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Biography
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.
Acted in 151
2020s
- 2026
Antonio's Road
Breaking News Reporter (voice)
- 2025
Black Mountain Blues
Movie
- 2021
The Tent Mender
as Narrator · 3 episodes
- 2020
The Comey Rule
Robert Mueller · 2 episodes
2010s
- 2018
- 2017
Revolution: The Legacy of the Sixties
Movie
- 2016
Americana
Ben
- 2015
The Spoils Before Dying
Dizzy the Cat · 6 episodes
Eva & Leon
Le Père
No Deposit
Police Chief Williams
Girl on the Edge
Hank Taylor
The Price of Fame
Crooker
- 2014
- 2012
The Dust Bowl
Peter Coyote · 2 episodes
- 2011
The Gundown
Thomas Morgan
Last Will
Judge Garner
Green Fire
Aldo Leopold (voice)
This Is Not a Movie
Movie
Here
Storyteller
- 2010
What If Cannabis Cured Cancer
Narration
2000s
- 2009
Nazi Mystery - Twins From Brazil
Narrstor (voice)
- 2008
Hope & Redemption: The Lena Baker Story
Elliot Arthur
Adopt a Sailor
Richard
A Single Woman
Maury Maverick
$5 a Day
Burt Kruger
The Brain Fitness Program
Movie
- 2007
The Sunday Man
The Voice
- 2006
Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil
President Adair T. Manning
- 2005
The Tribe
Voice
- 2004
The Great Role
Rudolph Grichenberg
- 2003
The Hebrew Hammer
JJL Chief Bloomenbergensteinenthal
Phenomenon II
John Ringold
Written In Blood
John Traveller
Bon Voyage
Alex Winckler
- 2002
Founding Brothers
TV
Purpose
Bernard Elias
- 2001
Suddenly Naked
Lionel Heathcote
Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Fillmore
Voice of Urban Renewal (Voice)
Midwives
Stephen Hastings
Jack the Dog
Alfred
- 2000
More Dogs Than Bones
Detective Darren Cody
Red Letters
Dennis Burke
The Wednesday Woman
Don Wigulow
1990s
- 1999
Execution of Justice
Harvey Milk
Murder on Shadow Mountain
Dennis 'Denny' Traynor
Last Call
Xuave
- 1998
Indiscreet
Detective Roos
Seeds of Doubt
Movie
Two for Texas
Jim Bowie
- 1997
Road Ends
Gene Gere
Murder in My Mind
Arthur Lefcourt
- 1996
Seduced by Madness
Ruben Borchardt · 2 episodes
- 1995
That Eye, the Sky
Henry Warburton
Buffalo Girls
Buffalo Bill Cody
- 1994
Breach of Conduct
Col. Andrew Case
- 1993
- 1992
Earth and the American Dream
Reader (voice)
- 1991
Keeper of the City
Frank Nordhall
High Art
Peter Mandrake
A Seduction in Travis County
Frank Maguire
- 1990
The Man Inside
Henry Tobel
1980s
- 1989
- 1988
Baja Oklahoma
Slick Henderson
- 1987
Echoes in the Darkness
William Bradfield Jr.
Echoes in the Darkness
William Bradfield Jr. · 2 episodes
A Man in Love
Steve Elliott
Sworn to Silence
Sam Fischetti
Stacking
The Photographer
- 1986
Child's Cry
Matt Townsend
- 1985
The Blue Yonder
Max Knickerbocker
- 1984
Scorned and Swindled
Anthony Ristelli
Best Kept Secrets
Frank Mitchell
Slayground
Stone
- 1983
Strangers Kiss
Stanley, the Director
- 1982
Endangered Species
Steele
Breach of Contract
Movie
34Out
Rex
- 1981
Isabel's Choice
Wynn Thomas
People vs. Jean Harris
George Bolen
- 1980
Tell Me a Riddle
Young David
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
Courtney Taylor · 2 episodes
Die Laughing
Davis
1960s
- 1967
The Hippie Temptation
Digger
No release date
National Geographic Special: Secret Cities of the Amazon
Movie
Appearances128
2020s
- 2026
Cornellskop: Freedom From Fear
Narrator
Lightworkers
Self-Interviewee
- 2025
The Atomic Bowl: Football at Ground Zero -- And Nuclear Peril Today
Narrator
O Mother Gaia: The World of Gary Snyder
Self
- 2024
Bad Faith
Narrator (voice)
- 2023
The American Buffalo
Narrator (voice) · 2 episodes
San Francisco Sounds: A Place in Time
Self - Narrator (voice) · 2 episodes
Fields of Gold
Narrator
La Californie !
