Peter Coyote
Acting
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
Acting298
tvThe American Revolution
2025
Narrator (voice)
movieMoment of Contact: New Revelations of Alien Encounters
2025
Narrator (voice)
movieThe Program
2024
Narrator (voice)
movieBad Faith
2024
Narrator (voice)
tvKennedy
2023
Narrator (voice)
tvThe American Buffalo
2023
Narrator (voice)
tvSan Francisco Sounds: A Place in Time
2023
Self - Narrator (voice)
movieFields of Gold
2023
Narrator
tvLa Californie !
2023
Self - Actor / Activist
movieAgainst All Enemies
2023
Narrator
movieMoment of Contact
2022
Narrator (voice)
tvThe U.S. and the Holocaust
2022
Self - Narrator (voice)
movieThe Last Stand
2022
Narrator (voice)
tvBenjamin Franklin
2022
Narrator (voice)
movieA Cloud Never Dies
2022
Narrator (voice)
tvThe Tent Mender
2021
as Narrator
movieThe Co-op Wars
2021
Narrator (voice)
movieSan Francisco Stories
2021
Narrator/SInger
tvHemingway
2021
Narrator (voice)
movieThe Girl Who Believes in Miracles
2021
Sam Donovan
movieNepal Beyond
2021
Narrator
movieDownwinders and the Radioactive West
2021
Narrator (voice)
movieThe Phenomenon
2020
Narrator (voice)
tvThe Comey Rule
2020
Robert Mueller
tvHelter Skelter: An American Myth
2020
Self - Actor, Diggers Early Core Member
movieAbout Face: Jewish Refugees in the Allied Forces
2020
Narrator (voice)
Sunseed: The Journey
2020
Narrator (voice)
movieAlmost Thirteen
2020
Narrator
movieTroubled Waters: A Turtle's Tale
2019
Self - Narrator (voice)
tvCountry Music
2019
Narrator
movieThe Atomic Tree
2019
Narrator
movieAs If They Were Angels
2018
Narrator
movieThe Mayo Clinic
2018
Self - Narrator (voice)
movieSummer of Love
2018
Himself
movieThe Etruscan Smile
2018
Professor
tvThe Disappearance
2017
Henry Sullivan
tvThe Vietnam War
2017
Self - Narrator (voice)
movie1 Mile To You
2017
Principal Umber
tvThe Spoils Before Dying
2015
Dizzy the Cat
movieEva & Leon
2015
Le Père
movieNo Deposit
2015
Police Chief Williams
movieA Coup in Camelot
2015
Narrator (voice)
movieGood Kill
2015
Langley
movieGirl on the Edge
2015
Hank Taylor
movieThe Price of Fame
2015
Crooker
movieBangkok, We Have A Problem!
2014
Burt Lowell
tvThe Roosevelts: An Intimate History
2014
Narrator (voice)
movieAngel Azul
2014
Narrator
tvIntelligence
2014
Leland Strand
movieThe Ghost Army
2013
Narrator (Voice)
tvThe Dust Bowl
2012
Peter Coyote
movieHemingway & Gellhorn
2012
Maxwell Perkins
tvPerception
2012
James Alan Pierce
movieValparaiso
2012
Edward G. Drexler
tvProhibition
2011
Self - Narrator (voice)
movieThe Gundown
2011
Thomas Morgan
movieI am Fishead
2011
narrator
movieBag It
2011
Self
movieOceans in Glass
2011
Narrator
movieLast Will
2011
Judge Garner
movieGreen Fire
2011
Aldo Leopold (voice)
movieHere
2011
Storyteller
movieDiDi Hollywood
2010
Michael McLean
Chattahoochee: From Water War to Water Vision
2010
Narrator
tvLaw & Order: LA
2010
Jerry Hardin
tvBlue Bloods
2010
Senator Ted McCreary
movieNazi Mystery - Twins From Brazil
2009
Narrstor (voice)
For the Rights of All: Ending Jim Crow in Alaska
2009
Self - Narrator (voice)
movieI Know What I Saw
2009
Narrator (voice)
movieClimbing Redwood Giants
2009
Self - Narrator (voice)
tvFlashForward
2009
Dave Segovia
