Peter Coyote
Acting
1941-10-10 · New York City, New York, USA
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.
Filmography
TheatersCornellskop: Freedom From Fear
2026 · Movie
The American Revolution
2025 · Series
Black Mountain Blues
2025 · Movie
The Atomic Bowl: Football at Ground Zero -- And Nuclear Peril Today
2025 · Movie
Moment of Contact: New Revelations of Alien Encounters
2025 · Movie
O Mother Gaia: The World of Gary Snyder
2025 · Movie
The Program
2024 · Movie
Good Men
2024 · Movie
Bad Faith
2024 · Movie
Kennedy
2023 · Series
The American Buffalo
2023 · Series
San Francisco Sounds: A Place in Time
2023 · Series
Fields of Gold
2023 · Movie
La Californie !
2023 · Series
Spirit of Golf
2023 · Movie
Against All Enemies
2023 · Movie
Jerry Brown: The Disrupter
2022 · Movie
Moment of Contact
2022 · Movie
The Weight of a Feather: The Liberty Wildlife Story
2022 · Movie
The U.S. and the Holocaust
2022 · Series
The Last Stand
2022 · Movie
Benjamin Franklin
2022 · Series
A Cloud Never Dies
2022 · Movie
The Tent Mender
2021 · Series
The Co-op Wars
2021 · Movie
San Francisco Stories
2021 · Movie
Hemingway
2021 · Series
The Girl Who Believes in Miracles
2021 · Movie
Wandering...But Not Lost
2021 · Movie
Nepal Beyond
2021 · Movie
Downwinders and the Radioactive West
2021 · Movie
Marriner Eccles: Father of the Modern Federal Reserve
2021 · Movie
The Phenomenon
2020 · Movie
The Comey Rule
2020 · Series
Helter Skelter: An American Myth
2020 · Series
About Face: Jewish Refugees in the Allied Forces
2020 · Movie
Sunseed: The Journey
2020 · Movie
Almost Thirteen
2020 · Movie
Polanski, le travail à l'oeuvre
2019 · Movie
Troubled Waters: A Turtle's Tale
2019 · Movie
Olompali: A Hippie Odyssey
2019 · Movie
Country Music
2019 · Series
The Atomic Tree
2019 · Movie
The Remarkable Life of John Weld
2018 · Movie
As If They Were Angels
2018 · Movie
The Mayo Clinic
2018 · Movie
Summer of Love
2018 · Movie
The Etruscan Smile
2018 · Movie
Saving Atlantis
2018 · Movie
Spielberg
2017 · Movie
The Disappearance
2017 · Series
The Vietnam War
2017 · Series
Revolution: The Legacy of the Sixties
2017 · Movie
The Beatles, Hippies & Hells Angels: Inside the Crazy World of Apple
2017 · Movie
1 Mile To You
2017 · Movie
Paris Can Wait
2016 · Movie
The Reality of Truth
2016 · Movie
Americana
2016 · Movie
Who Wants to Live Forever? The Wisdom of Aging.
2016 · Movie
Robert Bly: A Thousand Years of Joy
2015 · Movie
A Daring Journey: From Immigration to Education
2015 · Movie
The Spoils Before Dying
2015 · Series
Eva & Leon
2015 · Movie
No Deposit
2015 · Movie
A Coup in Camelot
2015 · Movie
Good Kill
2015 · Movie
Girl on the Edge
2015 · Movie
The Price of Fame
2015 · Movie
Bangkok, We Have A Problem!
