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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

291

Gender

Male

Birthday

1941-10-10 (84 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

Rachmil Pinchus Ben Mosha Cohon

پیتر کایوتی

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

Acting

Erin Brockovich

2000

Erin Brockovich

as

Kurt Potter

Unforgettable

1996

Unforgettable

as

Don Bresler

Sphere

1998

Sphere

as

Captain Harold C. Barnes

Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil

2006

Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil

as

President Adair T. Manning

A Walk to Remember

2002

A Walk to Remember

as

Reverend Sullivan

Patch Adams

1998

Patch Adams

as

Bill Davis

$5 a Day

2008

$5 a Day

as

Burt Kruger

Bitter Moon

1992

Bitter Moon

as

Oscar

Outrageous Fortune

1987

Outrageous Fortune

as

Michael Sanders

Kika

1993

Kika

as

Nicholas Pierce

Northfork

2003

Northfork

as

Eddie

Jagged Edge

1985

Jagged Edge

as

Thomas Krasny

Southern Comfort

1981

Southern Comfort

as

Poole

Femme Fatale

2002

Femme Fatale

as

Watts

Random Hearts

1999

Random Hearts

as

Cullen Chandler

Deepwater

2005

Deepwater

as

Herman Finch

Torturing Democracy

2009

Torturing Democracy

as

Narrator

Nazi Mystery - Twins From Brazil

2009

Nazi Mystery - Twins From Brazil

as

Narrstor (voice)

Dr. Dolittle: Tail to the Chief

2008

Dr. Dolittle: Tail to the Chief

as

President Sterling

Nepal Beyond

2021

Nepal Beyond

as

Narrator

More Dogs Than Bones

2000

More Dogs Than Bones

as

Detective Darren Cody

DiDi Hollywood

2010

DiDi Hollywood

as

Michael McLean

The Legend of Billie Jean

1985

The Legend of Billie Jean

as

Lt. Larry Ringwald

AKA Tommy Chong

2006

AKA Tommy Chong

as

Himself

Top of the World

1997

Top of the World

as

Doc 'The Butcher'

A Time for Dancing

2002

A Time for Dancing

as

Wyn Michaels

Endangered Species

1982

Endangered Species

as

Steele

Heart of Midnight

1988

Heart of Midnight

as

Sharpe/Larry

The Gundown

2011

The Gundown

as

Thomas Morgan

Troubled Waters: A Turtle's Tale

2019

Troubled Waters: A Turtle's Tale

as

Self - Narrator (voice)

Shadow of Fear

2004

Shadow of Fear

as

Congressman Henderson

Emperor of Hemp

1999

Emperor of Hemp

as

Narrator

Against All Enemies

2023

Against All Enemies

as

Narrator

Adopt a Sailor

2008

Adopt a Sailor

as

Richard

Suddenly Naked

2001

Suddenly Naked

as

Lionel Heathcote

A Man in Love

1987

A Man in Love

as

Steve Elliott

The Basket

2000

The Basket

as

Martin Conlon

Purpose

2002

Purpose

as

Bernard Elias

The Gospel of Judas

2006

The Gospel of Judas

as

Narrator

Last Call

1999

Last Call

as

Xuave

High Art

1991

High Art

as

Peter Mandrake

Red Letters

2000

Red Letters

as

Dennis Burke

Empty Oceans, Empty Nets

2002

Empty Oceans, Empty Nets

as

Narrator (voice)

The Blue Yonder

1985

The Blue Yonder

as

Max Knickerbocker

Heartbreakers

1984

Heartbreakers

as

Blue

Out

1982

Out

as

Rex

Crooked Hearts

1991

Crooked Hearts

as

Edward Warren

The Great Role

2004

The Great Role

as

Rudolph Grichenberg

Slayground

1983

Slayground

as

Stone

Here

2011

Here

as

Storyteller

I am Fishead

2011

I am Fishead

as

narrator

Buffalo Girls

1995

Buffalo Girls

as

Buffalo Bill Cody

Texas Gold

2008

Texas Gold

as

Narrator

Strange Culture

2007

Strange Culture

as

Self

Two for Texas

1998

Two for Texas

as

Jim Bowie

Midwives

2001

Midwives

as

Stephen Hastings

A Cloud Never Dies

2022

A Cloud Never Dies

as

Narrator (voice)

Last Will

2011

Last Will

as

Judge Garner

Road Ends

1997

Road Ends

as

Gene Gere

Sunseed: The Journey

2020

Sunseed: The Journey

as

Narrator (voice)

Cross Creek

1983

Cross Creek

as

Norton Baskin

Angel Azul

2014

Angel Azul

as

Narrator

Echoes in the Darkness

1987

Echoes in the Darkness

as

William Bradfield Jr.

