself - Narrator
$5 a Day
2008
as Burt Kruger
Dr. Dolittle: Tail to the Chief
2008
as President Sterling
All Roads Lead Home
2008
as Hock
Hope & Redemption: The Lena Baker Story
2008
as Elliot Arthur
Adopt a Sailor
2008
as Richard
Texas Gold
2008
as Narrator
Illicit: The Dark Trade
2008
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Brain Fitness Program
2008
Alaska Far Away
2008
as Narrator
A Single Woman
2008
as Maury Maverick
Finding Anastasia
2008
as Narrator
One Man, One Cow, One Planet
2007
as Narrator
Strange Culture
2007
as Self
Soldiers Of Conscience
2007
as Self
Hippies
2007
as Self
The Sunday Man
2007
as The Voice
Resurrecting the Champ
2007
as Ike Epstein
Fog City Mavericks
2007
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil
2006
as President Adair T. Manning
AKA Tommy Chong
2006
as Himself
The Gospel of Judas
2006
The Gospel of Judas
2006
as Narrator
Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home
2006
as Narrator (voice)
Darryl Henriques Is in Show Business
2006
as Self
Brothers and Sisters
2006
as Mark August
Return of the Living Dead: Rave to the Grave
2005
as Uncle Charles
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
2005
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Deepwater
2005
as Herman Finch
A Little Trip to Heaven
2005
as Frank
The Tribe
2005
as Voice
Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis
2005
as Uncle Charles
The War Prayer
2005
as Narrator
The Sacramento River of Life
2005
as Narrator
Commune
2005
as self, Black Bear resident
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
2005
as Mike LaSalle
The Inside
2005
as Special Agent Virgil "Web" Webster
Guns Germs & Steel
2005
as Narrator (voice)
Commander in Chief
2005
as Warren Keaton
Shadow of Fear
2004
as Congressman Henderson
The Great Role
2004
as Rudolph Grichenberg
Oil on Ice
2004
as Narrator
Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer
2004
The 4400
2004
as Dennis Ryland
Deadwood
2004
as General George Crook
Northfork
2003
as Eddie
Written In Blood
2003
as John Traveller
Out of the Blue
2003
as Narrator (voice)
Hollywood's Magical Island: Catalina
2003
as Narrator (voice)
Grizzly Diaries
2003
as Narrator (voice)
Bon Voyage
2003
as Alex Winckler
Phenomenon II
2003
as John Ringold
The Hebrew Hammer
2003
as JJL Chief Bloomenbergensteinenthal
Bare Knuckle Filming: The Construction of Northfork
2003
as Narrator
National Geographic: Surviving Everest
2003
as Narrator
NCIS
2003
as Ned Quinn
A Walk to Remember
2002
as Reverend Sullivan
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special
2002
as Self
Femme Fatale
2002
as Watts
A Time for Dancing
2002
as Wyn Michaels
Purpose
2002
as Bernard Elias
Empty Oceans, Empty Nets
2002
as Narrator (voice)
Polanski y los ojos del mal
2002
as Himself
Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election
2002
as Narrator
Founding Brothers
2002
Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Fillmore
2001
as Voice of Urban Renewal (Voice)
Suddenly Naked
2001
as Lionel Heathcote
Midwives
2001
as Stephen Hastings
In the Light of Reverence
2001
as Narrator (voice)
Jack the Dog
2001
as Alfred
The Division
2001
as Ross
The Color of War
2001
as Narrator
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Lionel Shill
Erin Brockovich
2000
as Kurt Potter
More Dogs Than Bones
2000
as Detective Darren Cody
The Basket
2000
as Martin Conlon
Red Letters
2000
as Dennis Burke
The Wednesday Woman
2000
as Don Wigulow
Search for the Submarine I-52
2000
as Narrator
Founding Fathers
2000
as John Hancock (voice) / Thomas Jefferson (voice)
Random Hearts
1999
as Cullen Chandler
Emperor of Hemp
1999
as Narrator
Last Call
1999
as Xuave
National Geographic Explorer: The Battle For Midway
1999
as Himself - Narrator
Execution of Justice
1999
as Harvey Milk
Missing in Tibet
1999
as Narrator
Murder on Shadow Mountain
1999
as Dennis 'Denny' Traynor
The History of Sex
1999
as Himself - Narrator
Independent Lens
1999
Sphere
1998
as Captain Harold C. Barnes
