Peter Coyote
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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
Credits
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
as Keys
Erin Brockovich (2000)
as Kurt Potter
Sphere (1998)
as Captain Harold C. Barnes
A Walk to Remember (2002)
as Reverend Sullivan
Patch Adams (1998)
as Bill Davis
Bitter Moon (1992)
as Oscar
Femme Fatale (2002)
as Watts
Hemingway & Gellhorn (2012)
as Maxwell Perkins
Resurrecting the Champ (2007)
as Ike Epstein
Jagged Edge (1985)
as Thomas Krasny
Good Kill (2015)
as Langley
Random Hearts (1999)
as Cullen Chandler
Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil (2006)
as President Adair T. Manning
The Girl Who Believes in Miracles (2021)
as Sam Donovan
Kika (1993)
as Nicholas Pierce
Unconquered (1989)
as Richmond Flowers Sr.
The Legend of Billie Jean (1985)
as Ringwald
Southern Comfort (1981)
as Poole
Spielberg (2017)
as Self
Unforgettable (1996)
as Don Bresler
The Great Role (2004)
as Rudolph Grichenberg
Dr. Dolittle: Tail to the Chief (2008)
as President Sterling
These Amazing Shadows (2011)
as Self
DiDi Hollywood (2010)
as Michael McLean
1 Mile To You (2017)
as Principal Umber
The Mayo Clinic (2018)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
A Little Trip to Heaven (2005)
as Frank
Return of the Living Dead: Rave to the Grave (2005)
as Uncle Charles
Vampire Forensics (2010)
Actor
Northfork (2003)
as Eddie
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Outrageous Fortune (1987)
as Michael Sanders
Shadow of Fear (2004)
as Congressman Henderson
Moonlight and Valentino (1995)
as Paul
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995)
as Narrator
The Etruscan Smile (2018)
as Professor
Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis (2005)
as Uncle Charles
Good Men (2024)
as Self
Nepal Beyond (2021)
as Narrator
Endangered Species (1982)
as Steele
People vs. Jean Harris (1981)
as George Bolen
Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann (1982)
as Porter Reese
Moment of Contact (2022)
as Narrator (voice)
The Hebrew Hammer (2003)
as JJL Chief Bloomenbergensteinenthal
Earth and the American Dream (1992)
as Reader (voice)
Top of the World (1997)
as Doc 'The Butcher'
Cross Creek (1983)
as Norton Baskin
A Man in Love (1987)
as Steve Elliott
Route 9 (1998)
as Sheriff Dwayne Hogan
Crooked Hearts (1991)
as Edward Warren
Hippies (2007)
as Self
Echoes in the Darkness (1987)
as William Bradfield Jr.
Green Fire (2011)
as Aldo Leopold (voice)
The Price of Fame (2015)
as Crooker
The Phenomenon (2020)
as Narrator (voice)
Bon Voyage (2003)
as Alex Winckler
Bare Knuckle Filming: The Construction of Northfork (2003)
as Narrator
More Dogs Than Bones (2000)
as Detective Darren Cody
High Art (1991)
as Peter Mandrake
Indiscreet (1998)
as Detective Roos
Buffalo Girls (1995)
as Buffalo Bill Cody
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story (1980)
as Courtney Taylor
All Roads Lead Home (2008)
as Hock
Wandering...But Not Lost (2021)
as Narrator
The Gundown (2011)
as Thomas Morgan
No Deposit (2015)
as Police Chief Williams
Deepwater (2005)
as Herman Finch
Terminal Justice (1996)
as Deacon Vivyan
Jack the Dog (2001)
as Alfred
Heart of Midnight (1988)
as Sharpe/Larry
Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey (1990)
as Narrator (voice)
The Hippie Temptation (1967)
as Digger
Die Laughing (1980)
as Davis
Fields of Gold (2023)
as Narrator
Torturing Democracy (2009)
as Narrator
A Time for Dancing (2002)
as Wyn Michaels
Phenomenon II (2003)
as John Ringold
Murder in My Mind (1997)
as Arthur Lefcourt
Dalva (1996)
as Michael
Americana (2016)
as Ben
Bag It (2011)
as Self
Sworn to Silence (1987)
as Sam Fischetti
Here (2011)
as Storyteller
The Tribe (2005)
