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 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

Kurt Potter

Erin Brockovich

Don Bresler

Unforgettable

Keys

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

Captain Harold C. Barnes

Sphere

President Adair T. Manning

Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil

Reverend Sullivan

A Walk to Remember

Bill Davis

Patch Adams

Voice of Urban Renewal (Voice)

Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Fillmore

Narrator

Realm of the Ancient Redwoods

Burt Kruger

$5 a Day

Oscar

Bitter Moon

Michael Sanders

Outrageous Fortune

Nicholas Pierce

Kika

Porter Reese

Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann

Uncle Charles

Return of the Living Dead: Rave to the Grave

Eddie

Northfork

Self

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special

Self

The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'

Thomas Krasny

Jagged Edge

Poole

Southern Comfort

Watts

Femme Fatale

Cullen Chandler

Random Hearts

Narrator (voice)

Downwinders and the Radioactive West

Narrator

Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room

Breach of Contract

Herman Finch

Deepwater

Narrator

Torturing Democracy

Narrstor (voice)

Nazi Mystery - Twins From Brazil

President Sterling

Dr. Dolittle: Tail to the Chief

Narrator

Nepal Beyond

Detective Darren Cody

More Dogs Than Bones

Frank

A Little Trip to Heaven

Michael McLean

DiDi Hollywood

Hock

All Roads Lead Home

Lt. Larry Ringwald

The Legend of Billie Jean

Himself

AKA Tommy Chong

Doc 'The Butcher'

Top of the World

Wyn Michaels

A Time for Dancing

Steele

Endangered Species

Sharpe/Larry

Heart of Midnight

Thomas Morgan

The Gundown

Elliot Arthur

Hope & Redemption: The Lena Baker Story

Narrator

One Man, One Cow, One Planet

Self - Narrator (voice)

Troubled Waters: A Turtle's Tale

Narrator (voice)

Connected: An Autoblogography About Love, Death & Technology

Self

These Amazing Shadows

Congressman Henderson

Shadow of Fear

Narrator

Emperor of Hemp

Narrator

Against All Enemies

Richard

Adopt a Sailor

Self

The History of Rock 'n' Roll

Lionel Heathcote

Suddenly Naked

Steve Elliott

Un homme amoureux

This Is Not a Movie

Martin Conlon

The Basket

Bernard Elias

Purpose

The Gospel of Judas

Narrator

The Gospel of Judas

Xuave

Last Call

Peter Mandrake

A Grande Arte

Dennis Burke

Red Letters

Narrator (voice)

Empty Oceans, Empty Nets

Max Knickerbocker

The Blue Yonder

Blue

Heartbreakers

Rex

Out

Edward Warren

Crooked Hearts

Narration

What If Cannabis Cured Cancer

Rudolph Grichenberg

Le grand rôle

Stone

Slayground

Storyteller

Here

narrator

I am Fishead

Buffalo Bill Cody

Buffalo Girls

Narrator

Marriner Eccles: Father of the Modern Federal Reserve

Narrator

Texas Gold

Self

Strange Culture

Jim Bowie

Two for Texas

Seeds Of Doubt

Stephen Hastings

Midwives

Narrator (voice)

A Cloud Never Dies

Judge Garner

Last Will

Gene Gere

Road Ends

Narrator (voice)

Sunseed: The Journey

Norton Baskin

Cross Creek

Narrator

Angel Azul

William Bradfield Jr.

Echoes in the Darkness

Self

Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal

Narrator

Fields of Gold

John Traveller

Written In Blood

Detective Roos

Indiscreet

Narrator (Voice)

The Ghost Army

Matt Townsend

Child's Cry

Frank Mitchell

Best Kept Secrets

Self

Jerry Brown: The Disrupter

Young David

Tell Me a Riddle

Narrator

Wandering...But Not Lost

Narrator

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

Deacon Vivyan

Terminal Justice

Self

Soldiers Of Conscience

Narrator

Alaska's Great Wilderness Denali: The Living Edens

Sheriff Dwayne Hogan

Route 9

Crooker

La Rançon de la gloire

National Geographic Special: Secret Cities of the Amazon

George Bolen

People vs. Jean Harris

Narrator

Almost Thirteen

Henry Warburton

That Eye, the Sky

Narrator (voice)

Out of the Blue

Narrator (voice)

Contrary Warriors: A Film of the Crow Tribe

narrator

Olompali: A Hippie Odyssey

Self - Narrator (voice)

For the Rights of All: Ending Jim Crow in Alaska

Narrator

Rise Above the Mark

Narrator (voice)

Moment of Contact

Narrator

Call of Life: Facing the Mass Extinction

Burt Lowell

On a Marché sur Bangkok

Narrator

Cold War on Ice: Summit Series '72

Stanley, the Director

Strangers Kiss

Narrator

Right to Play

Les Diggers De San Francisco

Self

Hippies

Narrator

The Atomic Tree

Narrator (voice)