2014 · Movie
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
2014 · Series
Realm of the Ancient Redwoods
2014 · Movie
The Real History of Science Fiction
2014 · Series
Angel Azul
2014 · Movie
Intelligence
2014 · Series
Paolo Soleri: Beyond Form
2013 · Movie
The Ghost Army
2013 · Movie
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
2013 · Movie
Rise Above the Mark
2012 · Movie
The Dust Bowl
2012 · Series
Dangerous Waters
2012 · Series
Hemingway & Gellhorn
2012 · Movie
Perception
2012 · Series
Right to Play
2012 · Movie
Valparaiso
2012 · Movie
Cold War on Ice: Summit Series '72
2012 · Movie
Prohibition
2011 · Series
The Gundown
2011 · Movie
I am Fishead
2011 · Movie
Bag It
2011 · Movie
Oceans in Glass
2011 · Movie
On the Trail of Easy Rider: 40 Years On... Still Searching for America
2011 · Series
Last Will
2011 · Movie
Green Fire
2011 · Movie
This Is Not a Movie
2011 · Movie
These Amazing Shadows
2011 · Movie
Here
2011 · Movie
Connected: An Autoblogography About Love, Death & Technology
2011 · Movie
Great Migrations
2010 · Series
DiDi Hollywood
2010 · Movie
Chattahoochee: From Water War to Water Vision
2010 · Movie
Law & Order: LA
2010 · Series
Blue Bloods
2010 · Series
What If Cannabis Cured Cancer
2010 · Movie
Call of Life: Facing the Mass Extinction
2010 · Movie
Vampire Forensics
2010 · Movie
Nazi Mystery - Twins From Brazil
2009 · Movie
24 Hours After: Asteroid Impact
2009 · Movie
For the Rights of All: Ending Jim Crow in Alaska
2009 · Movie
I Know What I Saw
2009 · Movie
Climbing Redwood Giants
2009 · Movie
The National Parks: America's Best Idea
2009 · Series
FlashForward
2009 · Series
With One Voice
2009 · Movie
Full Color Football: The History of the American Football League
2009 · Series
What The Tourist Should See
2009 · Movie
Torturing Democracy
2009 · Movie
Huxley on Huxley
2009 · Movie
Grand Canyon: A Journey of Wonder
2009 · Movie
Hope & Redemption: The Lena Baker Story
2008 · Movie
Adopt a Sailor
2008 · Movie
All Roads Lead Home
2008 · Movie
A Single Woman
2008 · Movie
$5 a Day
2008 · Movie
Finding Anastasia
2008 · Movie
Illicit: The Dark Trade
2008 · Movie
Alaska Far Away
2008 · Movie
Dr. Dolittle: Tail to the Chief
2008 · Movie
The Brain Fitness Program
2008 · Movie
Texas Gold
2008 · Movie
One Man, One Cow, One Planet
2007 · Movie
Fog City Mavericks
2007 · Movie
Resurrecting the Champ
2007 · Movie
Hippies
2007 · Movie
The Sunday Man
2007 · Movie
Strange Culture
2007 · Movie
Soldiers Of Conscience
2007 · Movie
Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil
2006 · Movie
Darryl Henriques Is in Show Business
2006 · Movie
Brothers and Sisters
2006 · Series
Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home
2006 · Movie
AKA Tommy Chong
2006 · Movie
The Gospel of Judas
2006 · Movie
A Little Trip to Heaven
2005 · Movie
The Sacramento River of Life
2005 · Movie
The War Prayer
2005 · Movie
Return of the Living Dead: Rave to the Grave
2005 · Movie
Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis
2005 · Movie
Commander in Chief
2005 · Series
The Tribe
2005 · Movie
Guns Germs & Steel
2005 · Series
Deepwater
2005 · Movie
The Inside
2005 · Series
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
2005 · Movie
Commune
2005 · Movie
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
2005 · Series
The Great Role
2004 · Movie
Shadow of Fear
2004 · Movie
The 4400
2004 · Series
Oil on Ice
2004 · Movie
Deadwood
2004 · Series
Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer
2004 · Movie
Bare Knuckle Filming: The Construction of Northfork
2003 · Movie
The Hebrew Hammer
2003 · Movie
Phenomenon II
2003 · Movie
NCIS
2003 · Series
Hollywood's Magical Island: Catalina
2003 · Movie
Northfork
2003 · Movie
Out of the Blue
2003 · Movie
Written In Blood
2003 · Movie
National Geographic: Surviving Everest
2003 · Movie
Bon Voyage
2003 · Movie
Grizzly Diaries
2003 · Movie
Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election
2002 · Movie
A Time for Dancing
2002 · Movie
Founding Brothers
2002 · Series
Femme Fatale
2002 · Movie
Empty Oceans, Empty Nets
2002 · Movie
Polanski y los ojos del mal
2002 · Movie
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special
2002 · Movie
Purpose
2002 · Movie
A Walk to Remember