as Voice
Against All Enemies (2023)
as Narrator
Fog City Mavericks (2007)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Murder on Shadow Mountain (1999)
as Dennis 'Denny' Traynor
Two for Texas (1998)
as Jim Bowie
Breach of Conduct (1994)
as Col. Andrew Case
Keeper of the City (1991)
as Frank Nordhall
Child's Cry (1986)
as Matt Townsend
The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial' (1996)
as Self
$5 a Day (2008)
as Burt Kruger
Last Will (2011)
as Judge Garner
Baja Oklahoma (1988)
as Slick Henderson
Spirit of Golf (2023)
as Self
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special (2002)
as Self
A Daring Journey: From Immigration to Education (2015)
as Narrator
Olompali: A Hippie Odyssey (2019)
as narrator
Robert Bly: A Thousand Years of Joy (2015)
as Self
Grizzly Diaries (2003)
as Narrator (voice)
The Remarkable Life of John Weld (2018)
as Narrator
Best Kept Secrets (1984)
as Frank Mitchell
What The Tourist Should See (2009)
as Narrator (voice)
Finding Anastasia (2008)
as Narrator
Hope & Redemption: The Lena Baker Story (2008)
as Elliot Arthur
The Basket (2000)
as Martin Conlon
Cornellskop: Freedom From Fear (2026)
as Narrator
The Blue Yonder (1985)
as Max Knickerbocker
Angel Azul (2014)
as Narrator
Collision Course: Labor Management Relations in America (1988)
as Narrator
Red Letters (2000)
as Dennis Burke
Suddenly Naked (2001)
as Lionel Heathcote
Road Ends (1997)
as Gene Gere
The Program (2024)
as Narrator (voice)
Jerry Brown: The Disrupter (2022)
as Self
Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home (2006)
as Narrator (voice)
The Reality of Truth (2016)
as Self
With One Voice (2009)
as Narrator
Texas Gold (2008)
as Narrator
Bad Faith (2024)
as Narrator (voice)
Lightworkers (—)
as Self-Interviewee
Revolution: The Legacy of the Sixties (2017)
Actor
Out (1982)
as Rex
The Man Inside (1990)
as Henry Tobel
A Single Woman (2008)
as Maury Maverick
Midwives (2001)
as Stephen Hastings
Adopt a Sailor (2008)
as Richard
Scorned and Swindled (1984)
as Anthony Ristelli
Last Call (1999)
as Xuave
AKA Tommy Chong (2006)
as Himself
Titanic: Breaking New Ground (1998)
as Narrator
Heartbreakers (1984)
as Blue
Summer of Love (2018)
as Himself
Strangers Kiss (1983)
as Stanley, the Director
The Secrets of 007 (1997)
as Narrator (voice)
As If They Were Angels (2018)
as Narrator
The Gospel of Judas (2006)
Actor
Bangkok, We Have A Problem! (2014)
as Burt Lowell
Execution of Justice (1999)
as Harvey Milk
The Four Corners: A National Sacrifice Area? (1983)
as Narrator (voice)
Eva & Leon (2015)
as Le Père
Girl on the Edge (2015)
as Hank Taylor
Connected: An Autoblogography About Love, Death & Technology (2011)
as Narrator (voice)
Purpose (2002)
as Bernard Elias
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal (2013)
as Self
Karmapa - Two Ways of Divinity (1998)
as Narrator, English version (voice)
Jack Kerouac: King of the Beats (1985)
as Narrator
Troubled Waters: A Turtle's Tale (2019)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Wednesday Woman (2000)
as Don Wigulow
Soldiers Of Conscience (2007)
as Self
Darryl Henriques Is in Show Business (2006)
as Self
National Geographic: Surviving Everest (2003)
as Narrator
One Man, One Cow, One Planet (2007)
as Narrator
The Last Stand (2022)
as Narrator (voice)
Commune (2005)
as self, Black Bear resident
Call of Life: Facing the Mass Extinction (2010)
as Narrator
Written In Blood (2003)
as John Traveller
Living a Lie (1991)
as Matt
Slayground (1984)
as Stone
A Seduction in Travis County (1991)
as Frank Maguire
Emperor of Hemp (1999)
as Narrator
About Face: Jewish Refugees in the Allied Forces (2020)
as Narrator (voice)
The Weight of a Feather: The Liberty Wildlife Story (2022)
as Narrator
