Peter Coyote

ActorCrew Oct 10 (age 84) New York City, New York, USA 1953–2025 (72 year career)

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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

Film

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

Keys

Film

A Walk to Remember

Reverend Sullivan

Film

Erin Brockovich

Kurt Potter

Film

Patch Adams

Bill Davis

Film

Bitter Moon

Oscar

Film

The 4400

Dennis Ryland

Film

Sphere

Captain Harold C. Barnes

Film

The Vietnam War

Narrator (voice)

Filmography

Acting (295)

Movies (234)

O Mother Gaia: The World of Gary Snyder

2025

as Self

Moment of Contact: New Revelations of Alien Encounters

2025

as Narrator (voice)

7.9

Good Men

2024

as Self

The Program

as Narrator (voice)

Bad Faith

as Narrator (voice)

Fields of Gold

as Narrator

Spirit of Golf

2023

as Self

Against All Enemies

2023

as Narrator

7.8

The Weight of a Feather: The Liberty Wildlife Story

2022

as Narrator

Moment of Contact

2022

as Narrator (voice)

6.3

The Last Stand

2022

as Narrator (voice)

Jerry Brown: The Disrupter

2022

as Self

A Cloud Never Dies

2022

as Narrator (voice)

The Girl Who Believes in Miracles

2021

as Sam Donovan

7.5

Marriner Eccles: Father of the Modern Federal Reserve

2021

as Narrator

The Co-op Wars

2021

as Narrator (voice)

Wandering...But Not Lost

2021

as Narrator

Downwinders and the Radioactive West

2021

as Narrator (voice)

Nepal Beyond

2021

as Narrator

San Francisco Stories

2021

as Narrator/SInger

Sunseed: The Journey

2020

as Narrator (voice)

Almost Thirteen

2020

as Narrator

The Phenomenon

2020

as Narrator (voice)

6.3

About Face: Jewish Refugees in the Allied Forces

2020

as Narrator (voice)

The Atomic Tree

2019

as Narrator

Olompali: A Hippie Odyssey

2019

as narrator

Polanski, le travail à l'oeuvre

2019

as Self

6.0

Troubled Waters: A Turtle's Tale

2019

as Self - Narrator (voice)

As If They Were Angels

2018

as Narrator

The Etruscan Smile

2018

as Professor

6.3

The Mayo Clinic

2018

as Self - Narrator (voice)

7.0

Summer of Love

2018

as Himself

The Remarkable Life of John Weld

2018

as Narrator

Saving Atlantis

Spielberg

as Self

1 Mile To You

as Principal Umber

Revolution: The Legacy of the Sixties

2017

The Beatles, Hippies & Hells Angels: Inside the Crazy World of Apple

2017

as Himself - Narrator

Americana

as Ben

The Reality of Truth

as Self

Who Wants to Live Forever? The Wisdom of Aging.

as Himself

Good Kill

as Langley

A Coup in Camelot

as Narrator (voice)

Girl on the Edge

as Hank Taylor

The Price of Fame

as Crooker

Robert Bly: A Thousand Years of Joy

2015

as Self

10.0

No Deposit

2015

as Police Chief Williams

3.0

A Daring Journey: From Immigration to Education

2015

as Narrator

Eva & Leon

2015

as Le Père

4.4

Bangkok, We Have A Problem!

