
Peter Coyote
Cast · Director · Writer
- Born
- October 10, 1941 · Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
- Birth name
- Rachmil Pinchus Ben Mosha Cohon
Peter Coyote was born in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA as Robert Peter Cohon to Ruth (Fidler) and Morris Cohon, an investment banker. He is an actor, known for Bitter Moon (1992), Sphere (1998) and Patch Adams (1998). Coyote was previously married to Stefanie Pleet and Marilyn McCann.
Cast
- 2026LightworkersSelf
- 2026The Whiskey RebellionNarrator
- 2025The American RevolutionNarrator
- 2025Under the Lights911 Operator
- 2025Mad RiverJack
- 2025Power TripNarrator
- 2024Conan O'Brien Must GoSelf - Avengers: Endgame Narration
- 2024Bad FaithSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2024The ProgramSelf
- 2023Fields of GoldNarrator
- 2023KennedySelf - Narrator
- 2023San Francisco Sounds: A Place in TimeSelf
- 2023The American BuffaloSelf - Narrator
- 2022Benjamin FranklinNarrator
- 2022Montford Johnson: An Original BrandNarrator
- 2022The Last StandSelf - Narrator
- 2022Moment of ContactSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2022A Cloud Never DiesNarrator
- 2022Above and Below: The Life of Artist Tsherin SherpaNarrator
- 2022Jerry Brown: The DisrupterSelf
- 2022The U.S. and the HolocaustNarrator
- 2021The Girl Who Believes in MiraclesSam Donovan
- 2021San Francisco StoriesNarrator
- 2021We Are As GodsSelf
- 2021The Real ActivistNarration
- 2021Sri Yantra: The Oregon Desert MysteryNarrator
- 2021Where Buffalo RoamNarrator
- 20213 Seconds in OctoberNarrator
- 2021Downwinders and the Radioactive WestNarrator (voice)
- 2021HemingwayNarrator
- 2021The Tent MenderNarrator
- 2020The Comey RuleRobert Mueller
- 2020About Face: The Story of the Jewish Refugee Soldiers of World War IINarrator
- 2020The PhenomenonSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2020Nepal BeyondNarrator
- 2020Riders of the Purple Sage: The Making of a Western OperaNarrator
- 2020Helter Skelter: An American MythSelf - Actor, Diggers Early Core Member
- 2019National Geographic Explorer: Journey To EuropaNarrator
- 2019And Now, LoveNarrator
- 2019The Power of INarrator
- 2019Polanski, le travail à l'oeuvreSelf
- 2019Troubled Waters: A Turtle's TaleNarrator
- 2019An Indecent Proposal with Peter CoyoteSelf
- 2019Dead in Birmingham: Peter Coyote on 'Slayground'Self
- 2019Analyzing A Performance: Peter Coyote in: Bitter MoonSelf (archiveFootage)
- 2019Country MusicNarrator
- 2018The Mayo Clinic, Faith, Hope and ScienceNarrator (voice)
- 2018Saving Atlantis
- 2018The Etruscan SmileProfessor
- 2018The Remarkable Life of John WeldNarrator
- 2018Paying the Price for Peace (voice)
- 2018Olompali: A Hippie OdysseyNarrator
- 2018Faces of GenocideNarrator
- 2018Bearer of the Morning: The Life of Te Ata Thompson FisherNarrator
- 2018Moscone: A Legacy of ChangeSelf - Narrator
- 2018Saving PlacesNarrator
- 2018As If They Were AngelsNarrator
- 2017The Vietnam WarSelf - Narrator
- 2017SpielbergSelf
- 2017Revolution: The Legacy of the SixtiesSelf
- 20171 Mile to YouPrincipal Umber
- 2017Kudung Barwa: The Blazing Buddha Relics Director's CutNarrator (voice)
- 2017CTV's Big Fall Preview 2017Self - in Montreal
- 2017Managing Risk in a Changing ClimateNarrator
- 2017The DisappearanceHenry Sullivan
- 2016Belo Monte: After the Flood (voice)
- 2016As the River Flows (voice)
- 2016AmericanaBen
- 2016Who Wants to Live Forever, the Wisdom of Aging.Self
- 2016The Reality of TruthSelf
- 2016Unpsoken: America's Native American Boarding School (PBS)Narrator (voice)
- 2016Fire and Water: Restoring Arizona's ForestsNarrator
- 2016A Director Prepares: Bobby Roth's MasterclassSelf
- 2015Eva & LeonLe père d'Eva
