Peter Coyote

Known For: Acting
Born: October 10, 1941
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA

Peter Coyote

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 …

Filmography

The American Revolution

2025 · Narrator (voice)

Black Mountain Blues

2025

The Atomic Bowl: Football at Ground Zero -- And Nuclear Peril Today

2025 · Narrator

Moment of Contact: New Revelations of Alien Encounters

2025 · Narrator (voice)

O Mother Gaia: The World of Gary Snyder

2025 · Self

The Program

2024 · Narrator (voice)

Good Men

2024 · Self

Bad Faith

2024 · Narrator (voice)

Kennedy

2023 · Narrator (voice)

The American Buffalo

2023 · Narrator (voice)

San Francisco Sounds: A Place in Time

2023 · Self - Narrator (voice)

Fields of Gold

2023 · Narrator

La Californie !

2023 · Self - Actor / Activist

Spirit of Golf

2023 · Self

Against All Enemies

2023 · Narrator

Jerry Brown: The Disrupter

2022 · Self

Moment of Contact

2022 · Narrator (voice)

The Weight of a Feather: The Liberty Wildlife Story

2022 · Narrator

The U.S. and the Holocaust

2022 · Self - Narrator (voice)

The Last Stand

2022 · Narrator (voice)

Benjamin Franklin

2022 · Narrator (voice)

A Cloud Never Dies

2022 · Narrator (voice)

The Tent Mender

2021 · as Narrator

The Co-op Wars

2021 · Narrator (voice)

San Francisco Stories

2021 · Narrator/SInger

Hemingway

2021 · Narrator (voice)

The Girl Who Believes in Miracles

2021 · Sam Donovan

Wandering...But Not Lost

2021 · Narrator

Nepal Beyond

2021 · Narrator

Downwinders and the Radioactive West

2021 · Narrator (voice)

Marriner Eccles: Father of the Modern Federal Reserve

2021 · Narrator

The Phenomenon

2020 · Narrator (voice)

The Comey Rule

2020 · Robert Mueller

Helter Skelter: An American Myth

2020 · Self - Actor, Diggers Early Core Member

About Face: Jewish Refugees in the Allied Forces

2020 · Narrator (voice)

Sunseed: The Journey

Sunseed: The Journey

2020 · Narrator (voice)

Almost Thirteen

2020 · Narrator

Polanski, le travail à l'oeuvre

2019 · Self

Troubled Waters: A Turtle's Tale

2019 · Self - Narrator (voice)

Olompali: A Hippie Odyssey

2019 · narrator

Country Music

2019 · Narrator

The Atomic Tree

2019 · Narrator

The Remarkable Life of John Weld

2018 · Narrator

As If They Were Angels

2018 · Narrator

The Mayo Clinic

2018 · Self - Narrator (voice)

Summer of Love

2018 · Himself

The Etruscan Smile

2018 · Professor

Saving Atlantis

2018

Spielberg

2017 · Self

The Disappearance

2017 · Henry Sullivan

The Vietnam War

2017 · Self - Narrator (voice)

Revolution: The Legacy of the Sixties

2017

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

2017 · Himself - Narrator

1 Mile To You

2017 · Principal Umber

Paris Can Wait

2016 · Thanks

The Reality of Truth

2016 · Self

Americana

2016 · Ben

Who Wants to Live Forever? The Wisdom of Aging.

2016 · Himself

Robert Bly: A Thousand Years of Joy

2015 · Self

A Daring Journey: From Immigration to Education

A Daring Journey: From Immigration to Education

2015 · Narrator

The Spoils Before Dying

2015 · Dizzy the Cat

Eva & Leon

2015 · Le Père

No Deposit

2015 · Police Chief Williams

A Coup in Camelot

2015 · Narrator (voice)

Good Kill

2015 · Langley

Girl on the Edge

2015 · Hank Taylor

The Price of Fame

2015 · Crooker

Bangkok, We Have A Problem!