2014

as Burt Lowell

5.1

Realm of the Ancient Redwoods

2014

as Narrator

Angel Azul

as Narrator

The Ghost Army

as Narrator (Voice)

Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal

2013

as Self

10.0

Paolo Soleri: Beyond Form

2013

as Narrator

Hemingway & Gellhorn

as Maxwell Perkins

Rise Above the Mark

as Narrator

Right to Play

as Narrator

Cold War on Ice: Summit Series '72

2012

as Narrator

Valparaiso

2012

as Edward G. Drexler

6.0

These Amazing Shadows

as Self

The Gundown

as Thomas Morgan

Connected: An Autoblogography About Love, Death & Technology

as Narrator (voice)

Bag It

as Self

This Is Not a Movie

Here

as Storyteller

I am Fishead

as narrator

Last Will

as Judge Garner

Green Fire

as Aldo Leopold (voice)

Oceans in Glass

2011

as Narrator

DiDi Hollywood

as Michael McLean

Vampire Forensics

What If Cannabis Cured Cancer

2010

as Narration

8.5

Call of Life: Facing the Mass Extinction

2010

as Narrator

7.0

Chattahoochee: From Water War to Water Vision

2010

as Narrator

24 Hours After: Asteroid Impact

2009

as Narrator

Huxley on Huxley

as Self

With One Voice

as Narrator

Grand Canyon: A Journey of Wonder

2009

as Narrator

I Know What I Saw

2009

as Narrator (voice)

7.5

Climbing Redwood Giants

2009

as Self - Narrator (voice)

What The Tourist Should See

2009

as Narrator (voice)

8.0

Torturing Democracy

2009

as Narrator

For the Rights of All: Ending Jim Crow in Alaska

2009

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Nazi Mystery - Twins From Brazil

as Narrstor (voice)

A Single Woman

as Maury Maverick

Dr. Dolittle: Tail to the Chief

2008

as President Sterling

5.3

Finding Anastasia

2008

as Narrator

6.0

The Brain Fitness Program

2008

Illicit: The Dark Trade

2008

as Self - Narrator (voice)

$5 a Day

2008

as Burt Kruger

5.6

Hope & Redemption: The Lena Baker Story

as Elliot Arthur

All Roads Lead Home

as Hock

Alaska Far Away

as Narrator

Adopt a Sailor

2008

as Richard

5.7

Texas Gold

2008

as Narrator

The Sunday Man

2007

as The Voice

Fog City Mavericks

2007

as Self - Narrator (voice)

8.5

Hippies

2007

as Self

Resurrecting the Champ

as Ike Epstein

Strange Culture

as Self

Soldiers Of Conscience

2007

as Self

5.1

One Man, One Cow, One Planet

as Narrator

The Gospel of Judas

Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil

2006

as President Adair T. Manning

4.8

Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home

2006

as Narrator (voice)

AKA Tommy Chong

2006

as Himself

7.4

Darryl Henriques Is in Show Business

2006

as Self

The Sacramento River of Life

2005

as Narrator

10.0

Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room

2005

as Self - Narrator (voice)

7.2

Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis

2005

as Uncle Charles

5.2

Return of the Living Dead: Rave to the Grave

2005

as Uncle Charles

5.2

A Little Trip to Heaven

as Frank

Deepwater

as Herman Finch

The War Prayer

as Narrator

Commune

2005

as self, Black Bear resident

The Tribe

as Voice

The Great Role

as Rudolph Grichenberg

5.2

Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer

2004

7.0

Shadow of Fear

2004

as Congressman Henderson

5.2

Oil on Ice

2004

as Narrator

Northfork

as Eddie

Phenomenon II

as John Ringold

The Hebrew Hammer

as JJL Chief Bloomenbergensteinenthal

Bon Voyage

as Alex Winckler

Grizzly Diaries

as Narrator (voice)

National Geographic: Surviving Everest

as Narrator

Out of the Blue

as Narrator (voice)

Bare Knuckle Filming: The Construction of Northfork

2003

as Narrator

Written In Blood

2003

as John Traveller

5.8

Hollywood's Magical Island: Catalina

as Narrator (voice)

A Walk to Remember

as Reverend Sullivan

Femme Fatale

as Watts

Purpose

as Bernard Elias

Empty Oceans, Empty Nets

2002

as Narrator (voice)

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special

as Self

A Time for Dancing

as Wyn Michaels

Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election

2002

as Narrator

7.1

Polanski y los ojos del mal

2002

as Himself

6.0

Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Fillmore

2001

as Voice of Urban Renewal (Voice)

