Peter Coyote
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 10, 1941 (age 85)
- Birthplace
- New York City, New York, USA
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 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.
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Filmography
National Geographic Special: Secret Cities of the Amazon
Movie
Pretty Slick - The Deep Water Horizon Environmental Coverup - Extended Directors Cut
Movie · as Narrator
Hayden's Corner
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Huichols and Pesticides
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Cornellskop: Freedom From Fear
Movie · as Narrator
Lightworkers
Movie · as Self-Interviewee
Antonio's Road
Movie · as Breaking News Reporter (voice)
O Mother Gaia: The World of Gary Snyder
Movie · as Self
Moment of Contact: New Revelations of Alien Encounters
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Atomic Bowl: Football at Ground Zero -- And Nuclear Peril Today
Movie · as Narrator
Black Mountain Blues
Movie
The American Revolution
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 6 eps
Bad Faith
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Program
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Good Men
Movie · as Self
Against All Enemies
Movie · as Narrator
Fields of Gold
Movie · as Narrator
Spirit of Golf
Movie · as Self
La Californie !
TV · as Self - Actor / Activist · 3 eps
Kennedy
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 8 eps
The American Buffalo
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 2 eps
San Francisco Sounds: A Place in Time
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 2 eps
A Cloud Never Dies
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Jerry Brown: The Disrupter
Movie · as Self
Moment of Contact
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Weight of a Feather: The Liberty Wildlife Story
Movie · as Narrator
The Last Stand
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The U.S. and the Holocaust
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 3 eps
Benjamin Franklin
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 2 eps
Downwinders and the Radioactive West
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Nepal Beyond
Movie · as Narrator
Marriner Eccles: Father of the Modern Federal Reserve
Movie · as Narrator
Wandering...But Not Lost
Movie · as Narrator
The Co-op Wars
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Girl Who Believes in Miracles
Movie · as Sam Donovan
San Francisco Stories
Movie · as Narrator/SInger
Hemingway
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 3 eps
The Tent Mender
TV · as as Narrator · 3 eps
Sunseed: The Journey
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Almost Thirteen
Movie · as Narrator
The Phenomenon
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
About Face: Jewish Refugees in the Allied Forces
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Helter Skelter: An American Myth
TV · as Self - Actor, Diggers Early Core Member · 1 ep
The Comey Rule
TV · as Robert Mueller · 2 eps
Troubled Waters: A Turtle's Tale
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
Olompali: A Hippie Odyssey
Movie · as narrator
The Atomic Tree
Movie · as Narrator
Polanski, le travail à l'oeuvre
Movie · as Self
Country Music
TV · as Narrator · 8 eps
The Etruscan Smile
Movie · as Professor
The Mayo Clinic
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
Summer of Love
Movie · as Himself
The Remarkable Life of John Weld
Movie · as Narrator
As If They Were Angels
Movie · as Narrator
Saving Atlantis
Movie
1 Mile To You
Movie · as Principal Umber
Spielberg
Movie · as Self
The Beatles, Hippies & Hells Angels: Inside the Crazy World of Apple
Movie · as Himself - Narrator
Revolution: The Legacy of the Sixties
Movie
The Disappearance
TV · as Henry Sullivan · 6 eps
The Vietnam War
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 10 eps
Americana
Movie · as Ben
Who Wants to Live Forever? The Wisdom of Aging.
Movie · as Himself
The Reality of Truth
Movie · as Self
The Price of Fame
Movie · as Crooker
No Deposit
Movie · as Police Chief Williams
Eva & Leon
Movie · as Le Père
Good Kill
Movie · as Langley
Girl on the Edge
Movie · as Hank Taylor
Robert Bly: A Thousand Years of Joy
Movie · as Self
A Coup in Camelot
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
A Daring Journey: From Immigration to Education
Movie · as Narrator
The Spoils Before Dying
TV · as Dizzy the Cat · 6 eps
Realm of the Ancient Redwoods
Movie · as Narrator
Angel Azul
Movie · as Narrator
Bangkok, We Have A Problem!
