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Peter Coyote
Actor · Crew· New York City, New York, USA
Peter Coyote, born Rachmil Pinchus Ben Mosha Cohon in 1941, is an American actor, author, and director whose career spans stage, screen, and audio books. A founding member of the Haight-Ashbury Diggers and a key figure in the San Francisco Mime Troupe, Coyote's activism and artistry were chronicled in "Voices from the Love Generation." His stage work includes directing the Minstrel Show and co-authoring the Obie Award-winning play "Olive Pits." After serving on the California Arts Council, Coyote transitioned to film and television, where he has narrated major events and campaigns, including the 2002 Winter Olympics and Apple's iPad launch.
Known For
The roles that explain the career.
Filmography
80 credits across 2 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | O Mother Gaia: The World of Gary Snyder | Self | Film |
| 2025 | The American Revolution | Narrator (voice) | TV |
| 2024 | The Program | Narrator (voice) | Film |
| 2024 | Bad Faith | Narrator (voice) | Film |
| 2023 | The American Buffalo | Narrator (voice) | TV |
| 2022 | The U.S. and the Holocaust | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV |
| 2018 | The Remarkable Life of John Weld | Narrator | Film |
| 2017 | The Vietnam War | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV |
| 2013 | The Ghost Army | Narrator (Voice) | Film |
| 2013 | Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal | Self | Film |
| 2012 | Hemingway & Gellhorn | Maxwell Perkins | Film |
| 2011 | Connected: An Autoblogography About Love, Death & Technology | Narrator (voice) | Film |
| 2011 | These Amazing Shadows | Self | Film |
| 2011 | The Gundown | Thomas Morgan | Film |
| 2011 | This Is Not a Movie | Film | |
| 2011 | Bag It | Self | Film |
| 2011 | Here | Storyteller | Film |
| 2011 | I am Fishead | narrator | Film |
| 2011 | Last Will | Judge Garner | Film |
| 2010 | What If Cannabis Cured Cancer | Narration | Film |
| 2010 | DiDi Hollywood | Michael McLean | Film |
| 2010 | Great Migrations | TV | |
| 2009 | With One Voice | Narrator | Film |
| 2008 | Hope & Redemption: The Lena Baker Story | Elliot Arthur | Film |
| 2008 | All Roads Lead Home | Hock | Film |
| 2008 | Adopt a Sailor | Richard | Film |
| 2008 | $5 a Day | Burt Kruger | Film |
| 2008 | Texas Gold | Narrator | Film |
| 2008 | Dr. Dolittle: Tail to the Chief | President Sterling | Film |
| 2007 | One Man, One Cow, One Planet | Narrator | Film |
| 2007 | Fog City Mavericks | Self - Narrator (voice) | Film |
| 2007 | Resurrecting the Champ | Ike Epstein | Film |
| 2007 | Soldiers Of Conscience | Self | Film |
| 2007 | Strange Culture | Self | Film |
| 2006 | Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil | President Adair T. Manning | Film |
| 2006 | AKA Tommy Chong | Himself | Film |
| 2006 | The Gospel of Judas | Narrator | Film |
| 2005 | The Inside | Special Agent Virgil "Web" Webster | TV |
| 2005 | Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis | Uncle Charles | Film |
| 2005 | Return of the Living Dead: Rave to the Grave | Uncle Charles | Film |
| 2005 | A Little Trip to Heaven | Frank | Film |
| 2005 | Commune | self, Black Bear resident | Film |
| 2005 | Deepwater | Herman Finch | Film |
| 2005 | Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room | Self - Narrator (voice) | Film |
| 2004 | The Great Role | Rudolph Grichenberg | Film |
| 2004 | Oil on Ice | Narrator | Film |
| 2004 | Shadow of Fear | Congressman Henderson | Film |
| 2003 | National Geographic: Surviving Everest | Narrator | Film |
| 2003 | Northfork | Eddie | Film |
| 2003 | The Hebrew Hammer | JJL Chief Bloomenbergensteinenthal | Film |
| 2003 | Bon Voyage | Alex Winckler | Film |
| 2003 | Out of the Blue | Narrator (voice) | Film |
| 2003 | Phenomenon II | John Ringold | Film |
| 2003 | Written In Blood | John Traveller | Film |
| 2002 | A Time for Dancing | Wyn Michaels | Film |
| 2002 | Femme Fatale | Watts | Film |
| 2002 | A Walk to Remember | Reverend Sullivan | Film |
| 2002 | Purpose | Bernard Elias | Film |
| 2002 | Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election | Narrator | Film |
| 2001 | Suddenly Naked | Lionel Heathcote | Film |
| 2001 | Midwives | Stephen Hastings | Film |
| 2000 | Red Letters | Dennis Burke | Film |
| 2000 | Erin Brockovich | Kurt Potter | Film |
| 2000 | The Basket | Martin Conlon | Film |
| 2000 | More Dogs Than Bones | Detective Darren Cody | Film |
| 1999 | Emperor of Hemp | Narrator | Film |
| 1999 | National Geographic Explorer: The Battle For Midway | Himself - Narrator | Film |
| 1999 | The History of Sex | Himself - Narrator | TV |
| 1999 | Last Call | Xuave | Film |
| 1999 | Random Hearts | Cullen Chandler | Film |
| 1998 | Seeds of Doubt | Film | |
| 1998 | Sphere | Captain Harold C. Barnes | Film |
| 1998 | Route 9 | Sheriff Dwayne Hogan | Film |
| 1998 | Two for Texas | Jim Bowie | Film |
| 1998 | Indiscreet | Detective Roos | Film |
| 1997 | Top of the World | Doc 'The Butcher' | Film |
| 1997 | Road Ends | Gene Gere | Film |
| 1997 | The Secrets of 007 | Narrator (voice) | Film |
| 1996 | Terminal Justice | Deacon Vivyan | Film |
| 1996 | Unforgettable | Don Bresler | Film |
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