Midwives

as Stephen Hastings

Jack the Dog

as Alfred

Suddenly Naked

as Lionel Heathcote

In the Light of Reverence

2001

as Narrator (voice)

Erin Brockovich

2000

as Kurt Potter

7.4

The Wednesday Woman

2000

as Don Wigulow

Red Letters

2000

as Dennis Burke

4.4

Search for the Submarine I-52

2000

as Narrator

The Basket

2000

as Martin Conlon

5.9

More Dogs Than Bones

2000

as Detective Darren Cody

4.6

Missing in Tibet

1999

as Narrator

Random Hearts

as Cullen Chandler

Emperor of Hemp

as Narrator

Last Call

as Xuave

National Geographic Explorer: The Battle For Midway

1999

as Himself - Narrator

Murder on Shadow Mountain

1999

as Dennis 'Denny' Traynor

Execution of Justice

as Harvey Milk

Patch Adams

as Bill Davis

Sphere

as Captain Harold C. Barnes

6.1

San Francisco Diggers

1998

7.5

Karmapa - Two Ways of Divinity

1998

as Narrator, English version (voice)

7.0

Avalanche: The White Death

as Narrator

Two for Texas

as Jim Bowie

Route 9

as Sheriff Dwayne Hogan

6.9

Indiscreet

1998

as Detective Roos

4.9

A Dreamer and the Dreamtribe

1998

as Narrator

National Geographic's Storm of the Century

1998

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Seeds Of Doubt

1998

3.8

Titanic: Breaking New Ground

as Narrator

Top of the World

as Doc 'The Butcher'

Road Ends

as Gene Gere

The Secrets of 007

as Narrator (voice)

Murder in My Mind

as Arthur Lefcourt

Alaska's Great Wilderness Denali: The Living Edens

1997

as Narrator

The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'

as Self

Unforgettable

as Don Bresler

Dalva

as Michael

Terminal Justice

as Deacon Vivyan

That Eye, the Sky

as Henry Warburton

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

as Narrator

Buffalo Girls

as Buffalo Bill Cody

Moonlight and Valentino

as Paul

Breach of Conduct

as Col. Andrew Case

The Peyote Road

as Narrator

Kika

as Nicholas Pierce

Bitter Moon

as Oscar

Earth and the American Dream

as Reader (voice)

Crooked Hearts

as Edward Warren

Living a Lie

as Matt

High Art

1991

as Peter Mandrake

4.3

A Seduction in Travis County

as Frank Maguire

Keeper of the City

as Frank Nordhall

Poison in the Rockies

1990

as Narrator (voice)

The Man Inside

1990

as Henry Tobel

2.0

Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey

1990

as Narrator (voice)

6.6

Unconquered

1989

as Richmond Flowers Sr.

10.0

Collision Course: Labor Management Relations in America

1988

as Narrator

Heart of Midnight

as Sharpe/Larry

Baja Oklahoma

as Slick Henderson

Outrageous Fortune

as Michael Sanders

Stacking

as The Photographer

Sworn to Silence

as Sam Fischetti

A Man in Love

as Steve Elliott

Echoes in the Darkness

1987

as William Bradfield Jr.

Child's Cry

as Matt Townsend

Jagged Edge

as Thomas Krasny

Contrary Warriors: A Film of the Crow Tribe

1985

as Narrator (voice)

The Blue Yonder

1985

as Max Knickerbocker

6.0

The Legend of Billie Jean

1985

as Ringwald

6.5

Jack Kerouac: King of the Beats

as Narrator

Best Kept Secrets

as Frank Mitchell

Heartbreakers

as Blue

Scorned and Swindled

as Anthony Ristelli

Cross Creek

as Norton Baskin

Slayground

as Stone

Strangers Kiss

as Stanley, the Director

4.0

The Four Corners: A National Sacrifice Area?