Movie · as Burt Lowell
Intelligence
TV · as Leland Strand · 3 eps
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 7 eps
The Real History of Science Fiction
TV · as Himself · 1 ep
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
Movie · as Self
The Ghost Army
Movie · as Narrator (Voice)
Paolo Soleri: Beyond Form
Movie · as Narrator
Kennesaw: One Last Mountain
Movie · as Self (Narrator)
Rise Above the Mark
Movie · as Narrator
Cold War on Ice: Summit Series '72
Movie · as Narrator
Right to Play
Movie · as Narrator
Hemingway & Gellhorn
Movie · as Maxwell Perkins
Valparaiso
Movie · as Edward G. Drexler
Perception
TV · as James Alan Pierce · 4 eps
The Dust Bowl
TV · as Peter Coyote · 2 eps
Dangerous Waters
TV · as Self · 10 eps
The Gundown
Movie · as Thomas Morgan
Connected: An Autoblogography About Love, Death & Technology
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
These Amazing Shadows
Movie · as Self
This Is Not a Movie
Movie
Here
Movie · as Storyteller
I am Fishead
Movie · as narrator
Last Will
Movie · as Judge Garner
Green Fire
Movie · as Aldo Leopold (voice)
Bag It
Movie · as Self
Oceans in Glass
Movie · as Narrator
Prohibition
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 3 eps
On the Trail of Easy Rider: 40 Years On... Still Searching for America
TV · as Self · 1 ep
DiDi Hollywood
Movie · as Michael McLean
What If Cannabis Cured Cancer
Movie · as Narration
Call of Life: Facing the Mass Extinction
Movie · as Narrator
Chattahoochee: From Water War to Water Vision
Movie · as Narrator
Reconstructing T-Rex
Movie · as Narrator
Law & Order: LA
TV · as Jerry Hardin · 8 eps
Great Migrations
TV · 7 eps
Blue Bloods
TV · as Senator Ted McCreary · 1 ep
Nazi Mystery - Twins From Brazil
Movie · as Narrstor (voice)
Torturing Democracy
Movie · as Narrator
For the Rights of All: Ending Jim Crow in Alaska
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
Huxley on Huxley
Movie · as Self
Grand Canyon: A Journey of Wonder
Movie · as Narrator
I Know What I Saw
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
With One Voice
Movie · as Narrator
Climbing Redwood Giants
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
What The Tourist Should See
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
24 Hours After: Asteroid Impact
Movie · as Narrator
The National Parks: America's Best Idea
TV · as Narrator · 6 eps
FlashForward
TV · as Dave Segovia · 2 eps
Full Color Football: The History of the American Football League
TV · as Himself - Narrator · 5 eps
$5 a Day
Movie · as Burt Kruger
Dr. Dolittle: Tail to the Chief
Movie · as President Sterling
All Roads Lead Home
Movie · as Hock
Hope & Redemption: The Lena Baker Story
Movie · as Elliot Arthur
Adopt a Sailor
Movie · as Richard
Texas Gold
Movie · as Narrator
Illicit: The Dark Trade
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Brain Fitness Program
Movie
Alaska Far Away
Movie · as Narrator
A Single Woman
Movie · as Maury Maverick
Finding Anastasia
Movie · as Narrator
One Man, One Cow, One Planet
Movie · as Narrator
Strange Culture
Movie · as Self
Soldiers Of Conscience
Movie · as Self
Hippies
Movie · as Self
The Sunday Man
Movie · as The Voice
Resurrecting the Champ
Movie · as Ike Epstein
Fog City Mavericks
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
Speak Out
Movie
Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil
Movie · as President Adair T. Manning
AKA Tommy Chong
Movie · as Himself
The Gospel of Judas
Movie · as Narrator
Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Darryl Henriques Is in Show Business
Movie · as Self
Brothers and Sisters
TV · as Mark August · 4 eps
Return of the Living Dead: Rave to the Grave
Movie · as Uncle Charles
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
Deepwater
