Peter Coyote
Known for: Acting
Born: October 10, 1941
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
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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Filmography
240 movies · 61 TV shows, newest first
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Antonio's Road
2026
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Cornellskop: Freedom From Fear
2026
5.9
The American Revolution
2025
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Black Mountain Blues
2025
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The Atomic Bowl: Football at Ground Zero -- And Nuclear Peril Today
2025
7.5
Moment of Contact: New Revelations of Alien Encounters
2025
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O Mother Gaia: The World of Gary Snyder
2025
6.0
The Program
2024
1.0
Good Men
2024
5.8
Bad Faith
2024
7.4
Kennedy
2023
7.4
The American Buffalo
2023
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San Francisco Sounds: A Place in Time
2023
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Fields of Gold
2023
8.0
La Californie !
2023
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Spirit of Golf
2023
7.8
Against All Enemies
2023
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Jerry Brown: The Disrupter
2022
6.4
Moment of Contact
2022
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The Weight of a Feather: The Liberty Wildlife Story
2022
8.3
The U.S. and the Holocaust
2022
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The Last Stand
2022
7.7
Benjamin Franklin
2022
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A Cloud Never Dies
2022
3.0
The Tent Mender
2021
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The Co-op Wars
2021
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San Francisco Stories
2021
7.5
Hemingway
2021
7.4
The Girl Who Believes in Miracles
2021
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Wandering...But Not Lost
2021
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Nepal Beyond
2021
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Downwinders and the Radioactive West
2021
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Marriner Eccles: Father of the Modern Federal Reserve
2021
6.3
The Phenomenon
2020
6.9
The Comey Rule
2020
6.7
Helter Skelter: An American Myth
2020
7.0
About Face: Jewish Refugees in the Allied Forces
2020NR
Sunseed: The Journey
2020
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Almost Thirteen
2020
6.0
Polanski, le travail à l'oeuvre
2019
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Troubled Waters: A Turtle's Tale
2019
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Olompali: A Hippie Odyssey
2019
7.3
Country Music
2019
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The Atomic Tree
2019
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The Remarkable Life of John Weld
2018
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As If They Were Angels
2018
7.0
The Mayo Clinic
2018
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Summer of Love
2018
6.3
The Etruscan Smile
2018
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Saving Atlantis
2018
7.5
Spielberg
2017
7.0
The Disappearance
2017
8.2
The Vietnam War
2017
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Revolution: The Legacy of the Sixties
2017
7.5
The Beatles, Hippies & Hells Angels: Inside the Crazy World of Apple
2017
6.5
1 Mile To You
2017
5.9
Paris Can Wait
2016
4.3
The Reality of Truth
2016
3.5
Americana
2016
6.0
Who Wants to Live Forever? The Wisdom of Aging.
2016
10.0
Robert Bly: A Thousand Years of Joy
2015NR
A Daring Journey: From Immigration to Education
2015
6.0
The Spoils Before Dying
2015
4.4
Eva & Leon
2015
3.0
No Deposit
2015
10.0
A Coup in Camelot
2015
5.9
Good Kill
2015
5.8
Girl on the Edge
2015
5.3
The Price of Fame
2015
5.0
Bangkok, We Have A Problem!
