Peter Coyote
Acting
Born: October 10, 1941 (age 84) · New York City, New York, USA
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1982
The Simpsons
1989
A Walk to Remember
2002
Erin Brockovich
2000
Patch Adams
1998
NCIS
2003
Sphere
1998
Blue Bloods
2010
Deadwood
2004
Bitter Moon
1992
The 4400
2004
Femme Fatale
2002
Photos (3)
Movies (185)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Keys
Sphere
Captain Harold C. Barnes
Erin Brockovich
Kurt Potter
A Walk to Remember
Reverend Sullivan
Bitter Moon
Oscar
Patch Adams
Bill Davis
Femme Fatale
Watts
Good Kill
Langley
Hemingway & Gellhorn
Maxwell Perkins
The Legend of Billie Jean
Ringwald
Random Hearts
Cullen Chandler
Resurrecting the Champ
Ike Epstein
Jagged Edge
Thomas Krasny
Dr. Dolittle: Tail to the Chief
President Sterling
Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil
President Adair T. Manning
Southern Comfort
Poole
DiDi Hollywood
Michael McLean
The Girl Who Believes in Miracles
Sam Donovan
Kika
Nicholas Pierce
Unconquered
Richmond Flowers Sr.
The Great Role
Rudolph Grichenberg
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Narrator
Unforgettable
Don Bresler
Endangered Species
Steele
Return of the Living Dead: Rave to the Grave
Uncle Charles
1 Mile To You
Principal Umber
Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis
Uncle Charles
Northfork
Eddie
A Little Trip to Heaven
Frank
The Etruscan Smile
Professor
Outrageous Fortune
Michael Sanders
Shadow of Fear
Congressman Henderson
Route 9
Sheriff Dwayne Hogan
Moonlight and Valentino
Paul
People vs. Jean Harris
George Bolen
Dalva
Michael
Deepwater
Herman Finch
Buffalo Girls
Buffalo Bill Cody
Nepal Beyond
Narrator
A Man in Love
Steve Elliott
Crooked Hearts
Edward Warren
Moment of Contact
Narrator (voice)
The Tribe
Voice
The Hebrew Hammer
JJL Chief Bloomenbergensteinenthal
Cross Creek
Norton Baskin
Earth and the American Dream
Reader (voice)
Top of the World
Doc 'The Butcher'
The Phenomenon
Narrator (voice)
Wandering...But Not Lost
Narrator
Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann
Porter Reese
Bon Voyage
Alex Winckler
Terminal Justice
Deacon Vivyan
Against All Enemies
Narrator
Seeds of Doubt
1998
Americana
Ben
Baja Oklahoma
Slick Henderson
Green Fire
Aldo Leopold (voice)
Olompali: A Hippie Odyssey
narrator
High Art
Peter Mandrake
Heart of Midnight
Sharpe/Larry
The Gundown
Thomas Morgan
The Hippie Temptation
Digger
Phenomenon II
John Ringold
Jack Kerouac: King of the Beats
Narrator
Oil on Ice
Narrator
Here
Storyteller
The Price of Fame
Crooker
Red Letters
Dennis Burke
Echoes in the Darkness
William Bradfield Jr.
Two for Texas
Jim Bowie
Angel Azul
Narrator
$5 a Day
Burt Kruger
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
Courtney Taylor
Die Laughing
Davis
Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey
Narrator (voice)
All Roads Lead Home
Hock
The Program
Narrator (voice)
Jack the Dog
Alfred
Child's Cry
Matt Townsend
Emperor of Hemp
Narrator
Bad Faith
Narrator (voice)
Indiscreet
Detective Roos
Sworn to Silence
Sam Fischetti
No Deposit
Police Chief Williams
Best Kept Secrets
Frank Mitchell
More Dogs Than Bones
Detective Darren Cody
Torturing Democracy
Narrator
Cornellskop: Freedom From Fear
Narrator
Grizzly Diaries
Narrator (voice)
Last Will
Judge Garner
Eva & Leon
Le Père
Fields of Gold
Narrator
Finding Anastasia
Narrator
Suddenly Naked
Lionel Heathcote
Adopt a Sailor
Richard
Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home
Narrator (voice)
A Time for Dancing
Wyn Michaels
Execution of Justice
Harvey Milk
Murder in My Mind
Arthur Lefcourt
Slayground
Stone
The Secrets of 007
Narrator (voice)
What The Tourist Should See
Narrator (voice)
The Man Inside
Henry Tobel
Girl on the Edge
Hank Taylor
Purpose
Bernard Elias
Paolo Soleri: Beyond Form
Narrator
Keeper of the City
Frank Nordhall
Scorned and Swindled
Anthony Ristelli
The Four Corners: A National Sacrifice Area?
