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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 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.


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Born:
Oct 10, 1941 In Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
169
First Appeared:
In the movie San Francisco Stories
Latest Project:
Movie Bad Faith 2024-01-10
Known For
Filmography
Movie San Francisco Stories Narrator/SInger 2025
Movie The Sacramento River of Life Narrator 2025
Movie Bad Faith Narrator (voice) 2024-01-10
Movie Against All Enemies Narrator 2023-06-08
Series La Californie ! Self - Actor / Activist 2023-08-01
Series The American Buffalo Narrator (voice) 2023-10-16
Movie Fields of Gold Narrator 2023-08-18
Movie Moment of Contact Narrator (voice) 2022-10-18
Series The U.S. and the Holocaust Self - Narrator 2022-09-18
Movie The Girl Who Believes in Miracles Sam Donovan 2021-04-02
Series The Comey Rule Robert Mueller 2020-09-27
Movie The Phenomenon Narrator (voice) 2020-10-06
Movie Polanski, le travail à l'oeuvre Self 2019-11-04
Series Country Music Narrator 2019-09-15
Movie The Etruscan Smile Professor 2018-04-12
Movie Summer of Love Himself 2018-06-12
Movie 1 Mile To You Principal Umber 2017-04-07
Series The Vietnam War Narrator (voice) 2017-09-17
Movie Spielberg Self 2017-10-05
Series The Disappearance Henry Sullivan 2017-10-01
Movie The Beatles, Hippies & Hells Angels: Inside the Crazy World of Apple Himself - Narrator 2017-06-03
Movie Americana Ben 2016-06-09
Movie The Reality of Truth Self 2016-07-19
Series The Spoils Before Dying Dizzy the Cat 2015-07-08
Movie Robert Bly: A Thousand Years of Joy Self 2015-10-10
Movie Girl on the Edge Hank Taylor 2015-02-23
Movie The Price of Fame Crooker 2015-01-07
Movie No Deposit Police Chief Williams 2015-04-24
Movie Good Kill Langley 2015-04-09
Movie Eva & Leon Le Père 2015-06-17
Series The Roosevelts: An Intimate History Narrator (voice) 2014-09-14
Movie Bangkok, We Have A Problem! Burt Lowell 2014-10-22
Movie Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal Self 2013-02-01
Movie Cold War on Ice: Summit Series '72 Narrator 2012-01-02
Movie Rise Above the Mark Narrator 2012-12-12
Series The Dust Bowl Peter Coyote 2012-11-18
Movie Valparaiso Edward G. Drexler 2012-02-03
Movie Hemingway & Gellhorn Maxwell Perkins 2012-08-27
Movie These Amazing Shadows Self 2011-01-22
Movie This Is Not a Movie 2011-01-28
Movie Here Storyteller 2011-01-21
Movie Last Will Judge Garner 2011-03-22
Movie I am Fishead narrator 2011-09-11
Series Prohibition Self - Narrator (voice) 2011-10-02
Movie The Gundown Thomas Morgan 2011-09-12
Movie Bag It Self 2011-09-01
Movie Vampire Forensics 2010-01-12
Movie DiDi Hollywood Michael McLean 2010-10-15
Series Great Migrations 2010-11-07
Movie What If Cannabis Cured Cancer Narration 2010-07-05
Movie Huxley on Huxley Self 2009-03-17
Movie What The Tourist Should See Narrator (voice) 2009-08-01
Series Full Color Football: The History of the American Football League Himself - Narrator 2009-09-16
Series The National Parks: America's Best Idea Narrator 2009-09-27
Movie All Roads Lead Home Hock 2008-01-01
Movie Dr. Dolittle: Tail to the Chief President Sterling 2008-03-04
Movie $5 a Day Burt Kruger 2008-09-06
Movie Hope & Redemption: The Lena Baker Story Elliot Arthur 2008-11-06
Movie Adopt a Sailor Richard 2008-10-24
Movie A Single Woman Maury Maverick 2008-09-21
Movie Strange Culture Self 2007-02-09
Movie The Sunday Man The Voice 2007-03-28
Movie Resurrecting the Champ Ike Epstein 2007-06-14
Movie Hippies Self 2007-06-12
Movie Fog City Mavericks Self - Narrator (voice) 2007-10-24
Movie The Gospel of Judas Narrator 2006-04-05
Movie Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil President Adair T. Manning 2006-10-17
Movie Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home Narrator (voice) 2006-07-12
Movie AKA Tommy Chong Himself 2006-06-14
Series The Inside Special Agent Virgil "Web" Webster 2005-06-08
Movie Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room Narrator 2005-04-22
Movie Deepwater Herman Finch 2005-06-09
Movie Berkeley Narrator (voice) 2005-10-08
Movie The War Prayer Narrator 2005-11-07
Movie A Little Trip to Heaven Frank 2005-12-26
Movie Return of the Living Dead: Rave to the Grave Uncle Charles 2005-10-15
Movie Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis Uncle Charles 2005-10-15
Movie Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer 2004-02-27
Movie The Great Role Rudolph Grichenberg 2004-10-13
Movie Shadow of Fear Congressman Henderson 2004-09-14