2014 · Burt Lowell

The Roosevelts: An Intimate History

2014 · Narrator (voice)

Realm of the Ancient Redwoods

2014 · Narrator

The Real History of Science Fiction

2014 · Himself

Angel Azul

2014 · Narrator

Intelligence

2014 · Leland Strand

Paolo Soleri: Beyond Form

2013 · Narrator

The Ghost Army

2013 · Narrator (Voice)

Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal

2013 · Self

Rise Above the Mark

Rise Above the Mark

2012 · Narrator

The Dust Bowl

2012 · Peter Coyote

Dangerous Waters

2012 · Self

Hemingway & Gellhorn

2012 · Maxwell Perkins

Perception

2012 · James Alan Pierce

Right to Play

2012 · Narrator

Valparaiso

2012 · Edward G. Drexler

Cold War on Ice: Summit Series '72

2012 · Narrator

Prohibition

2011 · Self - Narrator (voice)

The Gundown

2011 · Thomas Morgan

I am Fishead

2011 · narrator

Bag It

2011 · Self

Oceans in Glass

2011 · Narrator

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

2011 · Self

Last Will

2011 · Judge Garner

Green Fire

2011 · Aldo Leopold (voice)

This Is Not a Movie

2011

These Amazing Shadows

2011 · Self

Connected: An Autoblogography About Love, Death & Technology

2011 · Narrator (voice)

Here

2011 · Storyteller

Great Migrations

2010

DiDi Hollywood

2010 · Michael McLean

Chattahoochee: From Water War to Water Vision

Chattahoochee: From Water War to Water Vision

2010 · Narrator

Law & Order: LA

2010 · Jerry Hardin

Blue Bloods

2010 · Senator Ted McCreary

What If Cannabis Cured Cancer

2010 · Narration

Call of Life: Facing the Mass Extinction

Call of Life: Facing the Mass Extinction

2010 · Narrator

Vampire Forensics

Vampire Forensics

2010

Nazi Mystery - Twins From Brazil

2009 · Narrstor (voice)

24 Hours After: Asteroid Impact

2009 · Narrator

For the Rights of All: Ending Jim Crow in Alaska

For the Rights of All: Ending Jim Crow in Alaska

2009 · Self - Narrator (voice)

I Know What I Saw

2009 · Narrator (voice)

Climbing Redwood Giants

2009 · Self - Narrator (voice)

The National Parks: America's Best Idea

2009 · Narrator

FlashForward

2009 · Dave Segovia

With One Voice

2009 · Narrator

Full Color Football: The History of the American Football League

2009 · Himself - Narrator

What The Tourist Should See

2009 · Narrator (voice)

Torturing Democracy

2009 · Narrator

Huxley on Huxley

Huxley on Huxley

2009 · Self

Grand Canyon: A Journey of Wonder

2009 · Narrator

Hope & Redemption: The Lena Baker Story

2008 · Elliot Arthur

Adopt a Sailor

2008 · Richard

All Roads Lead Home

2008 · Hock

A Single Woman

2008 · Maury Maverick

$5 a Day

2008 · Burt Kruger

Finding Anastasia

2008 · Narrator

Illicit: The Dark Trade

2008 · Self - Narrator (voice)

Alaska Far Away

2008 · Narrator

Dr. Dolittle: Tail to the Chief

2008 · President Sterling

The Brain Fitness Program

2008

Texas Gold

2008 · Narrator

One Man, One Cow, One Planet

2007 · Narrator

Fog City Mavericks

2007 · Self - Narrator (voice)

Resurrecting the Champ

2007 · Ike Epstein

Hippies

2007 · Self

The Sunday Man

2007 · The Voice

Strange Culture

2007 · Self

Soldiers Of Conscience

2007 · Self

Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil

2006 · President Adair T. Manning

Darryl Henriques Is in Show Business

Darryl Henriques Is in Show Business

2006 · Self

Brothers and Sisters

2006 · Mark August

Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home

2006 · Narrator (voice)