Narrator (voice)
The Blue Yonder
Max Knickerbocker
With One Voice
Narrator
Revolution: The Legacy of the Sixties
2017
Saving Atlantis
2018
The Weight of a Feather: The Liberty Wildlife Story
Narrator
In the Light of Reverence
Narrator (voice)
Road Ends
Gene Gere
The Basket
Martin Conlon
Last Call
Xuave
About Face: Jewish Refugees in the Allied Forces
Narrator (voice)
Murder on Shadow Mountain
Dennis 'Denny' Traynor
National Geographic: Surviving Everest
Narrator
Strangers Kiss
Stanley, the Director
Isabel's Choice
Wynn Thomas
Out of the Blue
Narrator (voice)
Poison in the Rockies
Narrator (voice)
Alaska's Great Wilderness Denali: The Living Edens
Narrator
Out
Rex
Connected: An Autoblogography About Love, Death & Technology
Narrator (voice)
I Know What I Saw
Narrator (voice)
That Eye, the Sky
Henry Warburton
A Single Woman
Maury Maverick
The Last Stand
Narrator (voice)
Hope & Redemption: The Lena Baker Story
Elliot Arthur
The Remarkable Life of John Weld
Narrator
Stacking
The Photographer
Heartbreakers
Blue
Karmapa - Two Ways of Divinity
Narrator, English version (voice)
Breach of Conduct
Col. Andrew Case
The Ghost Army
Narrator (Voice)
The Peyote Road
Narrator
Moment of Contact: New Revelations of Alien Encounters
Narrator (voice)
I am Fishead
narrator
This Is Not a Movie
2011
Midwives
Stephen Hastings
Alaska Far Away
Narrator
The Atomic Tree
Narrator
Written In Blood
John Traveller
Living a Lie
Matt
A Seduction in Travis County
Frank Maguire
The Co-op Wars
Narrator (voice)
Contrary Warriors: A Film of the Crow Tribe
Narrator (voice)
Bangkok, We Have A Problem!
Burt Lowell
One Man, One Cow, One Planet
Narrator
The Wednesday Woman
Don Wigulow
The Gospel of Judas
2006
The Gospel of Judas
Narrator
Hollywood's Magical Island: Catalina
Narrator (voice)
As If They Were Angels
Narrator
Tell Me a Riddle
Young David
A Cloud Never Dies
Narrator (voice)
The Sunday Man
The Voice
The Brain Fitness Program
2008
Titanic: Breaking New Ground
Narrator
Realm of the Ancient Redwoods
Narrator
San Francisco Stories
Narrator/SInger
Avalanche: The White Death
Narrator
Downwinders and the Radioactive West
Narrator (voice)
A Coup in Camelot
Narrator (voice)
What If Cannabis Cured Cancer
Narration
Oceans in Glass
Narrator
Empty Oceans, Empty Nets
Narrator (voice)
Breach of Contract
1982
Almost Thirteen
Narrator
The Sacramento River of Life
Narrator
Marriner Eccles: Father of the Modern Federal Reserve
Narrator
Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election
Narrator
24 Hours After: Asteroid Impact
Narrator
The Atomic Bowl: Football at Ground Zero -- And Nuclear Peril Today
Narrator
Valparaiso
Edward G. Drexler
Black Mountain Blues
2025
Nazi Mystery - Twins From Brazil
Narrstor (voice)
Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Fillmore
Voice of Urban Renewal (Voice)
Cold War on Ice: Summit Series '72
Narrator
Search for the Submarine I-52
Narrator
Grand Canyon: A Journey of Wonder
Narrator
TV Shows (46)
The Simpsons
Peter Coyote (voice) · 1 eps
NCIS
Ned Quinn · 1 eps
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Lionel Shill · 1 eps
Blue Bloods
Senator Ted McCreary · 1 eps
American Playhouse
Young David · 1 eps
Nature
Narrator (voice) · 2 eps
American Experience
Narrator (voice) · 2 eps
The Division
Ross · 2 eps
Brothers and Sisters
Mark August · 4 eps
Deadwood
General George Crook · 1 eps
The 4400
Dennis Ryland · 13 eps
The Twilight Zone
(segment "Shadow Play") · 1 eps
Cybill
Roger · 1 eps
Independent Lens
