Acting · New York City, New York, USA · Born October 10, 1941
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.
MovieCornellskop: Freedom From Fear
2026
as Narrator
TVThe American Revolution
2025
as Narrator (voice)
MovieBlack Mountain Blues
2025
MovieThe Atomic Bowl: Football at Ground Zero -- And Nuclear Peril Today
2025
as Narrator
MovieMoment of Contact: New Revelations of Alien Encounters
2025
as Narrator (voice)
MovieO Mother Gaia: The World of Gary Snyder
2025
as Self
MovieThe Program
2024
as Narrator (voice)
MovieGood Men
2024
as Self
MovieBad Faith
2024
as Narrator (voice)
TVKennedy
2023
as Narrator (voice)
TVThe American Buffalo
2023
as Narrator (voice)
TVSan Francisco Sounds: A Place in Time
2023
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MovieFields of Gold
2023
as Narrator
TVLa Californie !
2023
as Self - Actor / Activist
MovieSpirit of Golf
2023
as Self
MovieAgainst All Enemies
2023
as Narrator
MovieJerry Brown: The Disrupter
2022
as Self
MovieMoment of Contact
2022
as Narrator (voice)
MovieThe Weight of a Feather: The Liberty Wildlife Story
2022
as Narrator
TVThe U.S. and the Holocaust
2022
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MovieThe Last Stand
2022
as Narrator (voice)
TVBenjamin Franklin
2022
as Narrator (voice)
MovieA Cloud Never Dies
2022
as Narrator (voice)
TVThe Tent Mender
2021
as as Narrator
MovieThe Co-op Wars
2021
as Narrator (voice)
MovieSan Francisco Stories
2021
as Narrator/SInger
TVHemingway
2021
as Narrator (voice)
MovieThe Girl Who Believes in Miracles
2021
as Sam Donovan
MovieWandering...But Not Lost
2021
as Narrator
MovieNepal Beyond
2021
as Narrator
MovieDownwinders and the Radioactive West
2021
as Narrator (voice)
MovieMarriner Eccles: Father of the Modern Federal Reserve
2021
as Narrator
MovieThe Phenomenon
2020
as Narrator (voice)
TVThe Comey Rule
2020
as Robert Mueller
TVHelter Skelter: An American Myth
2020
as Self - Actor, Diggers Early Core Member
MovieAbout Face: Jewish Refugees in the Allied Forces
2020
as Narrator (voice)
Sunseed: The Journey
2020
as Narrator (voice)
MovieAlmost Thirteen
2020
as Narrator
MoviePolanski, le travail à l'oeuvre
2019
as Self
MovieTroubled Waters: A Turtle's Tale
2019
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MovieOlompali: A Hippie Odyssey
2019
as narrator
TVCountry Music
2019
as Narrator
MovieThe Atomic Tree
2019
as Narrator
MovieThe Remarkable Life of John Weld
2018
as Narrator
MovieAs If They Were Angels
2018
as Narrator
MovieThe Mayo Clinic
2018
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MovieSummer of Love
2018
as Himself
MovieThe Etruscan Smile
2018
as Professor
MovieSaving Atlantis
2018
MovieSpielberg
2017
as Self
TVThe Disappearance
2017
as Henry Sullivan
TVThe Vietnam War
2017
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MovieRevolution: The Legacy of the Sixties
2017
MovieThe Beatles, Hippies & Hells Angels: Inside the Crazy World of Apple
2017
as Himself - Narrator
Movie1 Mile To You
2017
as Principal Umber
MovieThe Reality of Truth
2016
as Self
MovieAmericana
2016
as Ben
MovieWho Wants to Live Forever? The Wisdom of Aging.
2016
as Himself
MovieRobert Bly: A Thousand Years of Joy
2015
as Self
A Daring Journey: From Immigration to Education
2015
as Narrator
TVThe Spoils Before Dying
2015
as Dizzy the Cat
MovieEva & Leon
2015
as Le Père
MovieNo Deposit
2015
as Police Chief Williams
MovieA Coup in Camelot
2015
as Narrator (voice)
MovieGood Kill
2015
as Langley
MovieGirl on the Edge
2015
as Hank Taylor
MovieThe Price of Fame
2015
as Crooker
MovieBangkok, We Have A Problem!