Movie · as Herman Finch
A Little Trip to Heaven
Movie · as Frank
The Tribe
Movie · as Voice
Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis
Movie · as Uncle Charles
The War Prayer
Movie · as Narrator
The Sacramento River of Life
Movie · as Narrator
Commune
Movie · as self, Black Bear resident
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
TV · as Mike LaSalle · 1 ep
The Inside
TV · as Special Agent Virgil "Web" Webster · 13 eps
Guns Germs & Steel
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 3 eps
Commander in Chief
TV · as Warren Keaton · 7 eps
Shadow of Fear
Movie · as Congressman Henderson
The Great Role
Movie · as Rudolph Grichenberg
Oil on Ice
Movie · as Narrator
Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer
Movie
The 4400
TV · as Dennis Ryland · 13 eps
Deadwood
TV · as General George Crook · 1 ep
Northfork
Movie · as Eddie
Written In Blood
Movie · as John Traveller
Out of the Blue
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Hollywood's Magical Island: Catalina
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Grizzly Diaries
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Bon Voyage
Movie · as Alex Winckler
Phenomenon II
Movie · as John Ringold
The Hebrew Hammer
Movie · as JJL Chief Bloomenbergensteinenthal
Bare Knuckle Filming: The Construction of Northfork
Movie · as Narrator
National Geographic: Surviving Everest
Movie · as Narrator
NCIS
TV · as Ned Quinn · 1 ep
A Walk to Remember
Movie · as Reverend Sullivan
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special
Movie · as Self
Femme Fatale
Movie · as Watts
A Time for Dancing
Movie · as Wyn Michaels
Purpose
Movie · as Bernard Elias
Empty Oceans, Empty Nets
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Polanski y los ojos del mal
Movie · as Himself
Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election
Movie · as Narrator
Founding Brothers
TV · 2 eps
Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Fillmore
Movie · as Voice of Urban Renewal (Voice)
Suddenly Naked
Movie · as Lionel Heathcote
Midwives
Movie · as Stephen Hastings
In the Light of Reverence
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Jack the Dog
Movie · as Alfred
The Division
TV · as Ross · 2 eps
The Color of War
TV · as Narrator · 17 eps
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV · as Lionel Shill · 1 ep
Erin Brockovich
Movie · as Kurt Potter
More Dogs Than Bones
Movie · as Detective Darren Cody
The Basket
Movie · as Martin Conlon
Red Letters
Movie · as Dennis Burke
The Wednesday Woman
Movie · as Don Wigulow
Search for the Submarine I-52
Movie · as Narrator
Founding Fathers
TV · as John Hancock (voice) / Thomas Jefferson (voice) · 4 eps
Random Hearts
Movie · as Cullen Chandler
Emperor of Hemp
Movie · as Narrator
Last Call
Movie · as Xuave
National Geographic Explorer: The Battle For Midway
Movie · as Himself - Narrator
Execution of Justice
Movie · as Harvey Milk
Missing in Tibet
Movie · as Narrator
Murder on Shadow Mountain
Movie · as Dennis 'Denny' Traynor
The History of Sex
TV · as Himself - Narrator · 5 eps
Independent Lens
TV · 542 eps
Sphere
Movie · as Captain Harold C. Barnes
Patch Adams
Movie · as Bill Davis
Two for Texas
Movie · as Jim Bowie
Seeds of Doubt
Movie
Indiscreet
Movie · as Detective Roos
Route 9
Movie · as Sheriff Dwayne Hogan
San Francisco Diggers
Movie
National Geographic's Storm of the Century
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
Avalanche: The White Death
Movie · as Narrator
Karmapa - Two Ways of Divinity
Movie · as Narrator, English version (voice)
A Dreamer and the Dreamtribe
Movie · as Narrator
Titanic: Breaking New Ground
Movie · as Narrator
Rome: Power & Glory
TV · as Narrator · 8 eps
Top of the World
Movie · as Doc 'The Butcher'