AKA Tommy Chong

2006 · Himself

The Gospel of Judas

2006 · , Narrator

A Little Trip to Heaven

2005 · Frank

The Sacramento River of Life

2005 · Narrator

The War Prayer

2005 · Narrator

Return of the Living Dead: Rave to the Grave

2005 · Uncle Charles

Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis

2005 · Uncle Charles

Commander in Chief

2005 · Warren Keaton

The Tribe

2005 · Voice

Guns Germs & Steel

2005 · Narrator (voice)

Deepwater

2005 · Herman Finch

The Inside

2005 · Special Agent Virgil "Web" Webster

Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room

2005 · Self - Narrator (voice)

Commune

2005 · self, Black Bear resident

Law & Order: Trial by Jury

2005 · Mike LaSalle

The Great Role

2004 · Rudolph Grichenberg

Shadow of Fear

2004 · Congressman Henderson

The 4400

2004 · Dennis Ryland

Oil on Ice

2004 · Narrator

Deadwood

2004 · General Crook

Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer

Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer

2004

Bare Knuckle Filming: The Construction of Northfork

Bare Knuckle Filming: The Construction of Northfork

2003 · Narrator

The Hebrew Hammer

2003 · JJL Chief Bloomenbergensteinenthal

Phenomenon II

2003 · John Ringold

NCIS

2003 · Ned Quinn

Hollywood's Magical Island: Catalina

2003 · Narrator (voice)

Northfork

2003 · Eddie

Out of the Blue

2003 · Narrator (voice)

Written In Blood

2003 · John Traveller

National Geographic: Surviving Everest

2003 · Narrator

Bon Voyage

2003 · Alex Winckler

Grizzly Diaries

2003 · Narrator (voice)

Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election

2002 · Narrator

A Time for Dancing

2002 · Wyn Michaels

Founding Brothers

2002

Femme Fatale

2002 · Watts

Empty Oceans, Empty Nets

2002 · Narrator (voice)

Polanski y los ojos del mal

Polanski y los ojos del mal

2002 · Himself

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

2002 · Self

Purpose

2002 · Bernard Elias

A Walk to Remember

2002 · Reverend Sullivan

The Color of War

2001 · Narrator

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

2001 · Lionel Shill

Suddenly Naked

2001 · Lionel Heathcote

Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Fillmore

2001 · Voice of Urban Renewal (Voice)

Midwives

2001 · Stephen Hastings

In the Light of Reverence

2001 · Narrator (voice)

Jack the Dog

2001 · Alfred

The Division

2001 · Ross

Founding Fathers

2000 · John Hancock (voice) / Thomas Jefferson (voice)

More Dogs Than Bones

2000 · Detective Darren Cody

Red Letters

2000 · Dennis Burke

The Wednesday Woman

2000 · Don Wigulow

The Basket

2000 · Martin Conlon

Erin Brockovich

2000 · Kurt Potter

Search for the Submarine I-52

2000 · Narrator

Execution of Justice

1999 · Harvey Milk

Missing in Tibet

Missing in Tibet

1999 · Narrator

Random Hearts

1999 · Cullen Chandler

The History of Sex

1999 · Himself - Narrator

Independent Lens

1999

Emperor of Hemp

1999 · Narrator

Murder on Shadow Mountain

1999 · Dennis 'Denny' Traynor

National Geographic Explorer: The Battle For Midway

1999 · Himself - Narrator

Last Call

1999 · Xuave

Patch Adams

1998 · Bill Davis

Route 9

1998 · Sheriff Dwayne Hogan

A Dreamer and the Dreamtribe

A Dreamer and the Dreamtribe

1998 · Narrator

Indiscreet

1998 · Detective Roos

National Geographic's Storm of the Century

1998 · Self - Narrator (voice)

Seeds of Doubt

1998

Titanic: Breaking New Ground

1998 · Narrator

Karmapa - Two Ways of Divinity

1998 · Narrator, English version (voice)

Rome: Power & Glory

1998 · Narrator

Sphere

1998 · Captain Harold C. Barnes

Two for Texas

1998 · Jim Bowie

San Francisco Diggers

San Francisco Diggers

1998

Avalanche: The White Death

1998 · Narrator

The Secrets of 007

1997 · Narrator (voice)

Road Ends

1997 · Gene Gere

Top of the World

1997 · Doc 'The Butcher'

