Peter Coyote
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...Read More
Known For
Acting Career
- 2024
The Program
As: Narrator (voice)
- 2024
Bad Faith
As: Narrator (voice)
- 2023
Kennedy
As: Narrator (voice)
- 2023
The American Buffalo
As: Narrator (voice)
- 2023
Fields of Gold
As: Narrator
- 2023
Against All Enemies
As: Narrator
- 2022
Moment of Contact
As: Narrator (voice)
- 2022
The Weight of a Feather: The Liberty Wildlife Story
As: Narrator
- 2022
The Last Stand
As: Narrator (voice)
- 2022
Benjamin Franklin
As: Narrator (voice)
- 2022
A Cloud Never Dies
As: Narrator (voice)
- 2021
The Tent Mender
As: as Narrator
- 2021
The Co-op Wars
As: Narrator (voice)
- 2021
Hemingway
As: Narrator (voice)
- 2021
The Girl Who Believes in Miracles
As: Sam Donovan
- 2021
Wandering...But Not Lost
As: Narrator
- 2021
Nepal Beyond
As: Narrator
- 2021
Downwinders and the Radioactive West
As: Narrator (voice)
- 2021
Marriner Eccles: Father of the Modern Federal Reserve
As: Narrator
- 2020
The Phenomenon
As: Narrator (voice)
- 2020
The Comey Rule
As: Robert Mueller
- 2020
Almost Thirteen
As: Narrator
- 2019
Olompali: A Hippie Odyssey
As: narrator
- 2019
Country Music
As: Narrator
- 2019
The Atomic Tree
As: Narrator
- 2018
The Remarkable Life of John Weld
As: Narrator
- 2018
As If They Were Angels
As: Narrator
- 2018
The Mayo Clinic
As: Narrator
- 2018
The Etruscan Smile
As: Professor
- 2017
The Disappearance
As: Henry Sullivan
- 2017
The Vietnam War
As: Narrator (voice)
- 2017
1 Mile To You
As: Principal Umber
- 2016
Americana
As: Ben
- 2015
The Spoils Before Dying
As: Dizzy the Cat
- 2015
Eva & Leon
As: Le Père
- 2015
No Deposit
As: Police Chief Williams
- 2015
A Coup in Camelot
As: Narrator (voice)
- 2015
Good Kill
As: Langley
- 2015
Girl on the Edge
As: Hank Taylor
- 2015
The Price of Fame
As: Crooker
- 2014
Bangkok, We Have A Problem!
As: Burt Lowell
- 2014
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
As: Narrator (voice)
- 2014
Realm of the Ancient Redwoods
As: Narrator
- 2014
Angel Azul
As: Narrator
- 2014
Intelligence
As: Leland Strand
- 2013
Paolo Soleri: Beyond Form
As: Narrator
- 2013
The Ghost Army
As: Narrator (Voice)
- 2012
The Dust Bowl
As: Peter Coyote
- 2012
Hemingway & Gellhorn
As: Maxwell Perkins
- 2012
Perception
As: James Alan Pierce
- 2012
Valparaiso
As: Edward G. Drexler
- 2012
Cold War on Ice: Summit Series '72
As: Narrator
- 2011
The Gundown
As: Thomas Morgan
- 2011
I am Fishead
As: narrator
- 2011
Oceans in Glass
As: Narrator
- 2011
Last Will
As: Judge Garner
- 2011
Green Fire
As: Aldo Leopold (voice)
- 2011
Connected: An Autoblogography About Love, Death & Technology
As: Narrator (voice)
- 2011
Here
As: Storyteller
- 2010
DiDi Hollywood
As: Michael McLean
- 2010
Law & Order: LA
As: Jerry Hardin
- 2010
Blue Bloods
As: Senator Ted McCreary
- 2010
What If Cannabis Cured Cancer
As: Narration
- 2009
Nazi Mystery - Twins From Brazil
As: Narrstor (voice)
- 2009
24 Hours After: Asteroid Impact
As: Narrator
- 2009
I Know What I Saw
As: Narrator (voice)
- 2009
The National Parks: America's Best Idea
As: Narrator
- 2009
FlashForward
As: Dave Segovia
- 2009
With One Voice
As: Narrator
- 2009
What The Tourist Should See
As: Narrator (voice)
- 2009
Torturing Democracy
As: Narrator
- 2009