Self - Actor / Activist · 3 episodes
Against All Enemies
Narrator
- 2022
Jerry Brown: The Disrupter
Self
The Weight of a Feather: The Liberty Wildlife Story
Narrator
The Last Stand
Narrator (voice)
Benjamin Franklin
Narrator (voice) · 2 episodes
A Cloud Never Dies
Narrator (voice)
- 2021
The Co-op Wars
Narrator (voice)
San Francisco Stories
Narrator/SInger
Hemingway
Narrator (voice) · 3 episodes
Downwinders and the Radioactive West
Narrator (voice)
Marriner Eccles: Father of the Modern Federal Reserve
Narrator
- 2020
Helter Skelter: An American Myth
Self - Actor, Diggers Early Core Member · 1 episode
About Face: Jewish Refugees in the Allied Forces
Narrator (voice)
Almost Thirteen
Narrator
2010s
- 2019
Polanski, le travail à l'oeuvre
Self
Troubled Waters: A Turtle's Tale
Self - Narrator (voice)
Olompali: A Hippie Odyssey
narrator
The Atomic Tree
Narrator
- 2018
The Remarkable Life of John Weld
Narrator
As If They Were Angels
Narrator
The Mayo Clinic
Self - Narrator (voice)
Summer of Love
Himself
- 2017
The Beatles, Hippies & Hells Angels: Inside the Crazy World of Apple
Himself - Narrator
- 2016
Who Wants to Live Forever? The Wisdom of Aging.
Himself
- 2015
Robert Bly: A Thousand Years of Joy
Self
A Coup in Camelot
Narrator (voice)
- 2014
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
Narrator (voice) · 7 episodes
Realm of the Ancient Redwoods
Narrator
Angel Azul
Narrator
- 2013
Paolo Soleri: Beyond Form
Narrator
The Ghost Army
Narrator (Voice)
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
Self
- 2012
Cold War on Ice: Summit Series '72
Narrator
- 2011
Prohibition
Self - Narrator (voice) · 3 episodes
I am Fishead
narrator
Bag It
Self
Oceans in Glass
Narrator
On the Trail of Easy Rider: 40 Years On... Still Searching for America
Self · 1 episode
These Amazing Shadows
Self
Connected: An Autoblogography About Love, Death & Technology
Narrator (voice)
- 2010
Reconstructing T-Rex
Narrator
2000s
- 2009
24 Hours After: Asteroid Impact
Narrator
I Know What I Saw
Narrator (voice)
Climbing Redwood Giants
Self - Narrator (voice)
With One Voice
Narrator
Full Color Football: The History of the American Football League
Himself - Narrator · 5 episodes
What The Tourist Should See
Narrator (voice)
Torturing Democracy
Narrator
Grand Canyon: A Journey of Wonder
Narrator
- 2008
Finding Anastasia
Narrator
Illicit: The Dark Trade
Self - Narrator (voice)
Alaska Far Away
Narrator
- 2007
One Man, One Cow, One Planet
Narrator
Fog City Mavericks
Self - Narrator (voice)
Hippies
Self
Strange Culture
Self
Soldiers Of Conscience
Self
- 2006
Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home
Narrator (voice)
The Gospel of Judas
Narrator
- 2005
The Sacramento River of Life
Narrator
Guns Germs & Steel
Narrator (voice) · 3 episodes
Commune
self, Black Bear resident
- 2004
Oil on Ice
Narrator
- 2003
Hollywood's Magical Island: Catalina
Narrator (voice)
National Geographic: Surviving Everest
Narrator
Grizzly Diaries
Narrator (voice)
- 2002
Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election
Narrator
Empty Oceans, Empty Nets
Narrator (voice)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special
Self
- 2001
The Color of War
Narrator · 17 episodes
In the Light of Reverence
Narrator (voice)
- 2000
Search for the Submarine I-52
Narrator
1990s
- 1999
The History of Sex
Himself - Narrator · 5 episodes
National Geographic Explorer: The Battle For Midway
Himself - Narrator
- 1998
Titanic: Breaking New Ground
Narrator
Rome: Power & Glory
Narrator · 8 episodes
Avalanche: The White Death
Narrator
- 1997
The Secrets of 007
Narrator (voice)
- 1996
The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'
Self
The West
Self - Narrator · 9 episodes
21st Century Jet: The Building of the 777
Self - Narrator (voice) · 5 episodes
- 1995
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Narrator
- 1994
The Peyote Road
Narrator
- 1990
Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey
Narrator (voice)
Poison in the Rockies
Narrator (voice)
1980s
- 1988
- 1985
Contrary Warriors: A Film of the Crow Tribe
Narrator (voice)
Jack Kerouac: King of the Beats
Narrator
- 1983
- 1982
1950s
- 1953
No release date
Pretty Slick - The Deep Water Horizon Environmental Coverup - Extended Directors Cut
Narrator
Hayden's Corner
Narrator (voice)
Thanked in the credits2
2010s
- 2016
1990s
- 1991
Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier
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