Acting
Peter Coyote
EN, FR, ES, PT cinema · 242 credits
Born
10 October 1941 (age 85)
Birthplace
New York City, New York, USA
Also known as Rachmil Pinchus Ben Mosha Cohon
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
Filmography
Pretty Slick - The Deep Water Horizon Environmental Coverup - Extended Directors Cut
as Narrator
Hayden's Corner
as Narrator (voice)
Huichols and Pesticides
Huichols and Pesticides
as Narrator (voice)
Lightworkers
as Self-Interviewee
Antonio's Road
as Breaking News Reporter (voice)
Moment of Contact: New Revelations of Alien Encounters
as Narrator (voice)
Bad Faith
as Narrator (voice)
The Program
as Narrator (voice)
Good Men
as Self
Against All Enemies
as Narrator
Fields of Gold
as Narrator
A Cloud Never Dies
as Narrator (voice)
Moment of Contact
as Narrator (voice)
The Last Stand
as Narrator (voice)
Downwinders and the Radioactive West
as Narrator (voice)
Nepal Beyond
as Narrator
Wandering...But Not Lost
as Narrator
The Co-op Wars
as Narrator (voice)
The Girl Who Believes in Miracles
as Sam Donovan
San Francisco Stories
as Narrator/SInger
Sunseed: The Journey
2020
Sunseed: The Journey
as Narrator (voice)
Almost Thirteen
as Narrator
The Phenomenon
as Narrator (voice)
About Face: Jewish Refugees in the Allied Forces
as Narrator (voice)
Troubled Waters: A Turtle's Tale
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Olompali: A Hippie Odyssey
as narrator
The Atomic Tree
as Narrator
The Etruscan Smile
as Professor
The Mayo Clinic
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Summer of Love
as Himself
As If They Were Angels
as Narrator
1 Mile To You
as Principal Umber
Spielberg
as Self
The Beatles, Hippies & Hells Angels: Inside the Crazy World of Apple
as Himself - Narrator
Americana
as Ben
The Price of Fame
as Crooker
No Deposit
as Police Chief Williams
Eva & Leon
as Le Père
Good Kill
as Langley
Girl on the Edge
as Hank Taylor
A Coup in Camelot
as Narrator (voice)
Angel Azul
as Narrator
Bangkok, We Have A Problem!
as Burt Lowell
The Ghost Army
as Narrator (Voice)
Paolo Soleri: Beyond Form
as Narrator
Hemingway & Gellhorn
as Maxwell Perkins
Valparaiso
as Edward G. Drexler
The Gundown
as Thomas Morgan
Connected: An Autoblogography About Love, Death & Technology
as Narrator (voice)
Here
as Storyteller
I am Fishead
as narrator
Last Will
as Judge Garner
Green Fire
as Aldo Leopold (voice)
Bag It
as Self
Oceans in Glass
as Narrator
DiDi Hollywood
as Michael McLean
What If Cannabis Cured Cancer
as Narration
Call of Life: Facing the Mass Extinction
2010
Call of Life: Facing the Mass Extinction
as Narrator
Reconstructing T-Rex
as Narrator
Torturing Democracy
as Narrator
Nazi Mystery - Twins From Brazil
as Narrstor (voice)
For the Rights of All: Ending Jim Crow in Alaska
2009
For the Rights of All: Ending Jim Crow in Alaska
as Self - Narrator (voice)
I Know What I Saw
as Narrator (voice)
With One Voice
as Narrator
Climbing Redwood Giants
as Self - Narrator (voice)
What The Tourist Should See
as Narrator (voice)
$5 a Day
as Burt Kruger
Dr. Dolittle: Tail to the Chief
as President Sterling
Hope & Redemption: The Lena Baker Story
as Elliot Arthur
Adopt a Sailor
as Richard
Texas Gold
2008
Texas Gold
as Narrator
Illicit: The Dark Trade
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Alaska Far Away
as Narrator
A Single Woman
as Maury Maverick
Finding Anastasia
as Narrator
One Man, One Cow, One Planet
as Narrator
Strange Culture
as Self
Hippies
as Self
The Sunday Man
as The Voice
Resurrecting the Champ
as Ike Epstein
Fog City Mavericks
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil
as President Adair T. Manning
AKA Tommy Chong
as Himself
The Gospel of Judas
Actor, as Narrator
Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home
as Narrator (voice)
Darryl Henriques Is in Show Business
2006
Darryl Henriques Is in Show Business
as Self
Return of the Living Dead: Rave to the Grave
