Peter Coyote
Known for Acting · 298 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 (61)
NCIS
2003
as Ned Quinn
The Simpsons
1989
as Peter Coyote (voice)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Lionel Shill
Blue Bloods
2010
as Senator Ted McCreary
American Experience
1988
as Narrator (voice)
Nature
1982
as Narrator (voice)
Brothers and Sisters
2006
as Mark August
Independent Lens
1999
The Division
2001
as Ross
American Playhouse
1982
as Young David
Deadwood
2004
as General Crook
The Twilight Zone
1985
as (segment "Shadow Play")
Fallen Angels
1993
as Herman Charn
Perception
2012
as James Alan Pierce
The Oscars
1953
as Self
The 4400
2004
as Dennis Ryland
Cybill
1995
as Roger
Law & Order: LA
2010
as Jerry Hardin
The Hitchhiker
1983
as Alex Nolan
FlashForward
2009
as Dave Segovia
Commander in Chief
2005
as Warren Keaton
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
2005
as Mike LaSalle
The Disappearance
2017
as Henry Sullivan
The Inside
2005
as Special Agent Virgil "Web" Webster
The Vietnam War
2017
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Spoils Before Dying
2015
as Dizzy the Cat
Intelligence
2014
as Leland Strand
Explorer
1985
as Self - Narrator / Himself - Narrator (voice)
The Real History of Science Fiction
2014
as Himself
Prohibition
2011
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
2014
as Narrator (voice)
Benjamin Franklin
2022
as Narrator (voice)
Great Migrations
2010
The National Parks: America's Best Idea
2009
as Narrator
Dangerous Waters
2012
as Self
The Comey Rule
2020
as Robert Mueller
The U.S. and the Holocaust
2022
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
1980
as Courtney Taylor
Country Music
2019
as Narrator
The West
1996
as Self - Narrator
Helter Skelter: An American Myth
2020
as Self - Actor, Diggers Early Core Member
The American Revolution
2025
as Narrator (voice)
Hemingway
2021
as Narrator (voice)
On the Trail of Easy Rider: 40 Years On... Still Searching for America
2011
as Self
Echoes in the Darkness
1987
as William Bradfield Jr.
The American Buffalo
2023
as Narrator (voice)
Kennedy
2023
as Narrator (voice)
Seduced by Madness
1996
as Ruben Borchardt
The History of Sex
1999
as Himself - Narrator
Guns Germs & Steel
2005
as Narrator (voice)
Founding Brothers
2002
The Color of War
2001
as Narrator
La Californie !
2023
as Self - Actor / Activist
The Dust Bowl
2012
as Peter Coyote
Founding Fathers
2000
as John Hancock (voice) / Thomas Jefferson (voice)
21st Century Jet: The Building of the 777
1996
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Tent Mender
2021
as as Narrator
The Pacific Century
1992
as Narrator (voice)
San Francisco Sounds: A Place in Time
2023
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Rome: Power & Glory
1998
as Narrator
Movies (237)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1982
as Keys
A Walk to Remember
2002
as Reverend Sullivan
Erin Brockovich
2000
as Kurt Potter
Femme Fatale
2002
as Watts
Sphere
1998
as Captain Harold C. Barnes
Patch Adams
1998
as Bill Davis
Bitter Moon
1992
as Oscar
These Amazing Shadows
2011
as Self
Olompali: A Hippie Odyssey
2019
as narrator
Hemingway & Gellhorn
2012
as Maxwell Perkins
Vampire Forensics
2010
Spielberg
2017
as Self
Random Hearts
1999
as Cullen Chandler
The Great Role
2004
as Rudolph Grichenberg
DiDi Hollywood
2010
as Michael McLean
Against All Enemies
2023
as Narrator
Good Kill
2015
as Langley
Endangered Species
1982
as Steele
Jagged Edge
1985
as Thomas Krasny
Route 9
1998
as Sheriff Dwayne Hogan
The Girl Who Believes in Miracles
2021
as Sam Donovan
Good Men
2024
as Self
Northfork
2003
as Eddie
Southern Comfort
1981
as Poole
Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil
2006
as President Adair T. Manning
Nepal Beyond
2021
as Narrator
Kika
1993
as Nicholas Pierce
Moonlight and Valentino
1995
as Paul
Torturing Democracy
2009
as Narrator
Finding Anastasia
2008
as Narrator
National Geographic: Surviving Everest
2003
as Narrator
Unconquered
1989
as Richmond Flowers Sr.
