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