Peter Coyote
Known for Acting · 297 credits
- Born
- 1941-10-10 (age 84)
- Place of birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Rachmil Pinchus Ben Mosha Cohon
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.
Known For
TV Shows (60)
NCIS
2003
as Ned Quinn
The Simpsons
1989
as Peter Coyote (voice)
Blue Bloods
2010
as Senator Ted McCreary
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Lionel Shill
American Experience
1988
as Narrator (voice)
Nature
1982
as Narrator (voice)
Brothers and Sisters
2006
as Mark August
The Twilight Zone
1985
as (segment "Shadow Play")
Deadwood
2004
as General Crook
The Division
2001
as Ross
The 4400
2004
as Dennis Ryland
Perception
2012
as James Alan Pierce
Independent Lens
1999
Cybill
1995
as Roger
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Law & Order: LA
2010
as Jerry Hardin
FlashForward
2009
as Dave Segovia
The Hitchhiker
1983
as Alex Nolan
Commander in Chief
2005
as Warren Keaton
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
2005
as Mike LaSalle
Fallen Angels
1993
as Herman Charn
The American Revolution
2025
as Narrator (voice)
Intelligence
2014
as Leland Strand
The Inside
2005
as Special Agent Virgil "Web" Webster
The Real History of Science Fiction
2014
as Himself
The National Parks: America's Best Idea
2009
as Narrator
Explorer
1985
as Self - Narrator / Himself - Narrator (voice)
The Vietnam War
2017
as Narrator (voice)
The West
1996
as Self - Narrator
The Spoils Before Dying
2015
as Dizzy the Cat
Prohibition
2011
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Disappearance
2017
as Henry Sullivan
The Comey Rule
2020
as Robert Mueller
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
2014
as Narrator (voice)
Hemingway
2021
as Narrator (voice)
The U.S. and the Holocaust
2022
as Self - Narrator
Country Music
2019
as Narrator
The American Buffalo
2023
as Narrator (voice)
Helter Skelter: An American Myth
2020
as Self - Actor, Diggers Early Core Member
Great Migrations
2010
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
1980
as Courtney Taylor
Echoes in the Darkness
1987
as William Bradfield Jr.
Benjamin Franklin
2022
as Narrator (voice)
Seduced by Madness
1996
as Ruben Borchardt
Founding Fathers
2000
as John Hancock (voice) / Thomas Jefferson (voice)
On the Trail of Easy Rider: 40 Years On... Still Searching for America
2011
as Self
La Californie !
2023
as Self - Actor / Activist
The Color of War
2001
as Narrator
Dangerous Waters
2012
as Self
The Pacific Century
1992
as Narrator (voice)
21st Century Jet: The Building of the 777
1996
as Self - Narrator (voice)
San Francisco Sounds: A Place in Time
2023
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Guns Germs & Steel
2005
as Narrator (voice)
Kennedy
2023
as Narrator (voice)
The Dust Bowl
2012
as Peter Coyote
Full Color Football: The History of the American Football League
2009
as Himself - Narrator
The History of Sex
1999
as Himself - Narrator
Rome: Power & Glory
1998
as Narrator
The Tent Mender
2021
as as Narrator
Founding Brothers
2002
Movies (237)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1982
as Keys
Bitter Moon
1992
as Oscar
Erin Brockovich
2000
as Kurt Potter
A Walk to Remember
2002
as Reverend Sullivan
Sphere
1998
as Captain Harold C. Barnes
Patch Adams
1998
as Bill Davis
Femme Fatale
2002
as Watts
The Girl Who Believes in Miracles
2021
as Sam Donovan
Spielberg
2017
as Self
Jagged Edge
1985
as Thomas Krasny
Southern Comfort
1981
as Poole
Kika
1993
as Nicholas Pierce
Random Hearts
1999
as Cullen Chandler
Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil
2006
as President Adair T. Manning
Hemingway & Gellhorn
2012
as Maxwell Perkins
Good Men
2024
as Self
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
as Narrator
Good Kill
2015
as Langley
Resurrecting the Champ
2007
as Ike Epstein
Deepwater
2005
as Herman Finch
Dr. Dolittle: Tail to the Chief
2008
as President Sterling
Crooked Hearts
1991
as Edward Warren
Return of the Living Dead: Rave to the Grave
2005
as Uncle Charles
Unforgettable
1996
as Don Bresler
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
2005
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Midwives
2001
as Stephen Hastings
Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis
2005
as Uncle Charles
$5 a Day
2008
as Burt Kruger
Earth and the American Dream
1992
as Reader (voice)
Moonlight and Valentino
1995
as Paul
Bon Voyage
2003
as Alex Winckler
The Etruscan Smile
2018
as Professor
Heartbreakers
1984
as Blue
The Legend of Billie Jean
1985
as Ringwald
Northfork
2003
as Eddie
Fog City Mavericks
2007
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Buffalo Girls
1995
as Buffalo Bill Cody
Against All Enemies
2023
as Narrator
Shadow of Fear
2004
as Congressman Henderson
1 Mile To You
2017
as Principal Umber
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
1980
as Courtney Taylor
The Mayo Clinic
2018
as Self - Narrator (voice)
These Amazing Shadows
2011
as Self
High Art
1991
as Peter Mandrake
Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann
1982
as Porter Reese
The Hebrew Hammer
2003
as JJL Chief Bloomenbergensteinenthal
A Man in Love
1987
as Steve Elliott
Echoes in the Darkness
1987
as William Bradfield Jr.