- 20152015 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy AwardsSelf - Winner
- 2015Robert Bly: A Thousand Years of JoySelf
- 2015Jack Nicklaus: The Making of a ChampionNarrator (voice)
- 2015Dirty Gold WarNarrator (voice)
- 2015No DepositPolice Chief Williams
- 2015A Coup in CamelotNarrator (voice)
- 2015Girl on the EdgeHank Taylor
- 2015Sands of WarNarrator
- 2015Bring Back the 4400 - Path to RevivalDennis Ryland
- 2015The Spoils Before DyingDizzy the Cat
- 2015Bay Area RevelationsNarrator
- 2014The Price of FameJohn Crooker
- 2014Good KillLangley (voice)
- 2014On a marché sur BangkokBurt Lowell
- 2014Rise Above the MarkSelf
- 2014Walking in Two Worlds (voice)
- 2014Angel AzulNarrator (voice)
- 2014Squirrel Nut Zippers in ConcertSelf
- 2014Realm of the Ancient RedwoodsNarrator
- 2014Healing the Warrior's HeartSelf - Narrator
- 2014The SixtiesSelf - Actor
- 2014IntelligenceLeland Strand
- 2014The Roosevelts: An Intimate HistorySelf - Narrator
- 2014The Real History of Science FictionSelf
- 2013The Intrepid: Discovering Lincoln's Balloon Corps (voice)
- 2013Paolo Soleri: Beyond FormNarrator
- 2013Kennesaw: One Last MountainSelf - Narrator
- 2013The Ghost ArmyNarrator (voice)
- 2013Journey of Hanuman
- 2013Pretty Slick - The Deep Water Horizon Environmental Coverup - Extended Directors Cut
- 2013The Secret Life of WhitetailsNarrator (voice)
- 2012PerceptionJames Alan Pierce
- 2012Hemingway & GellhornMaxwell Perkins
- 2012Be Home Soon: Letters from My Grandfather (voice)
- 2012Cages of ShameNarrator
- 2012Village Music: Last of the Great Record StoresSelf
- 2012For the Love of the Music: The Club 47 Folk Revival (voice)
- 2012Mumia: Long Distance RevolutionarySelf
- 2012Haight Ashbury: The Beat of a GenerationSelf - Founding member of The Diggers (voice)
- 2012Cold War on Ice: Summit Series '72Narrator
- 2012Brian's ReturnNarrator (voice)
- 2012The RiverNarrator (voice)
- 2012The Dust BowlSelf - Narrator
- 2012Dangerous WatersSelf - Narrator
- 2011I Am FisheadSelf
- 2011The GundownThomas Morgan
- 2011This Is Not a Movie
- 2011Stage Left: A Story of Theater in San FranciscoSelf
- 2011ValparaisoEdward G. Drexler
- 2011HereStoryteller
- 2011Last WillJudge Garner
- 2011Green FireAldo Leopold (voice)
- 2011Connected: An Autoblogography About Love, Death & Technology
- 2011These Amazing ShadowsSelf
- 2011ProhibitionSelf - Narrator
- 2011ESPN FilmsNarrator
- 2011On the Trail of Easy Rider: 40 Years On... Still Searching for AmericaSelf
- 2010Blue BloodsSenator Ted McCreary
- 2010Di Di HollywoodMichael Stein
- 2010Bag ItSelf
- 2010The People's NepalNarrator (voice)
- 2010Locked OutNarrator (voice)
- 2010Don't Get Sick After June: American Indian Healthcare:
- 2010What If Cannabis Cured CancerNarrator (voice)
- 2010Free Wheels EastNarrator
- 2010Call of LifeNarrator (voice)
- 2010Rock StarSelf
- 2010ActorSelf
- 2010Law & Order: LADA Jerry Hardin
- 2010Great MigrationsSelf - Narrator
- 2010Geospatial RevolutionNarrator
- 2009FlashforwardPresident Dave Segovia
- 2009Os Mistérios de LisboaNarrator (voice)
- 2009Lords of Nature: Life in a Land of Great Predators (voice)
- 2009With One Voice
- 2009Huxley on HuxleySelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2009The Making of 'Anton'Self
- 2009The Harimaya BridgeAlbert Tunney
- 2009Wallace StegnerSelf - Host
- 2009The Long Walk: Tears of the NavajoNarrator
- 2009The National Parks: America's Best IdeaSelf - Narrator
- 2009Full Color Football: The History of the American Football LeagueNarrator
- 2008A Single WomanMaury Maverick, Reporter 1917
- 2008All Roads Lead HomeHock
- 2008$5 a DayBurt Kruger
- 2008The Lena Baker StoryElliot Arthur
- 2008Adopt a SailorRichard
- 2008Healing Words: Poetry and MedicineNarrator