For the Rights of All: Ending Jim Crow in Alaska (2009)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Oil on Ice (2004)
as Narrator
Paolo Soleri: Beyond Form (2013)
as Narrator
Illicit: The Dark Trade (2008)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Contrary Warriors: A Film of the Crow Tribe (1985)
as Narrator (voice)
Alaska Far Away (2008)
as Narrator
Out of the Blue (2003)
as Narrator (voice)
The Peyote Road (1994)
as Narrator
Who Wants to Live Forever? The Wisdom of Aging. (2016)
as Himself
I Know What I Saw (2009)
as Narrator (voice)
Polanski, le travail à l'oeuvre (2019)
as Self
This Is Not a Movie (2011)
Actor
Saving Atlantis (2018)
Actor
Moment of Contact: New Revelations of Alien Encounters (2025)
as Narrator (voice)
National Geographic's Storm of the Century (1998)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Seeds of Doubt (1998)
Actor
The Sunday Man (2007)
as The Voice
That Eye, the Sky (1995)
as Henry Warburton
In the Light of Reverence (2001)
as Narrator (voice)
Tell Me a Riddle (1980)
as Young David
National Geographic Explorer: The Battle For Midway (1999)
as Himself - Narrator
Climbing Redwood Giants (2009)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer (2004)
Actor
Isabel's Choice (1981)
as Wynn Thomas
Poison in the Rockies (1990)
as Narrator (voice)
Strange Culture (2007)
as Self
The Ghost Army (2013)
as Narrator (Voice)
Huxley on Huxley (2009)
as Self
Chattahoochee: From Water War to Water Vision (2010)
as Narrator
Hollywood's Magical Island: Catalina (2003)
as Narrator (voice)
The Atomic Tree (2019)
as Narrator
Downwinders and the Radioactive West (2021)
as Narrator (voice)
Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election (2002)
as Narrator
What If Cannabis Cured Cancer (2010)
as Narration
Stacking (1987)
as The Photographer
The Co-op Wars (2021)
as Narrator (voice)
National Geographic Special: Secret Cities of the Amazon (—)
Actor
San Francisco Stories (2021)
as Narrator/SInger
I am Fishead (2011)
as narrator
The Atomic Bowl: Football at Ground Zero -- And Nuclear Peril Today (2025)
as Narrator
The UFO Experience (1982)
Actor
The Brain Fitness Program (2008)
Actor
Almost Thirteen (2020)
as Narrator
Oceans in Glass (2011)
as Narrator
Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Fillmore (2001)
as Voice of Urban Renewal (Voice)
The War Prayer (2005)
as Narrator
A Cloud Never Dies (2022)
as Narrator (voice)
San Francisco Diggers (1998)
Actor
Avalanche: The White Death (1998)
as Narrator
A Dreamer and the Dreamtribe (1998)
as Narrator
Empty Oceans, Empty Nets (2002)
as Narrator (voice)
Breach of Contract (1982)
Actor
Marriner Eccles: Father of the Modern Federal Reserve (2021)
as Narrator
A Coup in Camelot (2015)
as Narrator (voice)
Realm of the Ancient Redwoods (2014)
as Narrator
Black Mountain Blues (2025)
Actor
24 Hours After: Asteroid Impact (2009)
as Narrator
Right to Play (2012)
as Narrator
O Mother Gaia: The World of Gary Snyder (2025)
as Self
Alaska's Great Wilderness Denali: The Living Edens (1997)
as Narrator
Polanski y los ojos del mal (2002)
as Himself
Cold War on Ice: Summit Series '72 (2012)
as Narrator
The Sacramento River of Life (2005)
as Narrator
Valparaiso (2012)
as Edward G. Drexler
Pretty Slick - The Deep Water Horizon Environmental Coverup - Extended Directors Cut (—)
as Narrator
The Beatles, Hippies & Hells Angels: Inside the Crazy World of Apple (2017)
as Himself - Narrator
Sunseed: The Journey (2020)
as Narrator (voice)
Hayden's Corner (—)
as Narrator (voice)
Search for the Submarine I-52 (2000)
as Narrator
Missing in Tibet (1999)
as Narrator
Rise Above the Mark (2012)
as Narrator
Nazi Mystery - Twins From Brazil (2009)
as Narrstor (voice)
Grand Canyon: A Journey of Wonder (2009)
as Narrator