Indiscreet
1998
as Detective Roos
Unconquered
1989
as Richmond Flowers Sr.
Cross Creek
1983
as Norton Baskin
The Gundown
2011
as Thomas Morgan
A Little Trip to Heaven
2005
as Frank
Outrageous Fortune
1987
as Michael Sanders
Bare Knuckle Filming: The Construction of Northfork
2003
as Narrator
Jerry Brown: The Disrupter
2022
as Self
Phenomenon II
2003
as John Ringold
Endangered Species
1982
as Steele
No Deposit
2015
as Police Chief Williams
Moment of Contact
2022
as Narrator (voice)
The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'
1996
as Self
Purpose
2002
as Bernard Elias
The Reality of Truth
2016
as Self
Child's Cry
1986
as Matt Townsend
Road Ends
1997
as Gene Gere
The Blue Yonder
1985
as Max Knickerbocker
All Roads Lead Home
2008
as Hock
Right to Play
2012
as Narrator
The Phenomenon
2020
as Narrator (voice)
Execution of Justice
1999
as Harvey Milk
Out
1982
as Rex
Titanic: Breaking New Ground
1998
as Narrator
Baja Oklahoma
1988
as Slick Henderson
Top of the World
1997
as Doc 'The Butcher'
Here
2011
as Storyteller
Terminal Justice
1996
as Deacon Vivyan
Route 9
1998
as Sheriff Dwayne Hogan
People vs. Jean Harris
1981
as George Bolen
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special
2002
as Self
The Wednesday Woman
2000
as Don Wigulow
A Time for Dancing
2002
as Wyn Michaels
Best Kept Secrets
1984
as Frank Mitchell
Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey
1990
as Narrator (voice)
Jack the Dog
2001
as Alfred
More Dogs Than Bones
2000
as Detective Darren Cody
Suddenly Naked
2001
as Lionel Heathcote
The Secrets of 007
1997
as Narrator (voice)
Heart of Midnight
1988
as Sharpe/Larry
Polanski, le travail à l'oeuvre
2019
as Self
The Great Role
2004
as Rudolph Grichenberg
This Is Not a Movie
2011
The Man Inside
1990
as Henry Tobel
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
2013
as Self
Out of the Blue
2003
as Narrator (voice)
Red Letters
2000
as Dennis Burke
Stacking
1987
as The Photographer
Isabel's Choice
1981
as Wynn Thomas
Girl on the Edge
2015
as Hank Taylor
Bad Faith
2024
as Narrator (voice)
Breach of Conduct
1994
as Col. Andrew Case
Strangers Kiss
1983
as Stanley, the Director
DiDi Hollywood
2010
as Michael McLean
Murder in My Mind
1997
as Arthur Lefcourt
Living a Lie
1991
as Matt
The Program
2024
as Narrator (voice)
Last Will
2011
as Judge Garner
That Eye, the Sky
1995
as Henry Warburton
Americana
2016
as Ben
Robert Bly: A Thousand Years of Joy
2015
as Self
Hope & Redemption: The Lena Baker Story
2008
as Elliot Arthur
Last Call
1999
as Xuave
Slayground
1983
as Stone
A Seduction in Travis County
1991
as Frank Maguire
Two for Texas
1998
as Jim Bowie
Valparaiso
2012
as Edward G. Drexler
Seeds Of Doubt
1998
Murder on Shadow Mountain
1999
as Dennis 'Denny' Traynor
Breach of Contract
1982
The Hippie Temptation
1967
as Digger
For the Rights of All: Ending Jim Crow in Alaska
2009
as Self - Narrator (voice)
About Peter Coyote
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 Francisc… With 297 credits spanning from 1953 to 2025, Peter Coyote has appeared in 237 films and 60 TV shows.
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Most Popular Peter Coyote Movies
- E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) — as Keys
- Bitter Moon (1992) — as Oscar
- Erin Brockovich (2000) — as Kurt Potter
- A Walk to Remember (2002) — as Reverend Sullivan
- Sphere (1998) — as Captain Harold C. Barnes
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