1983

as Narrator (voice)

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

as Keys

The UFO Experience

Out

as Rex

Endangered Species

as Steele

Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann

1982

as Porter Reese

5.3

Breach of Contract

1982

People vs. Jean Harris

1981

as George Bolen

Southern Comfort

1981

as Poole

6.9

Isabel's Choice

1981

as Wynn Thomas

Die Laughing

as Davis

Tell Me a Riddle

as Young David

Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story

1980

as Courtney Taylor

4.5

The Hippie Temptation

1967

as Digger

6.0

Pretty Slick - The Deep Water Horizon Environmental Coverup - Extended Directors Cut

as Narrator

National Geographic Special: Secret Cities of the Amazon

Hayden's Corner

as Narrator (voice)

Cornellskop: Freedom From Fear

as Narrator

Television (61)

The American Revolution

as Narrator (voice)

Kennedy

as Narrator (voice)

The American Buffalo

as Narrator (voice)

San Francisco Sounds: A Place in Time

2023

as Self - Narrator (voice)

La Californie !

2023

as Self - Actor / Activist

8.0

The U.S. and the Holocaust

as Self - Narrator

Benjamin Franklin

as Narrator (voice)

Hemingway

as Narrator (voice)

The Tent Mender

as as Narrator

The Comey Rule

as Robert Mueller

Helter Skelter: An American Myth

2020

as Self - Actor, Diggers Early Core Member

Country Music

as Narrator

The Disappearance

as Henry Sullivan

The Vietnam War

as Narrator (voice)

The Spoils Before Dying

as Dizzy the Cat

Intelligence

as Leland Strand

The Roosevelts: An Intimate History

2014

as Narrator (voice)

7.7

The Real History of Science Fiction

as Himself

Perception

as James Alan Pierce

The Dust Bowl

as Peter Coyote

Dangerous Waters

as Self

Prohibition

2011

as Self - Narrator (voice)

7.9

On the Trail of Easy Rider: 40 Years On... Still Searching for America

2011

as self

Blue Bloods

2010

as Senator Ted McCreary

Law & Order: LA

as Jerry Hardin

Great Migrations

FlashForward

as Dave Segovia

The National Parks: America's Best Idea

2009

as Narrator

7.9

Full Color Football: The History of the American Football League

2009

as Himself - Narrator

Brothers and Sisters

as Mark August

Commander in Chief

as Warren Keaton

Law & Order: Trial by Jury

2005

as Mike LaSalle

8.1

The Inside

2005

as Special Agent Virgil "Web" Webster

Guns Germs & Steel

as Narrator (voice)

Deadwood

as General Crook

The 4400

as Dennis Ryland

The 4400

as Dennis Ryland

NCIS

as Ned Quinn

Founding Brothers

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

as Lionel Shill

The Division

as Ross

The Color of War

as Narrator

Founding Fathers

2000

as John Hancock (voice) / Thomas Jefferson (voice)

Independent Lens

1999

6.5

The History of Sex

1999

as Himself - Narrator

Rome: Power & Glory

as Narrator

The West

as Self - Narrator

Seduced by Madness

as Ruben Borchardt

21st Century Jet: The Building of the 777

1996

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Cybill

as Roger

Fallen Angels

as Herman Charn

The Pacific Century

as Narrator (voice)

The Simpsons

1989

as Peter Coyote (voice)

8.0

American Experience

1988

as Narrator (voice)

6.6

Echoes in the Darkness

1987

as William Bradfield Jr.

The Twilight Zone

1985

as (segment "Shadow Play")

Explorer

The Hitchhiker

as Alex Nolan

Nature

as Narrator (voice)

Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story

as Courtney Taylor

The Oscars

as Self

Crew (2)

Movies (2)

Paris Can Wait

2016

Thanks

5.8

Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier

1991

Thanks