The Secrets of 007

Arthur Lefcourt

Murder in My Mind

Narrator

The Weight of a Feather: The Liberty Wildlife Story

Ben

Americana

Self - Narrator (voice)

National Geographic's Storm of the Century

Narrator

Collision Course: Labor Management Relations in America

Davis

Die Laughing

Self - Narrator (voice)

Illicit: The Dark Trade

Police Chief Williams

No Deposit

Narrator

Oil on Ice

Narrator (voice)

The Last Stand

Le Père

L'Échappée belle

Col. Andrew Case

Breach of Conduct

Aldo Leopold (voice)

Green Fire

Courtney Taylor

Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story

Narrator

Paolo Soleri: Beyond Form

Narrator

Jack Kerouac: King of the Beats

Langley

Good Kill

Narrator (voice)

Bad Faith

Richmond Flowers Sr.

Unconquered

Sam Fischetti

Sworn to Silence

Narrator

Avalanche: The White Death

Narrator (voice)

The Co-op Wars

Narrator (voice)

Hollywood's Magical Island: Catalina

Himself - Narrator

National Geographic Explorer: The Battle For Midway

The Voice

The Sunday Man

Vampire Forensics

Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer

Henry Tobel

The Man Inside

Hank Taylor

Girl on the Edge

Narrator (voice)

In the Light of Reverence

Narrator (voice)

The Four Corners: A National Sacrifice Area?

Narrator (voice)

Poison in the Rockies

Harvey Milk

Execution of Justice

Narrator

Missing in Tibet

Principal Umber

1 Mile To You

Slick Henderson

Baja Oklahoma

Narrator (voice)

Grizzly Diaries

Self

Huxley on Huxley

Alex Winckler

Bon voyage

Ruben Borchardt

Seduced by Madness: The Diane Borchardt Story

Narrator (voice)

The Program

Dennis 'Denny' Traynor

Murder on Shadow Mountain

Narrator

Grand Canyon: A Journey of Wonder

John Ringold

Phenomenon II

Himself

Who Wants to Live Forever? The Wisdom of Aging.

Himself

Polanski y los ojos del mal

The Brain Fitness Program

Narrator

Alaska Far Away

Don Wigulow

The Wednesday Woman

Voice

The Tribe

Self

Spielberg

JJL Chief Bloomenbergensteinenthal

The Hebrew Hammer

Uncle Charles

Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis

The Photographer

Stacking

Narrator (voice)

Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey

Professor

The Etruscan Smile

Self

Robert Bly: A Thousand Years of Joy

The UFO Experience

Digger

The Hippie Temptation

Maury Maverick

A Single Woman

Frank Nordhall

Keeper of the City

Himself - Narrator

The Beatles, Hippies & Hells Angels: Inside the Crazy World of Apple

Narrator

Search for the Submarine I-52

Self - Narrator (voice)

The Mayo Clinic

Anthony Ristelli

Scorned and Swindled

Himself

Summer of Love

Michael

Dalva

Wynn Thomas

Isabel's Choice

Ike Epstein

Resurrecting the Champ

Narrator

The War Prayer

Narrator

The Remarkable Life of John Weld

Paul

Moonlight and Valentino

Self

The Reality of Truth

Narrator (voice)

I Know What I Saw

Narrator

With One Voice

Maxwell Perkins

Hemingway & Gellhorn

Narrator

Bare Knuckle Filming: The Construction of Northfork

Reader (voice)

Earth and the American Dream

Self

Bag It

Narrator

The Sacramento River of Life

Narrator, English version (voice)

Karmapa - Two Ways of Divinity

Self - Narrator (voice)

Climbing Redwood Giants

Narrator (voice)

The Phenomenon

self, Black Bear resident

Commune

Narrator

Oceans in Glass

Narrator (voice)

Os Mistérios de Lisboa ou What The Tourist Should See

Matt

Living a Lie

Narrator

American Cinema

Narrator (voice)

Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home

Sam Donovan

The Girl Who Believes in Miracles

Edward G. Drexler

Valparaiso

Narrator

As If They Were Angels

Self - Narrator (voice)

Fog City Mavericks

Frank Maguire

A Seduction in Travis County

Self

Polanski, le travail à l'oeuvre

Narrator (voice)

A Coup in Camelot

Narrator/SInger

San Francisco Stories

Self

Good Men

Narrator

Pretty Slick - The Deep Water Horizon Environmental Coverup - Extended Directors Cut

Alfred

Jack the Dog

Narrator

Unelmoija ja unikansa

Narrator

Chattahoochee: From Water War to Water Vision

Self

O Mother Gaia: The World of Gary Snyder

Narrator

24 Hours After: Asteroid Impact

Narrator

The Peyote Road

Narrator

Titanic: Breaking New Ground

Narrator

National Geographic: Surviving Everest

Narrator (voice)

Hayden's Corner

Revolution: The Legacy of the Sixties

Self

Spirit of Golf

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

230

Gender

Male

Birthday

1941-10-10

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

Rachmil Pinchus Ben Mosha Cohon