movieWith One Voice
2009
Narrator
tvFull Color Football: The History of the American Football League
2009
Himself - Narrator
movieWhat The Tourist Should See
2009
Narrator (voice)
movieTorturing Democracy
2009
Narrator
movieHope & Redemption: The Lena Baker Story
2008
Elliot Arthur
movieAdopt a Sailor
2008
Richard
movieA Single Woman
2008
Maury Maverick
movie$5 a Day
2008
Burt Kruger
movieFinding Anastasia
2008
Narrator
movieIllicit: The Dark Trade
2008
Self - Narrator (voice)
movieAlaska Far Away
2008
Narrator
movieDr. Dolittle: Tail to the Chief
2008
President Sterling
Texas Gold
2008
Narrator
movieFog City Mavericks
2007
Self - Narrator (voice)
movieResurrecting the Champ
2007
Ike Epstein
movieHippies
2007
Self
movieThe Sunday Man
2007
The Voice
movieBehind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil
2006
President Adair T. Manning
tvBrothers and Sisters
2006
Mark August
movieWoody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home
2006
Narrator (voice)
movieAKA Tommy Chong
2006
Himself
movieThe Gospel of Judas
2006
Narrator
movieReturn of the Living Dead: Necropolis
2005
Uncle Charles
tvCommander in Chief
2005
Warren Keaton
movieThe Tribe
2005
Voice
tvGuns Germs & Steel
2005
Narrator (voice)
movieDeepwater
2005
Herman Finch
tvThe Inside
2005
Special Agent Virgil "Web" Webster
movieEnron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
2005
Self - Narrator (voice)
movieCommune
2005
self, Black Bear resident
tvLaw & Order: Trial by Jury
2005
Mike LaSalle
movieThe Great Role
2004
Rudolph Grichenberg
movieShadow of Fear
2004
Congressman Henderson
tvThe 4400
2004
Dennis Ryland
movieOil on Ice
2004
Narrator
tvDeadwood
2004
General Crook
movieThe Hebrew Hammer
2003
JJL Chief Bloomenbergensteinenthal
moviePhenomenon II
2003
John Ringold
tvNCIS
2003
Ned Quinn
movieHollywood's Magical Island: Catalina
2003
Narrator (voice)
movieNorthfork
2003
Eddie
movieOut of the Blue
2003
Narrator (voice)
movieWritten In Blood
2003
John Traveller
movieBon Voyage
2003
Alex Winckler
movieGrizzly Diaries
2003
Narrator (voice)
movieA Time for Dancing
2002
Wyn Michaels
movieEmpty Oceans, Empty Nets
2002
Narrator (voice)
moviePurpose
2002
Bernard Elias
movieA Walk to Remember
2002
Reverend Sullivan
tvThe Color of War
2001
Narrator
tvLaw & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
Lionel Shill
movieSuddenly Naked
2001
Lionel Heathcote
movieNeighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Fillmore
2001
Voice of Urban Renewal (Voice)
movieMidwives
2001
Stephen Hastings
movieIn the Light of Reverence
2001
Narrator (voice)
movieJack the Dog
2001
Alfred
tvFounding Fathers
2000
John Hancock (voice) / Thomas Jefferson (voice)
movieMore Dogs Than Bones
2000
Detective Darren Cody
movieRed Letters
2000
Dennis Burke
movieThe Wednesday Woman
2000
Don Wigulow
movieThe Basket
2000
Martin Conlon
movieErin Brockovich
2000
Kurt Potter
movieExecution of Justice
1999
Harvey Milk
movieRandom Hearts
1999
Cullen Chandler
tvThe History of Sex
1999
Himself - Narrator
movieEmperor of Hemp
1999
Narrator
movieMurder on Shadow Mountain
1999
Dennis 'Denny' Traynor
movieNational Geographic Explorer: The Battle For Midway
1999
Himself - Narrator