278 eps
Law & Order: LA
Jerry Hardin · 8 eps
The Hitchhiker
Alex Nolan · 1 eps
Perception
James Alan Pierce · 4 eps
FlashForward
Dave Segovia · 2 eps
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Mike LaSalle · 1 eps
Fallen Angels
Herman Charn · 1 eps
Commander in Chief
Warren Keaton · 7 eps
The American Revolution
Narrator (voice) · 6 eps
Intelligence
Leland Strand · 3 eps
Explorer
1 eps
Country Music
Narrator · 8 eps
The Inside
Special Agent Virgil "Web" Webster · 13 eps
The Spoils Before Dying
Dizzy the Cat · 6 eps
Great Migrations
7 eps
The National Parks: America's Best Idea
Narrator · 6 eps
The Comey Rule
Robert Mueller · 2 eps
The Disappearance
Henry Sullivan · 6 eps
Seduced by Madness
Ruben Borchardt · 2 eps
Benjamin Franklin
Narrator (voice) · 2 eps
The American Buffalo
Narrator (voice) · 2 eps
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
Narrator (voice) · 7 eps
The Color of War
Narrator · 17 eps
Echoes in the Darkness
William Bradfield Jr. · 2 eps
Hemingway
Narrator (voice) · 3 eps
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
Courtney Taylor · 2 eps
Rome: Power & Glory
Narrator · 8 eps
Guns Germs & Steel
Narrator (voice) · 3 eps
Founding Fathers
John Hancock (voice) / Thomas Jefferson (voice) · 4 eps
Founding Brothers
2 eps
The Dust Bowl
Peter Coyote · 2 eps
Kennedy
Narrator (voice) · 8 eps
The Tent Mender
as Narrator · 3 eps
Self / Appearances (45)
The Oscars
Self · 1 eps
Explorer
Self - Narrator · 1 eps
Explorer
Himself - Narrator (voice) · 1 eps
The Vietnam War
Self - Narrator (voice) · 10 eps
Prohibition
Self - Narrator (voice) · 3 eps
The Real History of Science Fiction
Himself · 1 eps
The U.S. and the Holocaust
Self - Narrator (voice) · 3 eps
The West
Self - Narrator · 9 eps
Spielberg
Self
Helter Skelter: An American Myth
Self - Actor, Diggers Early Core Member · 1 eps
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Self - Narrator (voice)
Dangerous Waters
Self · 10 eps
On the Trail of Easy Rider: 40 Years On... Still Searching for America
Self · 1 eps
Fog City Mavericks
Self - Narrator (voice)
These Amazing Shadows
Self
Hippies
Self
Good Men
Self
The History of Sex
Himself - Narrator · 5 eps
The Mayo Clinic
Self - Narrator (voice)
21st Century Jet: The Building of the 777
Self - Narrator (voice) · 5 eps
San Francisco Sounds: A Place in Time
Self - Narrator (voice) · 2 eps
Full Color Football: The History of the American Football League
Himself - Narrator · 5 eps
La Californie !
Self - Actor / Activist · 3 eps
Spirit of Golf
Self
AKA Tommy Chong
Himself
Summer of Love
Himself
Jerry Brown: The Disrupter
Self
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special
Self
Commune
self, Black Bear resident
Robert Bly: A Thousand Years of Joy
Self
The Reality of Truth
Self
Soldiers Of Conscience
Self
The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'
Self
Strange Culture
Self
Bag It
Self
Illicit: The Dark Trade
Self - Narrator (voice)
Troubled Waters: A Turtle's Tale
Self - Narrator (voice)
Who Wants to Live Forever? The Wisdom of Aging.
Himself
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
Self
National Geographic's Storm of the Century
Self - Narrator (voice)
National Geographic Explorer: The Battle For Midway
Himself - Narrator
Polanski, le travail à l'oeuvre
Self
Climbing Redwood Giants
Self - Narrator (voice)
O Mother Gaia: The World of Gary Snyder
Self
The Beatles, Hippies & Hells Angels: Inside the Crazy World of Apple
Himself - Narrator