Fields of Gold

2023

Fields of Gold

as

Narrator

Written In Blood

2003

Written In Blood

as

John Traveller

Indiscreet

1998

Indiscreet

as

Detective Roos

The Ghost Army

2013

The Ghost Army

as

Narrator (Voice)

Child's Cry

1986

Child's Cry

as

Matt Townsend

Best Kept Secrets

1984

Best Kept Secrets

as

Frank Mitchell

Tell Me a Riddle

1980

Tell Me a Riddle

as

Young David

Terminal Justice

1996

Terminal Justice

as

Deacon Vivyan

Route 9

1998

Route 9

as

Sheriff Dwayne Hogan

The Price of Fame

2015

The Price of Fame

as

Crooker

People vs. Jean Harris

1981

People vs. Jean Harris

as

George Bolen

Almost Thirteen

2020

Almost Thirteen

as

Narrator

That Eye, the Sky

1995

That Eye, the Sky

as

Henry Warburton

Out of the Blue

2003

Out of the Blue

as

Narrator (voice)

Rise Above the Mark

2012

Rise Above the Mark

as

Narrator

Moment of Contact

2022

Moment of Contact

as

Narrator (voice)

Strangers Kiss

1983

Strangers Kiss

as

Stanley, the Director

Right to Play

2012

Right to Play

as

Narrator

Hippies

2007

Hippies

as

Self

The Atomic Tree

2019

The Atomic Tree

as

Narrator

The Secrets of 007

1997

The Secrets of 007

as

Narrator (voice)

Murder in My Mind

1997

Murder in My Mind

as

Arthur Lefcourt

Americana

2016

Americana

as

Ben

National Geographic's Storm of the Century

1998

National Geographic's Storm of the Century

as

Self - Narrator (voice)

Die Laughing

1980

Die Laughing

as

Davis

Illicit: The Dark Trade

2008

Illicit: The Dark Trade

as

Self - Narrator (voice)

No Deposit

2015

No Deposit

as

Police Chief Williams

Oil on Ice

2004

Oil on Ice

as

Narrator

The Last Stand

2022

The Last Stand

as

Narrator (voice)

Eva & Leon

2015

Eva & Leon

as

Le Père

Breach of Conduct

1994

Breach of Conduct

as

Col. Andrew Case

Green Fire

2011

Green Fire

as

Aldo Leopold (voice)

Good Kill

2015

Good Kill

as

Langley

Bad Faith

2024

Bad Faith

as

Narrator (voice)

Unconquered

1989

Unconquered

as

Richmond Flowers Sr.

Sworn to Silence

1987

Sworn to Silence

as

Sam Fischetti

The Co-op Wars

2021

The Co-op Wars

as

Narrator (voice)

The Sunday Man

2007

The Sunday Man

as

The Voice

The Man Inside

1990

The Man Inside

as

Henry Tobel

Girl on the Edge

2015

Girl on the Edge

as

Hank Taylor

Poison in the Rockies

1990

Poison in the Rockies

as

Narrator (voice)

In the Light of Reverence

2001

In the Light of Reverence

as

Narrator (voice)

Execution of Justice

1999

Execution of Justice

as

Harvey Milk

Missing in Tibet

1999

Missing in Tibet

as

Narrator

1 Mile To You

2017

1 Mile To You

as

Principal Umber

Baja Oklahoma

1988

Baja Oklahoma

as

Slick Henderson

Grizzly Diaries

2003

Grizzly Diaries

as

Narrator (voice)

Bon Voyage

2003

Bon Voyage

as

Alex Winckler

The Program

2024

The Program

as

Narrator (voice)

Murder on Shadow Mountain

1999

Murder on Shadow Mountain

as

Dennis 'Denny' Traynor

Phenomenon II

2003

Phenomenon II

as

John Ringold

Alaska Far Away

2008

Alaska Far Away

as

Narrator

The Wednesday Woman

2000

The Wednesday Woman

as

Don Wigulow

The Tribe

2005

The Tribe

as

Voice

Spielberg

2017

Spielberg

as

Self

The Hebrew Hammer

2003

The Hebrew Hammer

as

JJL Chief Bloomenbergensteinenthal

Stacking

1987

Stacking

as

The Photographer

The Etruscan Smile

2018

The Etruscan Smile

as

Professor

A Single Woman

2008

A Single Woman

as

Maury Maverick

Keeper of the City

1991

Keeper of the City

as

Frank Nordhall

The Mayo Clinic

2018

The Mayo Clinic

as

Self - Narrator (voice)