movieLast Call
1999
Xuave
moviePatch Adams
1998
Bill Davis
movieRoute 9
1998
Sheriff Dwayne Hogan
movieIndiscreet
1998
Detective Roos
movieNational Geographic's Storm of the Century
1998
Self - Narrator (voice)
movieKarmapa - Two Ways of Divinity
1998
Narrator, English version (voice)
tvRome: Power & Glory
1998
Narrator
movieSphere
1998
Captain Harold C. Barnes
movieTwo for Texas
1998
Jim Bowie
movieThe Secrets of 007
1997
Narrator (voice)
movieRoad Ends
1997
Gene Gere
movieTop of the World
1997
Doc 'The Butcher'
movieMurder in My Mind
1997
Arthur Lefcourt
tvThe West
1996
Self - Narrator
movieTerminal Justice
1996
Deacon Vivyan
movieDalva
1996
Michael
tvSeduced by Madness
1996
Ruben Borchardt
movieUnforgettable
1996
Don Bresler
tv21st Century Jet: The Building of the 777
1996
Self - Narrator (voice)
movieThat Eye, the Sky
1995
Henry Warburton
movieBuffalo Girls
1995
Buffalo Bill Cody
tvCybill
1995
Roger
movieBreach of Conduct
1994
Col. Andrew Case
movieThe Peyote Road
1994
Narrator
movieKika
1993
Nicholas Pierce
tvFallen Angels
1993
Herman Charn
movieEarth and the American Dream
1992
Reader (voice)
The Pacific Century
1992
Narrator (voice)
movieBitter Moon
1992
Oscar
movieKeeper of the City
1991
Frank Nordhall
movieCrooked Hearts
1991
Edward Warren
movieHigh Art
1991
Peter Mandrake
movieA Seduction in Travis County
1991
Frank Maguire
movieThe Man Inside
1990
Henry Tobel
movieWaldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey
1990
Narrator (voice)
moviePoison in the Rockies
1990
Narrator (voice)
tvThe Simpsons
1989
Peter Coyote (voice)
movieUnconquered
1989
Richmond Flowers Sr.
movieHeart of Midnight
1988
Sharpe/Larry
tvAmerican Experience
1988
Narrator (voice)
movieBaja Oklahoma
1988
Slick Henderson
movieEchoes in the Darkness
1987
William Bradfield Jr.
tvEchoes in the Darkness
1987
William Bradfield Jr.
movieA Man in Love
1987
Steve Elliott
movieSworn to Silence
1987
Sam Fischetti
movieOutrageous Fortune
1987
Michael Sanders
movieStacking
1987
The Photographer
movieChild's Cry
1986
Matt Townsend
movieThe Blue Yonder
1985
Max Knickerbocker
movieContrary Warriors: A Film of the Crow Tribe
1985
Narrator (voice)
movieJagged Edge
1985
Thomas Krasny
tvThe Twilight Zone
1985
(segment "Shadow Play")
tvExplorer
1985
Self - Narrator / Himself - Narrator (voice)
movieScorned and Swindled
1984
Anthony Ristelli
movieBest Kept Secrets
1984
Frank Mitchell
movieSlayground
1983
Stone
tvThe Hitchhiker
1983
Alex Nolan
movieThe Four Corners: A National Sacrifice Area?
1983
Narrator (voice)
movieCross Creek
1983
Norton Baskin
movieStrangers Kiss
1983
Stanley, the Director
tvNature
1982
Narrator (voice)
movieTimerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann
1982
Porter Reese
tvAmerican Playhouse
1982
Young David
movieOut
1982
Rex
movieIsabel's Choice
1981
Wynn Thomas
moviePeople vs. Jean Harris
1981
George Bolen
movieTell Me a Riddle
1980
Young David
movieAlcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
1980
Courtney Taylor
tvAlcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
1980
Courtney Taylor
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self
movieHayden's Corner
Narrator (voice)
movieLightworkers
Self-Interviewee
