Peter Coyote
Born in New York City, New York, USA — Oct 10 1941
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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 Tro…
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NCIS
Ned Quinn
The Simpsons
Peter Coyote (voice)
Blue Bloods
Senator Ted McCreary
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Lionel Shill
American Experience
Narrator (voice)
Nature
Narrator (voice)
The Twilight Zone
(segment "Shadow Play")
The Division
Ross
Brothers and Sisters
Mark August
Deadwood
General Crook
The 4400
Dennis Ryland
Cybill
Roger
Independent Lens
The Oscars
Self
The Hitchhiker
Alex Nolan
Perception
James Alan Pierce
FlashForward
Dave Segovia
Law & Order: LA
Jerry Hardin
Commander in Chief
Warren Keaton
Fallen Angels
Herman Charn
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Keys
The American Revolution
Narrator (voice)
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Mike LaSalle
Intelligence
Leland Strand
The Real History of Science Fiction
Himself
A Walk to Remember
Reverend Sullivan
Explorer
Prohibition
Self - Narrator (voice)
The National Parks: America's Best Idea
Narrator
The West
Self - Narrator
The Disappearance
Henry Sullivan
The Vietnam War
Narrator (voice)
Erin Brockovich
Kurt Potter
The Spoils Before Dying
Dizzy the Cat
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
Narrator (voice)
Sphere
Captain Harold C. Barnes
The Inside
Special Agent Virgil "Web" Webster
The U.S. and the Holocaust
Self - Narrator
The Comey Rule
Robert Mueller
Helter Skelter: An American Myth
Self - Actor, Diggers Early Core Member
Patch Adams
Bill Davis
Country Music
Narrator
Hemingway
Narrator (voice)
Resurrecting the Champ
Ike Epstein
Great Migrations
Bitter Moon
Oscar
The American Buffalo
Narrator (voice)
Unconquered
Richmond Flowers Sr.
Echoes in the Darkness
William Bradfield Jr.
Femme Fatale
Watts
Paris Can Wait
Crew
Benjamin Franklin
Narrator (voice)
Random Hearts
Cullen Chandler
Spielberg
Self
Good Kill
Langley
Southern Comfort
Poole
The History of Sex
Himself - Narrator
The Legend of Billie Jean
Ringwald
Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil
President Adair T. Manning
Jagged Edge
Thomas Krasny
The Girl Who Believes in Miracles
Sam Donovan
Shadow of Fear
Congressman Henderson
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Self - Narrator (voice)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Narrator
Northfork
Eddie
Founding Fathers
John Hancock (voice) / Thomas Jefferson (voice)
The Mayo Clinic
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Pacific Century
Narrator (voice)
Buffalo Girls
Buffalo Bill Cody
The Phenomenon
Narrator (voice)
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
Courtney Taylor
La Californie !
Self - Actor / Activist
Deepwater
Herman Finch
Hemingway & Gellhorn
Maxwell Perkins
Seduced by Madness
Ruben Borchardt
Dr. Dolittle: Tail to the Chief
President Sterling
Good Men
Self
Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier
Crew
The Etruscan Smile
Professor
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
Courtney Taylor
Cross Creek
Norton Baskin
These Amazing Shadows
Self
Bad Faith
Narrator (voice)
Child's Cry
Matt Townsend
Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann
Porter Reese
Unforgettable
Don Bresler
Fog City Mavericks
Self - Narrator (voice)
Red Letters
Dennis Burke
Kennedy
Narrator (voice)
Crooked Hearts
Edward Warren
Full Color Football: The History of the American Football League
Himself - Narrator
Earth and the American Dream
Reader (voice)
On the Trail of Easy Rider: 40 Years On... Still Searching for America
Self
Two for Texas
Jim Bowie
Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis
Uncle Charles
Keeper of the City
Frank Nordhall
DiDi Hollywood
Michael McLean
Midwives
Stephen Hastings
Here
Storyteller
Slayground
Stone
Endangered Species
Steele
The Gundown
Thomas Morgan
San Francisco Sounds: A Place in Time
Self - Narrator (voice)
Bangkok, We Have A Problem!
Burt Lowell
Bon Voyage
Alex Winckler
Baja Oklahoma
Slick Henderson
The Dust Bowl
Peter Coyote
Sworn to Silence
Sam Fischetti
Moonlight and Valentino
Paul
1 Mile To You
Principal Umber
More Dogs Than Bones
Detective Darren Cody
A Time for Dancing
Wyn Michaels
Indiscreet
Detective Roos
Rome: Power & Glory
Narrator
Jack the Dog
Alfred
Purpose
Bernard Elias
Founding Brothers
Road Ends
Gene Gere
Moment of Contact
Narrator (voice)
The Great Role
Rudolph Grichenberg
Return of the Living Dead: Rave to the Grave
Uncle Charles
A Man in Love
Steve Elliott
The Basket
Martin Conlon
Top of the World
Doc 'The Butcher'
Die Laughing
Davis
A Little Trip to Heaven
Frank
The Secrets of 007
Narrator (voice)
Outrageous Fortune
Michael Sanders
Suddenly Naked
Lionel Heathcote
Kika
Nicholas Pierce
The Price of Fame
Crooker
$5 a Day
Burt Kruger
Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey
Narrator (voice)
Murder on Shadow Mountain
Dennis 'Denny' Traynor
No Deposit
Police Chief Williams
Adopt a Sailor
Richard
A Single Woman
Maury Maverick
Eva & Leon
Le Père
The Man Inside
Henry Tobel
Guns Germs & Steel
Narrator (voice)
Breach of Conduct
Col. Andrew Case
The Hebrew Hammer
JJL Chief Bloomenbergensteinenthal
Summer of Love
Himself
Strange Culture
Self
The Wednesday Woman
Don Wigulow
Last Will
Judge Garner
Best Kept Secrets
Frank Mitchell
Last Call
Xuave
The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'
Self
Dalva
Michael
People vs. Jean Harris
George Bolen
Seeds Of Doubt
Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election
Narrator
Out
Rex
High Art
Peter Mandrake
Girl on the Edge
Hank Taylor
Strangers Kiss
Stanley, the Director
Echoes in the Darkness
William Bradfield Jr.