2002 · Movie
The Color of War
2001 · Series
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · Series
Suddenly Naked
2001 · Movie
Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Fillmore
2001 · Movie
Midwives
2001 · Movie
In the Light of Reverence
2001 · Movie
Jack the Dog
2001 · Movie
The Division
2001 · Series
Founding Fathers
2000 · Series
More Dogs Than Bones
2000 · Movie
Red Letters
2000 · Movie
The Wednesday Woman
2000 · Movie
The Basket
2000 · Movie
Erin Brockovich
2000 · Movie
Search for the Submarine I-52
2000 · Movie
Execution of Justice
1999 · Movie
Missing in Tibet
1999 · Movie
Random Hearts
1999 · Movie
The History of Sex
1999 · Series
Independent Lens
1999 · Series
Emperor of Hemp
1999 · Movie
Murder on Shadow Mountain
1999 · Movie
National Geographic Explorer: The Battle For Midway
1999 · Movie
Last Call
1999 · Movie
Patch Adams
1998 · Movie
Route 9
1998 · Movie
A Dreamer and the Dreamtribe
1998 · Movie
Indiscreet
1998 · Movie
National Geographic's Storm of the Century
1998 · Movie
Seeds of Doubt
1998 · Movie
Titanic: Breaking New Ground
1998 · Movie
Karmapa - Two Ways of Divinity
1998 · Movie
Rome: Power & Glory
1998 · Series
Sphere
1998 · Movie
Two for Texas
1998 · Movie
San Francisco Diggers
1998 · Movie
Avalanche: The White Death
1998 · Movie
The Secrets of 007
1997 · Movie
Road Ends
1997 · Movie
Top of the World
1997 · Movie
Murder in My Mind
1997 · Movie
Alaska's Great Wilderness Denali: The Living Edens
1997 · Movie
The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'
1996 · Movie
The West
1996 · Series
Terminal Justice
1996 · Movie
Dalva
1996 · Movie
Seduced by Madness
1996 · Series
Unforgettable
1996 · Movie
21st Century Jet: The Building of the 777
1996 · Series
Moonlight and Valentino
1995 · Movie
That Eye, the Sky
1995 · Movie
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995 · Movie
Buffalo Girls
1995 · Movie
Cybill
1995 · Series
Breach of Conduct
1994 · Movie
The Peyote Road
1994 · Movie
Kika
1993 · Movie
Fallen Angels
1993 · Series
The Pacific Century
1992 · Series
Earth and the American Dream
1992 · Movie
Bitter Moon
1992 · Movie
Keeper of the City
1991 · Movie
Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier
1991 · Movie
Living a Lie
1991 · Movie
Crooked Hearts
1991 · Movie
High Art
1991 · Movie
A Seduction in Travis County
1991 · Movie
The Man Inside
1990 · Movie
Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey
1990 · Movie
Poison in the Rockies
1990 · Movie
The Simpsons
1989 · Series
Unconquered
1989 · Movie
Heart of Midnight
1988 · Movie
American Experience
1988 · Series
Baja Oklahoma
1988 · Movie
Collision Course: Labor Management Relations in America
1988 · Movie
Echoes in the Darkness
1987 · Series
Echoes in the Darkness
1987 · Movie
A Man in Love
1987 · Movie
Sworn to Silence
1987 · Movie
Outrageous Fortune
1987 · Movie
Stacking
1987 · Movie
Child's Cry
1986 · Movie
The Blue Yonder
1985 · Movie
Contrary Warriors: A Film of the Crow Tribe
1985 · Movie
Jagged Edge
1985 · Movie
The Twilight Zone
1985 · Series
Jack Kerouac: King of the Beats
1985 · Movie
The Legend of Billie Jean
1985 · Movie
Explorer
1985 · Series
Scorned and Swindled
1984 · Movie
Heartbreakers
1984 · Movie
Best Kept Secrets
1984 · Movie
Slayground
1984 · Movie
The Hitchhiker
1983 · Series
The Four Corners: A National Sacrifice Area?
1983 · Movie
Cross Creek
1983 · Movie
Strangers Kiss
1983 · Movie
The UFO Experience
1982 · Movie
Nature
1982 · Series
Endangered Species
1982 · Movie
Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann
1982 · Movie
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1982 · Movie
American Playhouse
1982 · Series
Out
1982 · Movie
Breach of Contract
1982 · Movie
Isabel's Choice
1981 · Movie
Southern Comfort
1981 · Movie
People vs. Jean Harris
1981 · Movie
Tell Me a Riddle
1980 · Movie
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
1980 · Series
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
1980 · Movie
Die Laughing
1980 · Movie
The Hippie Temptation
1967 · Movie
The Oscars
1953 · Series
Lightworkers
Movie
National Geographic Special: Secret Cities of the Amazon
Movie
Pretty Slick - The Deep Water Horizon Environmental Coverup - Extended Directors Cut
Movie
Hayden's Corner
Movie