Grand Canyon: A Journey of Wonder
As: Narrator
- 2008
Hope & Redemption: The Lena Baker Story
As: Elliot Arthur
- 2008
Adopt a Sailor
As: Richard
- 2008
A Single Woman
As: Maury Maverick
- 2008
$5 a Day
As: Burt Kruger
- 2008
Alaska Far Away
As: Narrator
- 2008
Dr. Dolittle: Tail to the Chief
As: President Sterling
- 2008
All Roads Lead Home
As: Hock
- 2007
One Man, One Cow, One Planet
As: Narrator
- 2007
Resurrecting the Champ
As: Ike Epstein
- 2007
The Sunday Man
As: The Voice
- 2006
Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil
As: President Adair T. Manning
- 2006
Brothers and Sisters
As: Mark August
- 2006
Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home
As: Narrator (voice)
- 2006
The Gospel of Judas
As: Narrator
- 2005
A Little Trip to Heaven
As: Frank
- 2005
The Sacramento River of Life
As: Narrator
- 2005
Return of the Living Dead: Rave to the Grave
As: Uncle Charles
- 2005
Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis
As: Uncle Charles
- 2005
Commander in Chief
As: Warren Keaton
- 2005
The Tribe
As: Voice
- 2005
Guns Germs & Steel
As: Narrator (voice)
- 2005
Deepwater
As: Herman Finch
- 2005
The Inside
As: Special Agent Virgil "Web" Webster
- 2005
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
As: Narrator
- 2005
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
As: Mike LaSalle
- 2004
The Great Role
As: Rudolph Grichenberg
- 2004
Shadow of Fear
As: Congressman Henderson
- 2004
The 4400
As: Dennis Ryland
- 2004
Oil on Ice
As: Narrator
- 2004
Deadwood
As: General Crook
- 2003
The Hebrew Hammer
As: JJL Chief Bloomenbergensteinenthal
- 2003
Phenomenon II
As: John Ringold
- 2003
NCIS
As: Ned Quinn
- 2003
Hollywood's Magical Island: Catalina
As: Narrator (voice)
- 2003
Northfork
As: Eddie
- 2003
Out of the Blue
As: Narrator (voice)
- 2003
Written In Blood
As: John Traveller
- 2003
Bon Voyage
As: Alex Winckler
- 2003
Grizzly Diaries
As: Narrator (voice)
- 2002
A Time for Dancing
As: Wyn Michaels
- 2002
Femme Fatale
As: Watts
- 2002
Empty Oceans, Empty Nets
As: Narrator (voice)
- 2002
Purpose
As: Bernard Elias
- 2002
A Walk to Remember
As: Reverend Sullivan
- 2001
The Color of War
As: Narrator
- 2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
As: Lionel Shill
- 2001
Suddenly Naked
As: Lionel Heathcote
- 2001
Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Fillmore
As: Voice of Urban Renewal (Voice)
- 2001
Midwives
As: Stephen Hastings
- 2001
In the Light of Reverence
As: Narrator (voice)
- 2001
Jack the Dog
As: Alfred
- 2000
Founding Fathers
As: John Hancock (voice) / Thomas Jefferson (voice)
- 2000
More Dogs Than Bones
As: Detective Darren Cody
- 2000
Red Letters
As: Dennis Burke
- 2000
The Wednesday Woman
As: Don Wigulow
- 2000
The Basket
As: Martin Conlon
- 2000
Erin Brockovich
As: Kurt Potter
- 2000
Search for the Submarine I-52
As: Narrator
- 1999
Execution of Justice
As: Harvey Milk
- 1999
Random Hearts
As: Cullen Chandler
- 1999
Emperor of Hemp
As: Narrator
- 1999
Murder on Shadow Mountain
As: Dennis 'Denny' Traynor
- 1999
Last Call
As: Xuave
- 1998
Patch Adams
As: Bill Davis
- 1998
Route 9
As: Sheriff Dwayne Hogan
- 1998
Indiscreet
As: Detective Roos
- 1998
Karmapa - Two Ways of Divinity
As: Narrator, English version (voice)
- 1998