- 2008Stealing America: Vote by VoteNarrator (voice)
- 2008Alaska Far Away: The New Deal Pioneers of the Matanuska ColonyNarrator
- 2008Jose Canseco: Last ShotNarrator
- 2008Imagine a School... SummerhillSelf
- 2008Dr. Dolittle: Tail to the ChiefPresident Sterling
- 2008Power PathsSelf - Narrator
- 2008Nature UntamedSelf - Narrator
- 2007HippiesSelf
- 2007Resurrecting the ChampIke Epstein
- 2007Speak Out
- 2007Strange CultureSelf
- 2007Soldiers of ConscienceNarrator
- 2007One Man, One Cow, One PlanetSelf (voice)
- 2007Cámara negra. Teatro Victoria EugeniaSelf (archiveFootage)
- 2007Fog City MavericksSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2007Jukebox: From Edison to IpodSelf
- 2007Brain FitnessSelf - Host
- 2006Brothers & SistersMark August
- 2006Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of EvilPresident Adair T. Manning
- 2006Lost: ReckoningNarrator (voice)
- 2006The Gospel of JudasNarrator
- 2006The Damnedest, Finest RuinsNarrator
- 2006Lost: RevelationNarrator
- 2006A/k/a Tommy ChongSelf
- 2006The 5th Annual AARP Movies for Grownups AwardsSelf
- 2006El hormigueroSelf - Guest
- 2006The Drug YearsSelf
- 2005Enron: The Smartest Guys in the RoomNarrator
- 2005DeepwaterHerman
- 2005Return of the Living Dead: Rave to the GraveUncle Charles
- 2005The Sacramento: River of LifeNarrator
- 2005A Little Trip to HeavenFrank
- 2005Farming the SeasSelf - Narrator
- 2005The Green Bus v. the White HouseNarrator
- 2005Destination LostNarrator (voice)
- 2005The Sixties: The Years That Shaped a GenerationSelf
- 2005CommuneSelf - Black Bear Resident
- 2005BerkeleyNarrator (voice)
- 2005Return of the Living Dead: NecropolisUncle Charles
- 2005Law & Order: Trial by JuryMike LaSalle
- 2005Commander in ChiefWarren Keaton
- 2005Guns, Germs, and SteelNarrator
- 2005The InsideSpecial Agent Virgil "Web" Webster
- 2004DeadwoodGeneral Crook
- 2004The 4400Dennis Ryland
- 2004Oil on IceNarrator (voice)
- 2004Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer (voice)
- 2004There's Something About WNarrator
- 2004Kursk: A Submarine in Troubled WatersNarrator
- 2004Shadow of FearCongressman Henderson
- 2004The Great RoleRudolph Grichenberg
- 2004Natural HeroesNarrator
- 2004Sierra Center StageSelf - Voiceover Introduction
- 2003NCISNed Quinn
- 2003Out of the BlueNarrator (voice)
- 2003Bon VoyageAlex Winckler
- 2003Dreaming of Tibet
- 2003NorthforkEddie
- 2003Hollywood's Magical Island: CatalinaNarrator (voice)
- 2003The Hebrew HammerJJL Chief Bloomenbergensteinenthal
- 2003Written in BloodJohn Traveller
- 2003HatchetNarrator (voice)
- 2002A Walk to RememberReverend Sullivan
- 2002Femme FataleWatts
- 2002Lying for a LivingSelf
- 2002A Walk to Remember: InterviewsSelf
- 2002A Time for DancingWynn
- 2002Stay TunedSelf - Host
- 2002E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary SpecialSelf
- 2002Empty Oceans, Empty NetsSelf - Narrator
- 2002PurposeBernard Elias
- 2002Live at the Shrine! John Williams and the World Premiere of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: The 20th AnniversarySelf
- 2002E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: 20th Anniversary CelebrationSelf
- 2002Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential ElectionNarrator (voice)
- 2002The E.T. ReunionSelf
- 2002Founding BrothersThomas Jefferson (voice)
- 2002Polanski y los ojos del malSelf
- 2002Seth Eastman: Painting the DakotaSelf - Narrator
- 2002E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: A Look BackSelf
- 2001Law & Order: Criminal IntentLionel Shill
- 2001Sex in the 20th CenturySelf - Narrator
- 2001Jack the DogAlfred Stieglitz
- 2001Voices of the Sierra TarahumaraNarrator
- 2001Quartzite's Fall: A Wilderness TaleNarrator