The Legend of Billie Jean
1985
as Ringwald
Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer
2004
Soldiers Of Conscience
2007
as Self
Cross Creek
1983
as Norton Baskin
Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis
2005
as Uncle Charles
Dr. Dolittle: Tail to the Chief
2008
as President Sterling
People vs. Jean Harris
1981
as George Bolen
Shadow of Fear
2004
as Congressman Henderson
Here
2011
as Storyteller
Resurrecting the Champ
2007
as Ike Epstein
A Little Trip to Heaven
2005
as Frank
Fog City Mavericks
2007
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Americana
2016
as Ben
Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home
2006
as Narrator (voice)
The Hippie Temptation
1967
as Digger
Return of the Living Dead: Rave to the Grave
2005
as Uncle Charles
Earth and the American Dream
1992
as Reader (voice)
Dalva
1996
as Michael
More Dogs Than Bones
2000
as Detective Darren Cody
Hippies
2007
as Self
High Art
1991
as Peter Mandrake
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
2005
as Self - Narrator (voice)
San Francisco Diggers
1998
Huxley on Huxley
2009
as Self
The Gundown
2011
as Thomas Morgan
Bag It
2011
as Self
Outrageous Fortune
1987
as Michael Sanders
Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann
1982
as Porter Reese
Crooked Hearts
1991
as Edward Warren
Indiscreet
1998
as Detective Roos
The Etruscan Smile
2018
as Professor
A Dreamer and the Dreamtribe
1998
as Narrator
As If They Were Angels
2018
as Narrator
The Mayo Clinic
2018
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Weight of a Feather: The Liberty Wildlife Story
2022
as Narrator
Moment of Contact
2022
as Narrator (voice)
Keeper of the City
1991
as Frank Nordhall
Phenomenon II
2003
as John Ringold
Lightworkers
as Self-Interviewee
Echoes in the Darkness
1987
as William Bradfield Jr.
The Program
2024
as Narrator (voice)
I am Fishead
2011
as narrator
Baja Oklahoma
1988
as Slick Henderson
Wandering...But Not Lost
2021
as Narrator
Eva & Leon
2015
as Le Père
Grizzly Diaries
2003
as Narrator (voice)
Child's Cry
1986
as Matt Townsend
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
1980
as Courtney Taylor
Buffalo Girls
1995
as Buffalo Bill Cody
The Secrets of 007
1997
as Narrator (voice)
Unforgettable
1996
as Don Bresler
Moment of Contact: New Revelations of Alien Encounters
2025
as Narrator (voice)
The Price of Fame
2015
as Crooker
Strangers Kiss
1983
as Stanley, the Director
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
as Narrator
Heartbreakers
1984
as Blue
I Know What I Saw
2009
as Narrator (voice)
Terminal Justice
1996
as Deacon Vivyan
The Hebrew Hammer
2003
as JJL Chief Bloomenbergensteinenthal
All Roads Lead Home
2008
as Hock
Bangkok, We Have A Problem!
2014
as Burt Lowell
Emperor of Hemp
1999
as Narrator
A Man in Love
1987
as Steve Elliott
1 Mile To You
2017
as Principal Umber
Suddenly Naked
2001
as Lionel Heathcote
Last Will
2011
as Judge Garner
Jack the Dog
2001
as Alfred
Isabel's Choice
1981
as Wynn Thomas
Alaska Far Away
2008
as Narrator
The Gospel of Judas
2006
as Narrator
Heart of Midnight
1988
as Sharpe/Larry
Out
1982
as Rex
The Tribe
2005
as Voice
Bon Voyage
2003
as Alex Winckler
Red Letters
2000
as Dennis Burke
AKA Tommy Chong
2006
as Himself
Bad Faith
2024
as Narrator (voice)
A Time for Dancing
2002
as Wyn Michaels
Scorned and Swindled
1984
as Anthony Ristelli
Deepwater
2005
as Herman Finch
Top of the World
1997
as Doc 'The Butcher'
Breach of Contract
1982
Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey
1990
as Narrator (voice)
The Reality of Truth
2016
as Self
Connected: An Autoblogography About Love, Death & Technology
2011
as Narrator (voice)
Written In Blood
2003
as John Traveller
The Peyote Road
1994
as Narrator
Strange Culture
2007
as Self
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 298 credits spanning from 1953 to 2026, Peter Coyote has appeared in 237 films and 61 TV shows.
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Most Popular Peter Coyote Movies
- E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) — as Keys
- A Walk to Remember (2002) — as Reverend Sullivan
- Erin Brockovich (2000) — as Kurt Potter
- Femme Fatale (2002) — as Watts
- Sphere (1998) — as Captain Harold C. Barnes
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