Movie Out of the Blue Narrator (voice) 2003-06-24
Movie Bon Voyage Alex Winckler 2003-04-16
Movie Written In Blood John Traveller 2003-05-09
Movie The Hebrew Hammer JJL Chief Bloomenbergensteinenthal 2003-12-05
Movie Northfork Eddie 2003-07-11
Movie Bare Knuckle Filming: The Construction of Northfork Narrator 2003-12-30
Movie Phenomenon II John Ringold 2003-11-01
Movie Hollywood's Magical Island: Catalina Narrator (voice) 2003-09-12
Movie A Walk to Remember Reverend Sullivan 2002-01-25
Movie Purpose Bernard Elias 2002-02-21
Movie Femme Fatale Watts 2002-04-30
Movie A Time for Dancing Wyn Michaels 2002-09-06
Movie Polanski y los ojos del mal Himself 2002-04-16
Movie Midwives Stephen Hastings 2001-04-02
Movie Suddenly Naked Lionel Heathcote 2001-09-08
Movie Erin Brockovich Kurt Potter 2000-03-17
Movie Red Letters Dennis Burke 2000-06-09
Movie The Wednesday Woman Don Wigulow 2000-05-24
Movie More Dogs Than Bones Detective Darren Cody 2000-07-14
Movie The Basket Martin Conlon 2000-05-05
Movie Last Call Xuave 1999-01-03
Movie National Geographic Explorer: The Battle For Midway Himself - Narrator 1999-04-14
Movie Execution of Justice Harvey Milk 1999-11-28
Movie Random Hearts Cullen Chandler 1999-10-08
Movie Murder on Shadow Mountain Dennis 'Denny' Traynor 1999-05-25
Movie Two for Texas Jim Bowie 1998-01-18
Movie Route 9 Sheriff Dwayne Hogan 1998-11-20
Movie Sphere Captain Harold C. Barnes 1998-02-13
Movie Patch Adams Bill Davis 1998-12-25
Movie Indiscreet Detective Roos 1998-08-28
Movie Murder in My Mind Arthur Lefcourt 1997-02-19
Movie Top of the World Doc 'The Butcher' 1997-05-01
Movie Road Ends Gene Gere 1997-10-05
Movie The Secrets of 007 Narrator (voice) 1997-12-04
Movie Unforgettable Don Bresler 1996-02-23
Movie Seduced by Madness: The Diane Borchardt Story Ruben Borchardt 1996-02-25
Series The West Self - Narrator 1996-09-15
Movie Dalva Michael 1996-03-03
Movie The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial' Self 1996-10-01
Movie Terminal Justice Deacon Vivyan 1996-04-01
Movie The History of Rock 'n' Roll Self 1995-03-06
Movie Buffalo Girls Buffalo Bill Cody 1995-04-30
Movie The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies Narrator 1995-06-05
Movie Moonlight and Valentino Paul 1995-09-29
Movie That Eye, the Sky Henry Warburton 1995-09-28
Movie Breach of Conduct Col. Andrew Case 1994-12-01
Movie Kika Nicholas Pierce 1993-10-29
Movie Earth and the American Dream Reader (voice) 1992-10-01
Movie Bitter Moon Oscar 1992-09-02
Movie Keeper of the City Frank Nordhall 1991-12-20
Movie Living a Lie Matt 1991-09-16
Movie High Art Peter Mandrake 1991-06-01
Movie Crooked Hearts Edward Warren 1991-09-06
Movie The Man Inside Henry Tobel 1990-10-26
Movie Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey Narrator (voice) 1990-01-19
Movie Poison in the Rockies Narrator (voice) 1990-01-09
Movie Unconquered Richmond Flowers Sr. 1989-01-15
Movie Baja Oklahoma Slick Henderson 1988-02-20
Movie Heart of Midnight Sharpe/Larry 1988-11-10
Movie Stacking The Photographer 1987-01-22
Movie Outrageous Fortune Michael Sanders 1987-01-30
Series Echoes in the Darkness William Bradfield Jr. 1987-11-01
Movie Echoes in the Darkness William Bradfield Jr. 1987-11-01
Movie A Man in Love Steve Elliott 1987-05-07
Movie Sworn to Silence Sam Fischetti 1987-04-06
Movie Child's Cry Matt Townsend 1986-02-09
Movie Jagged Edge Thomas Krasny 1985-10-04
Movie The Blue Yonder Max Knickerbocker 1985-11-10
Movie The Legend of Billie Jean Lt. Larry Ringwald 1985-07-19
Movie Heartbreakers Blue 1984-09-28
Movie Scorned and Swindled Anthony Ristelli 1984-10-09
Movie Best Kept Secrets Frank Mitchell 1984-03-26
Movie Slayground Stone 1983-12-01
Movie Strangers Kiss Stanley, the Director 1983-09-17
Movie The Four Corners: A National Sacrifice Area? Narrator (voice) 1983-11-15
Movie Cross Creek Norton Baskin 1983-09-21
Movie Out Rex 1982-01-01
Movie Endangered Species Steele 1982-09-10
Movie The UFO Experience 1982-11-14
Movie Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann Porter Reese 1982-08-27
Movie E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Keys 1982-06-11
Movie Isabel's Choice Wynn Thomas 1981-12-16
Movie People vs. Jean Harris George Bolen 1981-05-07
Movie Southern Comfort Poole 1981-09-24
Movie Tell Me a Riddle Young David 1980-12-15
Movie Die Laughing Davis 1980-04-01
Movie Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story Courtney Taylor 1980-11-05
Series Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story Courtney Taylor 1980-11-05
Movie The Hippie Temptation Digger 1967-08-21