Patch Adams
1998
as Bill Davis
Two for Texas
1998
as Jim Bowie
Seeds of Doubt
1998
Indiscreet
1998
as Detective Roos
Route 9
1998
as Sheriff Dwayne Hogan
San Francisco Diggers
1998
National Geographic's Storm of the Century
1998
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Avalanche: The White Death
1998
as Narrator
Karmapa - Two Ways of Divinity
1998
as Narrator, English version (voice)
A Dreamer and the Dreamtribe
1998
as Narrator
Titanic: Breaking New Ground
1998
as Narrator
Rome: Power & Glory
1998
as Narrator
Top of the World
1997
as Doc 'The Butcher'
Road Ends
1997
as Gene Gere
Alaska's Great Wilderness Denali: The Living Edens
1997
as Narrator
The Secrets of 007
1997
as Narrator (voice)
Murder in My Mind
1997
as Arthur Lefcourt
Unforgettable
1996
as Don Bresler
The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'
1996
as Self
Terminal Justice
1996
as Deacon Vivyan
Dalva
1996
as Michael
Seduced by Madness
1996
as Ruben Borchardt
The West
1996
as Self - Narrator
21st Century Jet: The Building of the 777
1996
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Buffalo Girls
1995
as Buffalo Bill Cody
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
as Narrator
That Eye, the Sky
1995
as Henry Warburton
Moonlight and Valentino
1995
as Paul
Cybill
1995
as Roger
Breach of Conduct
1994
as Col. Andrew Case
The Peyote Road
1994
as Narrator
Kika
1993
as Nicholas Pierce
Roots of Roe
1993
as James Morris (voice)
Fallen Angels
1993
as Herman Charn
Bitter Moon
1992
as Oscar
Earth and the American Dream
1992
as Reader (voice)
The Pacific Century
1992
as Narrator (voice)
High Art
1991
as Peter Mandrake
Crooked Hearts
1991
as Edward Warren
Keeper of the City
1991
as Frank Nordhall
Living a Lie
1991
as Matt
A Seduction in Travis County
1991
as Frank Maguire
The Man Inside
1990
as Henry Tobel
Poison in the Rockies
1990
as Narrator (voice)
Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey
1990
as Narrator (voice)
Unconquered
1989
as Richmond Flowers Sr.
The Simpsons
1989
as Peter Coyote (voice)
Heart of Midnight
1988
as Sharpe/Larry
Collision Course: Labor Management Relations in America
1988
as Narrator
Baja Oklahoma
1988
as Slick Henderson
American Experience
1988
as Narrator (voice)
Outrageous Fortune
1987
as Michael Sanders
A Man in Love
1987
as Steve Elliott
Echoes in the Darkness
1987
as William Bradfield Jr.
Sworn to Silence
1987
as Sam Fischetti
Stacking
1987
as The Photographer
Echoes in the Darkness
1987
as William Bradfield Jr.
Child's Cry
1986
as Matt Townsend
Jagged Edge
1985
as Thomas Krasny
The Legend of Billie Jean
1985
as Ringwald
The Blue Yonder
1985
as Max Knickerbocker
Contrary Warriors: A Film of the Crow Tribe
1985
as Narrator (voice)
Jack Kerouac: King of the Beats
1985
as Narrator
The Twilight Zone
1985
as (segment "Shadow Play")
National Geographic Explorer
1985
National Geographic Explorer
1985
as Self - Narrator
National Geographic Explorer
1985
as Himself - Narrator (voice)
Heartbreakers
1984
as Blue
Slayground
1984
as Stone
Best Kept Secrets
1984
as Frank Mitchell
Scorned and Swindled
1984
as Anthony Ristelli
Cross Creek
1983
as Norton Baskin
Strangers Kiss
1983
as Stanley, the Director
The Four Corners: A National Sacrifice Area?
1983
as Narrator (voice)
The Hitchhiker
1983
as Alex Nolan
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1982
as Keys
Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann
1982
as Porter Reese
Breach of Contract
1982
Endangered Species
1982
as Steele
Out
1982
as Rex
The UFO Experience
1982
Nature
1982
as Narrator (voice)
American Playhouse
1982
as Young David
Southern Comfort
1981
as Poole
People vs. Jean Harris
1981
as George Bolen
Isabel's Choice
1981
as Wynn Thomas
Tell Me a Riddle
1980
as Young David
Die Laughing
1980
as Davis
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
1980
as Courtney Taylor
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
1980
as Courtney Taylor
The Hippie Temptation
1967
as Digger
The Oscars
1953
as Self