Scorned and Swindled

1984

Scorned and Swindled

as

Anthony Ristelli

Summer of Love

2018

Summer of Love

as

Himself

Dalva

1996

Dalva

as

Michael

Isabel's Choice

1981

Isabel's Choice

as

Wynn Thomas

Resurrecting the Champ

2007

Resurrecting the Champ

as

Ike Epstein

The War Prayer

2005

The War Prayer

as

Narrator

I Know What I Saw

2009

I Know What I Saw

as

Narrator (voice)

With One Voice

2009

With One Voice

as

Narrator

Hemingway & Gellhorn

2012

Hemingway & Gellhorn

as

Maxwell Perkins

Earth and the American Dream

1992

Earth and the American Dream

as

Reader (voice)

Bag It

2011

Bag It

as

Self

Karmapa - Two Ways of Divinity

1998

Karmapa - Two Ways of Divinity

as

Narrator, English version (voice)

Climbing Redwood Giants

2009

Climbing Redwood Giants

as

Self - Narrator (voice)

The Phenomenon

2020

The Phenomenon

as

Narrator (voice)

Commune

2005

Commune

as

self, Black Bear resident

Oceans in Glass

2011

Oceans in Glass

as

Narrator

What The Tourist Should See

2009

What The Tourist Should See

as

Narrator (voice)

Living a Lie

1991

Living a Lie

as

Matt

American Cinema

1995

American Cinema

as

Narrator

Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home

2006

Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home

as

Narrator (voice)

Valparaiso

2012

Valparaiso

as

Edward G. Drexler

Fog City Mavericks

2007

Fog City Mavericks

as

Self - Narrator (voice)

A Seduction in Travis County

1991

A Seduction in Travis County

as

Frank Maguire

A Coup in Camelot

2015

A Coup in Camelot

as

Narrator (voice)

San Francisco Stories

San Francisco Stories

as

Narrator/SInger

Good Men

2024

Good Men

as

Self

Jack the Dog

2001

Jack the Dog

as

Alfred

The Peyote Road

1994

The Peyote Road

as

Narrator

Hayden's Corner

Hayden's Corner

as

Narrator (voice)

Deadwood

Deadwood

as

General Crook

The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone

as

(segment "Shadow Play")

The Inside

The Inside

as

Special Agent Virgil "Web" Webster

NCIS

NCIS

as

Ned Quinn

Hemingway

Hemingway

as

Narrator (voice)

The History of Sex

The History of Sex

as

Himself - Narrator

The Hitchhiker

The Hitchhiker

as

Alex Nolan

Nature

Nature

as

Narrator (voice)

Seduced by Madness

Seduced by Madness

as

Ruben Borchardt

The West

The West

as

Self - Narrator

Intelligence

Intelligence

as

Leland Strand

Perception

Perception

as

James Alan Pierce

The Tent Mender

The Tent Mender

as

as Narrator

FlashForward

FlashForward

as

Dave Segovia

La Californie !

La Californie !

as

Self - Actor / Activist

Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

as

Narrator (voice)

Law & Order: LA

Law & Order: LA

as

Jerry Hardin

The 4400

The 4400

as

Dennis Ryland

The Disappearance

The Disappearance

as

Henry Sullivan

The Simpsons

The Simpsons

as

Peter Coyote (voice)

American Experience

American Experience

as

Narrator (voice)

The Vietnam War

The Vietnam War

as

Narrator (voice)

The Dust Bowl

The Dust Bowl

as

Peter Coyote

Prohibition

Prohibition

as

Self - Narrator (voice)

Kennedy

Kennedy

as

Narrator (voice)

Blue Bloods

Blue Bloods

as

Senator Ted McCreary

Explorer

Explorer

as

Self - Narrator

Helter Skelter: An American Myth

Helter Skelter: An American Myth

as

Self - Actor, Diggers Early Core Member

Guns Germs & Steel

Guns Germs & Steel

as

Narrator (voice)

The American Buffalo

The American Buffalo

as

Narrator (voice)

Founding Fathers

Founding Fathers

as

John Hancock (voice) / Thomas Jefferson (voice)

Fallen Angels

Fallen Angels

as

Herman Charn

Explorer

Explorer

as

Himself - Narrator (voice)

Commander in Chief

Commander in Chief

as

Warren Keaton

Country Music

Country Music

as

Narrator

Echoes in the Darkness

Echoes in the Darkness

as

William Bradfield Jr.

The Comey Rule

The Comey Rule

as

Robert Mueller

The Pacific Century

The Pacific Century

as

Narrator (voice)

San Francisco Sounds: A Place in Time

San Francisco Sounds: A Place in Time

as

Self - Narrator (voice)

Production

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