2014
as Burt Lowell
TVThe Roosevelts: An Intimate History
2014
as Narrator (voice)
MovieRealm of the Ancient Redwoods
2014
as Narrator
TVThe Real History of Science Fiction
2014
as Himself
MovieAngel Azul
2014
as Narrator
TVIntelligence
2014
as Leland Strand
MoviePaolo Soleri: Beyond Form
2013
as Narrator
MovieThe Ghost Army
2013
as Narrator (Voice)
MovieLong Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
2013
as Self
Rise Above the Mark
2012
as Narrator
TVThe Dust Bowl
2012
as Peter Coyote
TVDangerous Waters
2012
as Self
MovieHemingway & Gellhorn
2012
as Maxwell Perkins
TVPerception
2012
as James Alan Pierce
Right to Play
2012
as Narrator
MovieValparaiso
2012
as Edward G. Drexler
MovieCold War on Ice: Summit Series '72
2012
as Narrator
TVProhibition
2011
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MovieThe Gundown
2011
as Thomas Morgan
MovieI am Fishead
2011
as narrator
MovieBag It
2011
as Self
MovieOceans in Glass
2011
as Narrator
TVOn the Trail of Easy Rider: 40 Years On... Still Searching for America
2011
as Self
MovieLast Will
2011
as Judge Garner
MovieGreen Fire
2011
as Aldo Leopold (voice)
MovieThis Is Not a Movie
2011
MovieThese Amazing Shadows
2011
as Self
MovieConnected: An Autoblogography About Love, Death & Technology
2011
as Narrator (voice)
MovieHere
2011
as Storyteller
TVGreat Migrations
2010
MovieDiDi Hollywood
2010
as Michael McLean
Chattahoochee: From Water War to Water Vision
2010
as Narrator
TVLaw & Order: LA
2010
as Jerry Hardin
TVBlue Bloods
2010
as Senator Ted McCreary
MovieWhat If Cannabis Cured Cancer
2010
as Narration
Call of Life: Facing the Mass Extinction
2010
as Narrator
Vampire Forensics
2010
MovieNazi Mystery - Twins From Brazil
2009
as Narrstor (voice)
Movie24 Hours After: Asteroid Impact
2009
as Narrator
For the Rights of All: Ending Jim Crow in Alaska
2009
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MovieI Know What I Saw
2009
as Narrator (voice)
MovieClimbing Redwood Giants
2009
as Self - Narrator (voice)
TVThe National Parks: America's Best Idea
2009
as Narrator
TVFlashForward
2009
as Dave Segovia
MovieWith One Voice
2009
as Narrator
TVFull Color Football: The History of the American Football League
2009
as Himself - Narrator
MovieWhat The Tourist Should See
2009
as Narrator (voice)
MovieTorturing Democracy
2009
as Narrator
Huxley on Huxley
2009
as Self
MovieGrand Canyon: A Journey of Wonder
2009
as Narrator
MovieHope & Redemption: The Lena Baker Story
2008
as Elliot Arthur
MovieAdopt a Sailor
2008
as Richard
MovieAll Roads Lead Home
2008
as Hock
MovieA Single Woman
2008
as Maury Maverick
Movie$5 a Day
2008
as Burt Kruger
MovieFinding Anastasia
2008
as Narrator
MovieIllicit: The Dark Trade
2008
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MovieAlaska Far Away
2008
as Narrator
MovieDr. Dolittle: Tail to the Chief
2008
as President Sterling
MovieThe Brain Fitness Program
2008
Texas Gold
2008
as Narrator
MovieOne Man, One Cow, One Planet
2007
as Narrator
MovieFog City Mavericks
2007
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MovieResurrecting the Champ
2007
as Ike Epstein
MovieHippies
2007
as Self
MovieThe Sunday Man
2007
as The Voice
MovieStrange Culture
2007
as Self
MovieSoldiers Of Conscience
2007
as Self
MovieBehind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil
2006
as President Adair T. Manning
Darryl Henriques Is in Show Business
2006
as Self
TVBrothers and Sisters
2006
as Mark August
MovieWoody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home
2006
as Narrator (voice)
MovieAKA Tommy Chong
2006
as Himself
MovieThe Gospel of Judas
2006
MovieA Little Trip to Heaven
2005
as Frank
MovieThe Sacramento River of Life
2005
as Narrator
The War Prayer
2005
as Narrator