Murder in My Mind

1997 · Arthur Lefcourt

Alaska's Great Wilderness Denali: The Living Edens

1997 · Narrator

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

1996 · Self

The West

1996 · Self - Narrator

Terminal Justice

1996 · Deacon Vivyan

Dalva

1996 · Michael

Seduced by Madness

1996 · Ruben Borchardt

Unforgettable

1996 · Don Bresler

21st Century Jet: The Building of the 777

1996 · Self - Narrator (voice)

Moonlight and Valentino

1995 · Paul

That Eye, the Sky

1995 · Henry Warburton

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

1995 · Narrator

Buffalo Girls

1995 · Buffalo Bill Cody

Cybill

1995 · Roger

Breach of Conduct

1994 · Col. Andrew Case

The Peyote Road

1994 · Narrator

Kika

1993 · Nicholas Pierce

Fallen Angels

1993 · Herman Charn

Earth and the American Dream

1992 · Reader (voice)

The Pacific Century

The Pacific Century

1992 · Narrator (voice)

Bitter Moon

1992 · Oscar

Keeper of the City

1991 · Frank Nordhall

Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier

1991 · Thanks

Living a Lie

1991 · Matt

Crooked Hearts

1991 · Edward Warren

High Art

1991 · Peter Mandrake

A Seduction in Travis County

1991 · Frank Maguire

The Man Inside

1990 · Henry Tobel

Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey

1990 · Narrator (voice)

Poison in the Rockies

1990 · Narrator (voice)

The Simpsons

1989 · Peter Coyote (voice)

Unconquered

1989 · Richmond Flowers Sr.

Heart of Midnight

1988 · Sharpe/Larry

American Experience

1988 · Narrator (voice)

Baja Oklahoma

1988 · Slick Henderson

Collision Course: Labor Management Relations in America

Collision Course: Labor Management Relations in America

1988 · Narrator

Echoes in the Darkness

1987 · William Bradfield Jr.

Echoes in the Darkness

1987 · William Bradfield Jr.

A Man in Love

1987 · Steve Elliott

Sworn to Silence

1987 · Sam Fischetti

Outrageous Fortune

1987 · Michael Sanders

Stacking

1987 · The Photographer

Child's Cry

1986 · Matt Townsend

The Blue Yonder

1985 · Max Knickerbocker

Contrary Warriors: A Film of the Crow Tribe

1985 · Narrator (voice)

Jagged Edge

1985 · Thomas Krasny

The Twilight Zone

1985 · (segment "Shadow Play")

Jack Kerouac: King of the Beats

1985 · Narrator

The Legend of Billie Jean

1985 · Ringwald

Explorer

1985 · , Self - Narrator, Himself - Narrator (voice)

Scorned and Swindled

1984 · Anthony Ristelli

Heartbreakers

1984 · Blue

Best Kept Secrets

1984 · Frank Mitchell

Slayground

1983 · Stone

The Hitchhiker

1983 · Alex Nolan

The Four Corners: A National Sacrifice Area?

1983 · Narrator (voice)

Cross Creek

1983 · Norton Baskin

Strangers Kiss

1983 · Stanley, the Director

The UFO Experience

The UFO Experience

1982

Nature

1982 · Narrator (voice)

Endangered Species

1982 · Steele

Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann

1982 · Porter Reese

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

1982 · Keys

American Playhouse

1982 · Young David

Breach of Contract

1982

Out

1982 · Rex

Isabel's Choice

1981 · Wynn Thomas

Southern Comfort

1981 · Poole

People vs. Jean Harris

1981 · George Bolen

Tell Me a Riddle

1980 · Young David

Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story

1980 · Courtney Taylor

Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story

1980 · Courtney Taylor

Die Laughing

1980 · Davis

The Hippie Temptation

1967 · Digger

The Oscars

1953 · Self

National Geographic Special: Secret Cities of the Amazon

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

— · Narrator

Hayden's Corner

— · Narrator (voice)

Cornellskop: Freedom From Fear

— · Narrator

Lightworkers

— · Self-Interviewee

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