Rome: Power & Glory
As: Narrator
- 1998
Sphere
As: Captain Harold C. Barnes
- 1998
Two for Texas
As: Jim Bowie
- 1998
Avalanche: The White Death
As: Narrator
- 1997
The Secrets of 007
As: Narrator (voice)
- 1997
Road Ends
As: Gene Gere
- 1997
Top of the World
As: Doc 'The Butcher'
- 1997
Murder in My Mind
As: Arthur Lefcourt
- 1997
Alaska's Great Wilderness Denali: The Living Edens
As: Narrator
- 1996
Terminal Justice
As: Deacon Vivyan
- 1996
Dalva
As: Michael
- 1996
Seduced by Madness: The Diane Borchardt Story
As: Ruben Borchardt
- 1996
Seduced by Madness
As: Ruben Borchardt
- 1996
Unforgettable
As: Don Bresler
- 1995
Moonlight and Valentino
As: Paul
- 1995
That Eye, the Sky
As: Henry Warburton
- 1995
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
As: Narrator
- 1995
Buffalo Girls
As: Buffalo Bill Cody
- 1995
American Cinema
As: Narrator
- 1994
Breach of Conduct
As: Col. Andrew Case
- 1994
The Peyote Road
As: Narrator
- 1993
Kika
As: Nicholas Pierce
- 1993
Fallen Angels
As: Herman Charn
- 1992
Earth and the American Dream
As: Reader (voice)
- 1992
Bitter Moon
As: Oscar
- 1991
Keeper of the City
As: Frank Nordhall
- 1991
Living a Lie
As: Matt
- 1991
Crooked Hearts
As: Edward Warren
- 1991
High Art
As: Peter Mandrake
- 1991
A Seduction in Travis County
As: Frank Maguire
- 1990
Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey
As: Narrator (voice)
- 1990
Poison in the Rockies
As: Narrator (voice)
- 1989
The Simpsons
As: Peter Coyote (voice)
- 1989
Unconquered
As: Richmond Flowers Sr.
- 1988
Heart of Midnight
As: Sharpe/Larry
- 1988
American Experience
As: Narrator (voice)
- 1988
Baja Oklahoma
As: Slick Henderson
- 1987
Echoes in the Darkness
As: William Bradfield Jr.
- 1987
Echoes in the Darkness
As: William Bradfield Jr.
- 1987
A Man in Love
As: Steve Elliott
- 1987
Sworn to Silence
As: Sam Fischetti
- 1987
Outrageous Fortune
As: Michael Sanders
- 1987
Stacking
As: The Photographer
- 1986
Child's Cry
As: Matt Townsend
- 1985
The Blue Yonder
As: Max Knickerbocker
- 1985
Contrary Warriors: A Film of the Crow Tribe
As: Narrator (voice)
- 1985
Jagged Edge
As: Thomas Krasny
- 1985
The Twilight Zone
As: (segment "Shadow Play")
- 1985
Jack Kerouac: King of the Beats
As: Narrator
- 1985
The Legend of Billie Jean
As: Lt. Larry Ringwald
- 1984
Scorned and Swindled
As: Anthony Ristelli
- 1984
Heartbreakers
As: Blue
- 1984
Best Kept Secrets
As: Frank Mitchell
- 1983
Slayground
As: Stone
- 1983
The Four Corners: A National Sacrifice Area?
As: Narrator (voice)
- 1983
The Hitchhiker
As: Alex Nolan
- 1983
Cross Creek
As: Norton Baskin
- 1983
Strangers Kiss
As: Stanley, the Director
- 1982
Nature
As: Narrator (voice)
- 1982
Endangered Species
As: Steele
- 1982
Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann
As: Porter Reese
- 1982
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
As: Keys
- 1982
Out
As: Rex
- 1981
Isabel's Choice
As: Wynn Thomas
- 1981
Southern Comfort
As: Poole
- 1981
People vs. Jean Harris
As: George Bolen
- 1980
Tell Me a Riddle
As: Young David
- 1980
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
As: Courtney Taylor
- 1980
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
As: Courtney Taylor
- 1980
Die Laughing
As: Davis
- 1967
The Hippie Temptation
As: Digger