- 2001MidwivesStephen Hastings
- 2001Suddenly NakedLionel Heathcote
- 2001Democracy Now!Self
- 2001The DivisionRoss
- 2001The Color of WarNarrator
- 2001The Shape of LifeNarrator
- 2000Erin BrockovichKurt Potter
- 2000Search for the Submarine I-52Narrator
- 2000The 72nd Annual Academy AwardsSelf - Announcer
- 2000More Dogs Than BonesDetective Darren Cody
- 2000Red LettersDennis Burke
- 2000The Wednesday WomanDon Wigulow
- 2000Frontier: The Decisive BattlesSelf - Narrator
- 2000Founding FathersThomas Jefferson
- 1999Random HeartsCullen Chandler
- 1999In the Shadow of the TigerSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 1999Kontum Diary: The Journey HomeNarriator (voice)
- 1999Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The FillmoreVoice of Urban Renewal (voice)
- 1999Execution of JusticeHarvey Milk
- 1999Emperor of HempNarrator
- 1999A Murder on Shadow MountainDennis 'Denny' Traynor
- 1999The BasketMartin Conlon
- 1999Independent LensNarrator
- 1999The History of SexNarrator
- 1998Patch AdamsBill Davis
- 1998Les Diggers De San FranciscoSelf
- 1998Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'Sphere'Self (uncredited)
- 1998Avalanche: The White DeathNarrator
- 1998SphereBarnes
- 1998A Dreamer and the DreamtribeNarrator (voice)
- 1998Karmapa - Two Ways of DivinitySelf - Narrator (voice)
- 1998Titanic: Breaking New GroundNarrator (voice)
- 1998IndiscreetDetective Roos
- 1998Seeds of DoubtPolice Lt. Henry Dexter
- 1998Two for TexasJim Bowie
- 1998Route 9Sheriff Dwayne Hogan
- 1998Last CallXuave
- 1998Frontier: Legends of the Old NorthwestNarrator
- 1998Rome: Power & GlorySelf - Narrator
- 1997The Secrets of 007: The James Bond FilesNarrator (voice)
- 1997Still MissingNarrator
- 1997Road EndsGene Gere
- 1997Murder in My MindArthur Lefcourt
- 1997Top of the WorldDoc 'The Butcher'
- 1997The Living EdensNarrator
- 1996UnforgettableDon Bresler
- 1996Unforgettable: Behind the ScenesSelf
- 1996Unforgettable: Star & Crew Sound BitesSelf
- 1996The Making of 'Unforgettable'Self
- 1996The Making of 'E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial'Self
- 1996Terminal JusticeDeacon Vivyan
- 199621st Century Jet: The Building of the 777Narrator (voice)
- 1996DalvaMichael
- 1996The WestSelf - Narrator
- 1996Le vrai journalSelf
- 1996Seduced by Madness: The Diane Borchardt StoryRuben Borchardt
- 1995Secrets of the Wild PandaSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 1995Moonlight and ValentinoPaul (uncredited)
- 1995The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American MoviesNarrator
- 1995Cyclone!Narrator
- 1995The History of Rock 'n' RollSelf
- 1995American CinemaNarrator
- 1995CybillRoger
- 1995Buffalo GirlsBuffalo Bill Cody
- 1995Wild DiscoverySelf - Narrator
- 1994The Peyote RoadNarrator (voice)
- 1994Breach of ConductCol. Andrew Case
- 1994That Eye, the SkyHenry Warburton
- 1994UnderstandingSelf - Narrator
- 1993The Roots of RoeJames Marris (voice)
- 1993KikaNicholas
- 1993Bossa Nova Music & ReminiscensesNarrator
- 1993The Annual American Cinematheque Award Honors Michael DouglasSelf
- 1993Fallen AngelsHerman Charn
- 1992Bitter MoonOscar
- 1992Earth and the American DreamBuffalo Bill Cody (voice)
- 1992Orson Welles: What Went Wrong?Narrator (voice)
- 1992HBO First LookSelf
- 1992The Pacific CenturyNarrator
- 1991A Grande ArtePeter Mandrake
- 1991The New Range WarsSelf - Host
- 1991Keeper of the CityFrank Nordhall
- 1991Flashing on the Sixties: A Tribal DocumentSelf
- 1991Crooked HeartsEdward
- 1991A Seduction in Travis CountyFrank Maguire
- 1991Living a LieMatt
- 1990AvonleaRomney Penhallow
- 1990The Man InsideHenry Tobel
- 1990Zapper n'est pas jouerSelf
- 1990Primer planoSelf - Interviewee
- 1989UnconqueredRichmond Flowers Sr.