as Uncle Charles
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Deepwater
as Herman Finch
The Tribe
as Voice
Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis
as Uncle Charles
The Sacramento River of Life
as Narrator
Commune
as self, Black Bear resident
Shadow of Fear
as Congressman Henderson
The Great Role
as Rudolph Grichenberg
Oil on Ice
as Narrator
Northfork
as Eddie
Written In Blood
as John Traveller
Out of the Blue
as Narrator (voice)
Hollywood's Magical Island: Catalina
as Narrator (voice)
Grizzly Diaries
as Narrator (voice)
Bon Voyage
as Alex Winckler
Phenomenon II
as John Ringold
The Hebrew Hammer
as JJL Chief Bloomenbergensteinenthal
A Walk to Remember
as Reverend Sullivan
Femme Fatale
as Watts
A Time for Dancing
as Wyn Michaels
Purpose
as Bernard Elias
Empty Oceans, Empty Nets
as Narrator (voice)
Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Fillmore
as Voice of Urban Renewal (Voice)
Suddenly Naked
as Lionel Heathcote
Midwives
as Stephen Hastings
In the Light of Reverence
as Narrator (voice)
Jack the Dog
as Alfred
Erin Brockovich
as Kurt Potter
More Dogs Than Bones
as Detective Darren Cody
The Basket
as Martin Conlon
Red Letters
as Dennis Burke
The Wednesday Woman
as Don Wigulow
Search for the Submarine I-52
as Narrator
Random Hearts
as Cullen Chandler
Emperor of Hemp
as Narrator
Last Call
as Xuave
National Geographic Explorer: The Battle For Midway
as Himself - Narrator
Execution of Justice
as Harvey Milk
Murder on Shadow Mountain
as Dennis 'Denny' Traynor
Sphere
as Captain Harold C. Barnes
Patch Adams
as Bill Davis
Two for Texas
as Jim Bowie
Indiscreet
as Detective Roos
Route 9
as Sheriff Dwayne Hogan
National Geographic's Storm of the Century
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Avalanche: The White Death
as Narrator
Karmapa - Two Ways of Divinity
as Narrator, English version (voice)
Titanic: Breaking New Ground
as Narrator
Top of the World
as Doc 'The Butcher'
Road Ends
as Gene Gere
The Secrets of 007
as Narrator (voice)
Murder in My Mind
as Arthur Lefcourt
Unforgettable
as Don Bresler
Terminal Justice
as Deacon Vivyan
Dalva
as Michael
Buffalo Girls
as Buffalo Bill Cody
That Eye, the Sky
as Henry Warburton
Breach of Conduct
as Col. Andrew Case
The Peyote Road
as Narrator
Kika
as Nicholas Pierce
Roots of Roe
1993
Roots of Roe
as James Morris (voice)
Bitter Moon
as Oscar
Earth and the American Dream
as Reader (voice)
High Art
as Peter Mandrake
Crooked Hearts
as Edward Warren
Keeper of the City
as Frank Nordhall
Living a Lie
as Matt
A Seduction in Travis County
as Frank Maguire
The Man Inside
as Henry Tobel
Poison in the Rockies
as Narrator (voice)
Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey
as Narrator (voice)
Unconquered
as Richmond Flowers Sr.
Heart of Midnight
as Sharpe/Larry
Baja Oklahoma
as Slick Henderson
Outrageous Fortune
as Michael Sanders
A Man in Love
as Steve Elliott
Echoes in the Darkness
as William Bradfield Jr.
Sworn to Silence
as Sam Fischetti
Stacking
as The Photographer
Child's Cry
as Matt Townsend
Jagged Edge
as Thomas Krasny
The Legend of Billie Jean
as Ringwald
The Blue Yonder
as Max Knickerbocker
Contrary Warriors: A Film of the Crow Tribe
as Narrator (voice)
Jack Kerouac: King of the Beats
as Narrator
Heartbreakers
as Blue
Slayground
as Stone
Best Kept Secrets
as Frank Mitchell
Scorned and Swindled
as Anthony Ristelli
Cross Creek
as Norton Baskin
Strangers Kiss
as Stanley, the Director
The Four Corners: A National Sacrifice Area?
as Narrator (voice)
Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann
as Porter Reese
Endangered Species
as Steele
Out
as Rex
Southern Comfort
as Poole
People vs. Jean Harris
as George Bolen
Isabel's Choice
as Wynn Thomas
Tell Me a Riddle
as Young David
Die Laughing
as Davis
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
as Courtney Taylor
The Hippie Temptation
as Digger