MovieReturn of the Living Dead: Rave to the Grave
2005
as Uncle Charles
MovieReturn of the Living Dead: Necropolis
2005
as Uncle Charles
TVCommander in Chief
2005
as Warren Keaton
MovieThe Tribe
2005
as Voice
TVGuns Germs & Steel
2005
as Narrator (voice)
MovieDeepwater
2005
as Herman Finch
TVThe Inside
2005
as Special Agent Virgil "Web" Webster
MovieEnron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
2005
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MovieCommune
2005
as self, Black Bear resident
TVLaw & Order: Trial by Jury
2005
as Mike LaSalle
MovieThe Great Role
2004
as Rudolph Grichenberg
MovieShadow of Fear
2004
as Congressman Henderson
TVThe 4400
2004
as Dennis Ryland
MovieOil on Ice
2004
as Narrator
TVDeadwood
2004
as General Crook
Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer
2004
Bare Knuckle Filming: The Construction of Northfork
2003
as Narrator
MovieThe Hebrew Hammer
2003
as JJL Chief Bloomenbergensteinenthal
MoviePhenomenon II
2003
as John Ringold
TVNCIS
2003
as Ned Quinn
MovieHollywood's Magical Island: Catalina
2003
as Narrator (voice)
MovieNorthfork
2003
as Eddie
MovieOut of the Blue
2003
as Narrator (voice)
MovieWritten In Blood
2003
as John Traveller
MovieNational Geographic: Surviving Everest
2003
as Narrator
MovieBon Voyage
2003
as Alex Winckler
MovieGrizzly Diaries
2003
as Narrator (voice)
MovieUnprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election
2002
as Narrator
MovieA Time for Dancing
2002
as Wyn Michaels
TVFounding Brothers
2002
MovieFemme Fatale
2002
as Watts
MovieEmpty Oceans, Empty Nets
2002
as Narrator (voice)
Polanski y los ojos del mal
2002
as Himself
MovieE.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special
2002
as Self
MoviePurpose
2002
as Bernard Elias
MovieA Walk to Remember
2002
as Reverend Sullivan
TVThe Color of War
2001
as Narrator
TVLaw & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Lionel Shill
MovieSuddenly Naked
2001
as Lionel Heathcote
MovieNeighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Fillmore
2001
as Voice of Urban Renewal (Voice)
MovieMidwives
2001
as Stephen Hastings
MovieIn the Light of Reverence
2001
as Narrator (voice)
MovieJack the Dog
2001
as Alfred
TVThe Division
2001
as Ross
TVFounding Fathers
2000
as John Hancock (voice) / Thomas Jefferson (voice)
MovieMore Dogs Than Bones
2000
as Detective Darren Cody
MovieRed Letters
2000
as Dennis Burke
MovieThe Wednesday Woman
2000
as Don Wigulow
MovieThe Basket
2000
as Martin Conlon
MovieErin Brockovich
2000
as Kurt Potter
MovieSearch for the Submarine I-52
2000
as Narrator
MovieExecution of Justice
1999
as Harvey Milk
Missing in Tibet
1999
as Narrator
MovieRandom Hearts
1999
as Cullen Chandler
TVThe History of Sex
1999
as Himself - Narrator
TVIndependent Lens
1999
MovieEmperor of Hemp
1999
as Narrator
MovieMurder on Shadow Mountain
1999
as Dennis 'Denny' Traynor
MovieNational Geographic Explorer: The Battle For Midway
1999
as Himself - Narrator
MovieLast Call
1999
as Xuave
MoviePatch Adams
1998
as Bill Davis
MovieRoute 9
1998
as Sheriff Dwayne Hogan
A Dreamer and the Dreamtribe
1998
as Narrator
MovieIndiscreet
1998
as Detective Roos
MovieNational Geographic's Storm of the Century
1998
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MovieSeeds of Doubt
1998
MovieTitanic: Breaking New Ground
1998
as Narrator
MovieKarmapa - Two Ways of Divinity
1998
as Narrator, English version (voice)
TVRome: Power & Glory
1998
as Narrator
MovieSphere
1998
as Captain Harold C. Barnes
MovieTwo for Texas
1998
as Jim Bowie
San Francisco Diggers
1998
MovieAvalanche: The White Death
1998
as Narrator
MovieThe Secrets of 007
1997
as Narrator (voice)
MovieRoad Ends
1997
as Gene Gere
MovieTop of the World
1997
as Doc 'The Butcher'
MovieMurder in My Mind
1997