2014
7.7
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
2014
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Realm of the Ancient Redwoods
2014
7.0
The Real History of Science Fiction
2014
7.0
Angel Azul
2014
6.5
Intelligence
2014
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Paolo Soleri: Beyond Form
2013
8.0
The Ghost Army
2013
10.0
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
20139.0
Rise Above the Mark
2012
7.9
The Dust Bowl
2012
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Dangerous Waters
2012
6.1
Hemingway & Gellhorn
2012
7.2
Perception
2012NR
Right to Play
2012
6.0
Valparaiso
2012
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Cold War on Ice: Summit Series '72
2012
7.8
Prohibition
2011
4.4
The Gundown
2011
6.5
I am Fishead
2011
6.5
Bag It
2011
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Oceans in Glass
2011
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On the Trail of Easy Rider: 40 Years On... Still Searching for America
2011
4.0
Last Will
2011
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Green Fire
2011
4.6
This Is Not a Movie
2011
7.4
These Amazing Shadows
2011
4.2
Connected: An Autoblogography About Love, Death & Technology
2011
5.0
Here
2011
7.7
Great Migrations
2010
3.9
DiDi Hollywood
2010NR
Chattahoochee: From Water War to Water Vision
2010
6.8
Law & Order: LA
2010
7.8
Blue Bloods
2010
6.3
What If Cannabis Cured Cancer
20107.0
Call of Life: Facing the Mass Extinction
20106.8
Vampire Forensics
2010
7.5
Nazi Mystery - Twins From Brazil
2009
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24 Hours After: Asteroid Impact
2009NR
For the Rights of All: Ending Jim Crow in Alaska
2009
7.5
I Know What I Saw
2009
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Climbing Redwood Giants
2009
7.9
The National Parks: America's Best Idea
2009
7.0
FlashForward
2009
1.0
With One Voice
2009
10.0
Full Color Football: The History of the American Football League
2009
8.0
What The Tourist Should See
2009
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Torturing Democracy
20095.0
Huxley on Huxley
2009
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Grand Canyon: A Journey of Wonder
2009
6.0
Hope & Redemption: The Lena Baker Story
2008
5.7
Adopt a Sailor
2008
5.8
All Roads Lead Home
2008
5.5
A Single Woman
2008
5.6
$5 a Day
2008
6.0
Finding Anastasia
2008
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Illicit: The Dark Trade
2008
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Alaska Far Away
2008
5.3
Dr. Dolittle: Tail to the Chief
2008
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The Brain Fitness Program
2008NR
Texas Gold
2008
6.0
One Man, One Cow, One Planet
2007
8.5
Fog City Mavericks
2007
6.3
Resurrecting the Champ
2007
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Hippies
2007
7.0
The Sunday Man
2007
4.7
Strange Culture
2007
5.1
Soldiers Of Conscience
2007
4.9
Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil
2006NR
Darryl Henriques Is in Show Business
2006
7.1
Brothers and Sisters
2006
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Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home
2006
7.3
AKA Tommy Chong
2006
7.2
The Gospel of Judas
2006
5.4
A Little Trip to Heaven
2005
10.0
The Sacramento River of Life
2005NR
The War Prayer
2005
5.1
Return of the Living Dead: Rave to the Grave
2005
5.2
Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis
2005
7.5
Commander in Chief
2005
6.0
The Tribe
2005
6.5
Guns Germs & Steel
2005
5.0
Deepwater
2005
7.3
The Inside
2005
7.2
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
2005
5.5
Commune
2005
8.1
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
2005
5.5
The Great Role
2004
5.3
Shadow of Fear
2004
7.2
The 4400
2004
10.0
Oil on Ice
2004
8.1
Deadwood
20047.3
Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer
2004NR
Bare Knuckle Filming: The Construction of Northfork
2003
5.5
The Hebrew Hammer
2003
6.3
Phenomenon II
2003
7.6
NCIS
2003
8.0
Hollywood's Magical Island: Catalina
2003
6.0
Northfork
2003
7.4
Out of the Blue
2003
6.2
Written In Blood
2003
6.0
National Geographic: Surviving Everest
2003
6.3
Bon Voyage
2003
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Grizzly Diaries
2003
7.3
Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election
2002
6.7
A Time for Dancing
2002
10.0
Founding Brothers
2002
6.2
Femme Fatale
