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