Road Ends
Movie · as Gene Gere
Alaska's Great Wilderness Denali: The Living Edens
Movie · as Narrator
The Secrets of 007
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Murder in My Mind
Movie · as Arthur Lefcourt
Unforgettable
Movie · as Don Bresler
The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'
Movie · as Self
Terminal Justice
Movie · as Deacon Vivyan
Dalva
Movie · as Michael
Seduced by Madness
TV · as Ruben Borchardt · 2 eps
The West
TV · as Self - Narrator · 9 eps
21st Century Jet: The Building of the 777
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 5 eps
Buffalo Girls
Movie · as Buffalo Bill Cody
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Movie · as Narrator
That Eye, the Sky
Movie · as Henry Warburton
Moonlight and Valentino
Movie · as Paul
Cybill
TV · as Roger · 1 ep
Breach of Conduct
Movie · as Col. Andrew Case
The Peyote Road
Movie · as Narrator
Kika
Movie · as Nicholas Pierce
Roots of Roe
Movie · as James Morris (voice)
Fallen Angels
TV · as Herman Charn · 1 ep
Bitter Moon
Movie · as Oscar
Earth and the American Dream
Movie · as Reader (voice)
The Pacific Century
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 10 eps
High Art
Movie · as Peter Mandrake
Crooked Hearts
Movie · as Edward Warren
Keeper of the City
Movie · as Frank Nordhall
Living a Lie
Movie · as Matt
A Seduction in Travis County
Movie · as Frank Maguire
The Man Inside
Movie · as Henry Tobel
Poison in the Rockies
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Unconquered
Movie · as Richmond Flowers Sr.
The Simpsons
TV · as Peter Coyote (voice) · 1 ep
Heart of Midnight
Movie · as Sharpe/Larry
Collision Course: Labor Management Relations in America
Movie · as Narrator
Baja Oklahoma
Movie · as Slick Henderson
American Experience
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 2 eps
Outrageous Fortune
Movie · as Michael Sanders
A Man in Love
Movie · as Steve Elliott
Echoes in the Darkness
Movie · as William Bradfield Jr.
Sworn to Silence
Movie · as Sam Fischetti
Stacking
Movie · as The Photographer
Echoes in the Darkness
TV · as William Bradfield Jr. · 2 eps
Child's Cry
Movie · as Matt Townsend
Jagged Edge
Movie · as Thomas Krasny
The Legend of Billie Jean
Movie · as Ringwald
The Blue Yonder
Movie · as Max Knickerbocker
Contrary Warriors: A Film of the Crow Tribe
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Jack Kerouac: King of the Beats
Movie · as Narrator
The Twilight Zone
TV · as (segment "Shadow Play") · 1 ep
National Geographic Explorer
TV · as Self - Narrator, Himself - Narrator (voice) · 1 ep
Heartbreakers
Movie · as Blue
Slayground
Movie · as Stone
Best Kept Secrets
Movie · as Frank Mitchell
Scorned and Swindled
Movie · as Anthony Ristelli
Cross Creek
Movie · as Norton Baskin
Strangers Kiss
Movie · as Stanley, the Director
The Four Corners: A National Sacrifice Area?
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Hitchhiker
TV · as Alex Nolan · 1 ep
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Movie · as Keys
Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann
Movie · as Porter Reese
Breach of Contract
Movie
Endangered Species
Movie · as Steele
Out
Movie · as Rex
The UFO Experience
Movie
Nature
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 2 eps
American Playhouse
TV · as Young David · 1 ep
Southern Comfort
Movie · as Poole
People vs. Jean Harris
Movie · as George Bolen
Isabel's Choice
Movie · as Wynn Thomas
Tell Me a Riddle
Movie · as Young David
Die Laughing
Movie · as Davis
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
Movie · as Courtney Taylor
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
TV · as Courtney Taylor · 2 eps
The Hippie Temptation
Movie · as Digger
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 1 ep