- 1989Downwind/DownstreamNarrator (voice)
- 1989Act of WillMiles Sutherland
- 1988American ExperienceJohn Wesley Powell
- 1988Heart of MidnightSharpe
- 1988Baja OklahomaSlick Henderson
- 1988P.O.V.Self - Narrator
- 1988Lunettes noires pour nuits blanchesSelf
- 1987Sworn to SilenceSam Fischetti
- 1987It Was 20 Years Ago TodaySelf - Digger
- 1987A Man in LoveSteve
- 1987Outrageous FortuneMichael
- 1987Shark WeekNarrator
- 1987Echoes in the DarknessWilliam Bradfield Jr.
- 1986Child's CryMatt Townsend
- 1986A Question of PowerNarrator (voice)
- 1985The Twilight ZoneAdam Grant (segment: Shadow Play)
- 1985The Blue YonderMax Knickerbocker
- 1985The Booth(segment: Bread)
- 1985The Legend of Billie JeanRingwald
- 1985Jagged EdgeThomas Krasny
- 1985Contrary Warriors: A Film of the Crow TribeNarrator
- 1985TroupersSelf
- 1985American MastersSelf - Narrator
- 1985National Geographic ExplorerNarrator
- 1984Kerouac, the MovieNarrator (voice)
- 1984HeartbreakersBlue
- 1984Scorned and SwindledAnthony Ristelli
- 1984Best Kept SecretsFrank Mitchell
- 1984Cinema 3Self - Interviewee
- 1983Strangers KissStanley, the Director
- 1983Cross CreekNorton Baskin
- 1983The Four Corners: A National Sacrifice Area?Narrator
- 1983SlaygroundStone
- 1983The HitchhikerAlex
- 1982E.T.Keys
- 1982Endangered SpeciesSteele
- 1982OutRex
- 1982Breach of Contract
- 1982Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle SwannPorter Reese
- 1982The UFO ExperienceSelf - Host
- 1982NatureNarrator
- 1982De películaSelf - Interviewee
- 1981The People vs. Jean HarrisGeorge Bolen
- 1981Southern ComfortPoole
- 1981Isabel's ChoiceWynn Thomas
- 1980Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking StoryCourtney Taylor
- 1980Tell Me a RiddleYoung David
- 1980Die LaughingDavis
- 1974Historias de medio peloDennis Burke
- 1974NovaSelf - Narrator
- 1967The Hippie TemptationThe Diggers
- 1965National Geographic SpecialsSelf - Narrator
- —The Corrupt and the Dead: Tales of the Philly UnderworldSegment Narrator
- —Morning ShineJeffrey
- —Here Is Something Beautiful (Etc.Self
- —Hayden's CornerNarrator
- —SunSeed - The JourneyNarrator
- —Jesus and the OthersSimon
- —Almost ThirteenNarrator
- —Directed BySelf
- —GETTING FREE: Stories of Breaking AddictionsNarrator
- —Antonio's RoadVoice of Breaking News
Director
- 2008Race
Writer
- 2004Natural Heroes