as Arthur Lefcourt
MovieAlaska's Great Wilderness Denali: The Living Edens
1997
as Narrator
MovieThe Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'
1996
as Self
TVThe West
1996
as Self - Narrator
MovieTerminal Justice
1996
as Deacon Vivyan
MovieDalva
1996
as Michael
TVSeduced by Madness
1996
as Ruben Borchardt
MovieUnforgettable
1996
as Don Bresler
TV21st Century Jet: The Building of the 777
1996
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MovieMoonlight and Valentino
1995
as Paul
MovieThat Eye, the Sky
1995
as Henry Warburton
MovieThe First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
as Narrator
MovieBuffalo Girls
1995
as Buffalo Bill Cody
TVCybill
1995
as Roger
MovieBreach of Conduct
1994
as Col. Andrew Case
MovieThe Peyote Road
1994
as Narrator
MovieKika
1993
as Nicholas Pierce
TVFallen Angels
1993
as Herman Charn
MovieEarth and the American Dream
1992
as Reader (voice)
The Pacific Century
1992
as Narrator (voice)
MovieBitter Moon
1992
as Oscar
MovieKeeper of the City
1991
as Frank Nordhall
MovieLiving a Lie
1991
as Matt
MovieCrooked Hearts
1991
as Edward Warren
MovieHigh Art
1991
as Peter Mandrake
MovieA Seduction in Travis County
1991
as Frank Maguire
MovieThe Man Inside
1990
as Henry Tobel
MovieWaldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey
1990
as Narrator (voice)
MoviePoison in the Rockies
1990
as Narrator (voice)
TVThe Simpsons
1989
as Peter Coyote (voice)
MovieUnconquered
1989
as Richmond Flowers Sr.
MovieHeart of Midnight
1988
as Sharpe/Larry
TVAmerican Experience
1988
as Narrator (voice)
MovieBaja Oklahoma
1988
as Slick Henderson
Collision Course: Labor Management Relations in America
1988
as Narrator
MovieEchoes in the Darkness
1987
as William Bradfield Jr.
TVEchoes in the Darkness
1987
as William Bradfield Jr.
MovieA Man in Love
1987
as Steve Elliott
MovieSworn to Silence
1987
as Sam Fischetti
MovieOutrageous Fortune
1987
as Michael Sanders
MovieStacking
1987
as The Photographer
MovieChild's Cry
1986
as Matt Townsend
MovieThe Blue Yonder
1985
as Max Knickerbocker
MovieContrary Warriors: A Film of the Crow Tribe
1985
as Narrator (voice)
MovieJagged Edge
1985
as Thomas Krasny
TVThe Twilight Zone
1985
as (segment "Shadow Play")
MovieJack Kerouac: King of the Beats
1985
as Narrator
MovieThe Legend of Billie Jean
1985
as Ringwald
TVExplorer
1985
MovieScorned and Swindled
1984
as Anthony Ristelli
MovieHeartbreakers
1984
as Blue
MovieBest Kept Secrets
1984
as Frank Mitchell
MovieSlayground
1983
as Stone
TVThe Hitchhiker
1983
as Alex Nolan
MovieThe Four Corners: A National Sacrifice Area?
1983
as Narrator (voice)
MovieCross Creek
1983
as Norton Baskin
MovieStrangers Kiss
1983
as Stanley, the Director
The UFO Experience
1982
TVNature
1982
as Narrator (voice)
MovieEndangered Species
1982
as Steele
MovieTimerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann
1982
as Porter Reese
MovieE.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1982
as Keys
TVAmerican Playhouse
1982
as Young David
MovieBreach of Contract
1982
MovieOut
1982
as Rex
MovieIsabel's Choice
1981
as Wynn Thomas
MovieSouthern Comfort
1981
as Poole
MoviePeople vs. Jean Harris
1981
as George Bolen
MovieTell Me a Riddle
1980
as Young David
MovieAlcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
1980
as Courtney Taylor
TVAlcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
1980
as Courtney Taylor
MovieDie Laughing
1980
as Davis
MovieThe Hippie Temptation
1967
as Digger
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
MovieNational Geographic Special: Secret Cities of the Amazon
MoviePretty Slick - The Deep Water Horizon Environmental Coverup - Extended Directors Cut
as Narrator
MovieHayden's Corner
as Narrator (voice)
MovieLightworkers
as Self-Interviewee