2002
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Empty Oceans, Empty Nets
20028.0
Polanski y los ojos del mal
2002
7.3
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special
2002
4.9
Purpose
2002
7.8
A Walk to Remember
2002
8.0
The Color of War
2001
7.6
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
4.6
Suddenly Naked
2001
10.0
Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Fillmore
2001
5.9
Midwives
2001
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In the Light of Reverence
2001
3.8
Jack the Dog
2001
7.1
The Division
2001
8.0
Founding Fathers
2000
4.9
More Dogs Than Bones
2000
4.7
Red Letters
2000
8.0
The Wednesday Woman
2000
6.2
The Basket
2000
7.4
Erin Brockovich
2000
9.0
Search for the Submarine I-52
2000
5.2
Execution of Justice
1999NR
Missing in Tibet
1999
5.6
Random Hearts
1999
9.3
The History of Sex
1999
6.6
Independent Lens
1999
5.8
Emperor of Hemp
1999
3.7
Murder on Shadow Mountain
1999
7.0
National Geographic Explorer: The Battle For Midway
1999
4.7
Last Call
1999
7.3
Patch Adams
1998
7.0
Route 9
19989.0
A Dreamer and the Dreamtribe
1998
5.1
Indiscreet
1998
8.0
National Geographic's Storm of the Century
1998
4.4
Seeds of Doubt
1998
7.0
Titanic: Breaking New Ground
1998
7.7
Karmapa - Two Ways of Divinity
1998
9.0
Rome: Power & Glory
1998
6.1
Sphere
1998
6.6
Two for Texas
19987.5
San Francisco Diggers
1998
8.0
Avalanche: The White Death
1998
7.9
The Secrets of 007
1997
4.6
Road Ends
1997
5.2
Top of the World
1997
4.5
Murder in My Mind
1997
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Alaska's Great Wilderness Denali: The Living Edens
1997
7.4
The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'
1996
8.4
The West
1996
4.9
Terminal Justice
1996
4.0
Dalva
1996
4.8
Seduced by Madness
1996
5.6
Unforgettable
1996
10.0
21st Century Jet: The Building of the 777
1996
5.6
Moonlight and Valentino
1995
5.0
That Eye, the Sky
1995
8.0
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
6.5
Buffalo Girls
1995
5.9
Cybill
1995
5.5
Breach of Conduct
1994
7.0
The Peyote Road
1994
6.4
Kika
1993
6.6
Fallen Angels
1993
6.7
Earth and the American Dream
199210.0
The Pacific Century
1992
7.1
Bitter Moon
1992
5.3
Keeper of the City
1991
10.0
Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier
1991
10.0
Living a Lie
1991
5.6
Crooked Hearts
1991
4.5
High Art
1991
4.8
A Seduction in Travis County
1991
6.0
The Man Inside
1990
7.2
Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey
1990
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Poison in the Rockies
1990
8.0
The Simpsons
1989
9.3
Unconquered
1989
5.7
Heart of Midnight
1988
6.5
American Experience
1988
6.5
Baja Oklahoma
1988NR
Collision Course: Labor Management Relations in America
1988
7.5
Echoes in the Darkness
1987
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Echoes in the Darkness
1987
4.5
A Man in Love
1987
7.0
Sworn to Silence
1987
6.0
Outrageous Fortune
1987
10.0
Stacking
1987
7.5
Child's Cry
1986
6.3
The Blue Yonder
1985
7.0
Contrary Warriors: A Film of the Crow Tribe
1985
6.2
Jagged Edge
1985
7.7
The Twilight Zone
1985
6.6
Jack Kerouac: King of the Beats
1985
6.6
The Legend of Billie Jean
1985
6.0
National Geographic Explorer
1985
6.0
Scorned and Swindled
1984
5.3
Heartbreakers
1984
7.3
Best Kept Secrets
1984
4.8
Slayground
1984
6.3
The Hitchhiker
1983
NR
The Four Corners: A National Sacrifice Area?
1983
6.6
Cross Creek
1983
5.0
Strangers Kiss
198310.0
The UFO Experience
1982
7.9
Nature
1982
4.9
Endangered Species
1982
5.4
Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann
1982
7.5
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1982
6.6
American Playhouse
1982
8.0
Breach of Contract
1982
4.5
Out
1982
NR
Isabel's Choice
1981
6.8
Southern Comfort
1981
NR
People vs. Jean Harris
1981
6.8
Tell Me a Riddle
1980
5.5
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
1980
5.0
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
1980
4.6
Die Laughing
1980
5.7
The Hippie Temptation
1967
7.0
The Oscars
1953
NR
National Geographic Special: Secret Cities of the Amazon
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Pretty Slick - The Deep Water Horizon Environmental Coverup - Extended Directors Cut
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NR
Hayden's Corner
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Lightworkers
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