Bag It
Self
Murder in My Mind
Arthur Lefcourt
The Reality of Truth
Self
Route 9
Sheriff Dwayne Hogan
Heart of Midnight
Sharpe/Larry
All Roads Lead Home
Hock
21st Century Jet: The Building of the 777
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Color of War
Narrator
Robert Bly: A Thousand Years of Joy
Self
Isabel's Choice
Wynn Thomas
Against All Enemies
Narrator
Troubled Waters: A Turtle's Tale
Self - Narrator (voice)
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
Self
Heartbreakers
Blue
Dangerous Waters
Self
The Hippie Temptation
Digger
What If Cannabis Cured Cancer
Narration
Illicit: The Dark Trade
Self - Narrator (voice)
Stacking
The Photographer
Revolution: The Legacy of the Sixties
Titanic: Breaking New Ground
Narrator
Americana
Ben
Scorned and Swindled
Anthony Ristelli
Execution of Justice
Harvey Milk
The Program
Narrator (voice)
Right to Play
Narrator
Nepal Beyond
Narrator
National Geographic Explorer: The Battle For Midway
Himself - Narrator
I Know What I Saw
Narrator (voice)
The Blue Yonder
Max Knickerbocker
The Tent Mender
as Narrator
San Francisco Diggers
A Seduction in Travis County
Frank Maguire
The Sunday Man
The Voice
This Is Not a Movie
Phenomenon II
John Ringold
Written In Blood
John Traveller
Terminal Justice
Deacon Vivyan
Polanski y los ojos del mal
Himself
Polanski, le travail à l'oeuvre
Self
Spirit of Golf
Self
San Francisco Stories
Narrator/SInger
Valparaiso
Edward G. Drexler
Tell Me a Riddle
Young David
Angel Azul
Narrator
Hippies
Self
The Remarkable Life of John Weld
Narrator
Jerry Brown: The Disrupter
Self
A Cloud Never Dies
Narrator (voice)
Huxley on Huxley
Self
Living a Lie
Matt
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special
Self
Hollywood's Magical Island: Catalina
Narrator (voice)
That Eye, the Sky
Henry Warburton
Missing in Tibet
Narrator
Breach of Contract
The Gospel of Judas
Chattahoochee: From Water War to Water Vision
Narrator
Bare Knuckle Filming: The Construction of Northfork
Narrator
Olompali: A Hippie Odyssey
narrator
Poison in the Rockies
Narrator (voice)
For the Rights of All: Ending Jim Crow in Alaska
Self - Narrator (voice)
AKA Tommy Chong
Himself
Out of the Blue
Narrator (voice)
Soldiers Of Conscience
Self
In the Light of Reverence
Narrator (voice)
Call of Life: Facing the Mass Extinction
Narrator
Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home
Narrator (voice)
The Four Corners: A National Sacrifice Area?
Narrator (voice)
Avalanche: The White Death
Narrator
Marriner Eccles: Father of the Modern Federal Reserve
Narrator
A Dreamer and the Dreamtribe
Narrator
O Mother Gaia: The World of Gary Snyder
Self
The Weight of a Feather: The Liberty Wildlife Story
Narrator
Green Fire
Aldo Leopold (voice)
What The Tourist Should See
Narrator (voice)
A Coup in Camelot
Narrator (voice)
National Geographic: Surviving Everest
Narrator
National Geographic's Storm of the Century
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Co-op Wars
Narrator (voice)
Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Fillmore
Voice of Urban Renewal (Voice)
Almost Thirteen
Narrator
Finding Anastasia
Narrator
Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer
Moment of Contact: New Revelations of Alien Encounters
Narrator (voice)
Empty Oceans, Empty Nets
Narrator (voice)
Contrary Warriors: A Film of the Crow Tribe
Narrator (voice)
Nazi Mystery - Twins From Brazil
Narrstor (voice)
Grizzly Diaries
Narrator (voice)
I am Fishead
narrator
Sunseed: The Journey
Narrator (voice)
As If They Were Angels
Narrator
Connected: An Autoblogography About Love, Death & Technology
Narrator (voice)
Hope & Redemption: The Lena Baker Story
Elliot Arthur
Alaska Far Away
Narrator
Karmapa - Two Ways of Divinity
Narrator, English version (voice)
The Beatles, Hippies & Hells Angels: Inside the Crazy World of Apple
Himself - Narrator
With One Voice
Narrator
Downwinders and the Radioactive West
Narrator (voice)
Rise Above the Mark
Narrator
National Geographic Special: Secret Cities of the Amazon
Paolo Soleri: Beyond Form
Narrator
Alaska's Great Wilderness Denali: The Living Edens
Narrator
The War Prayer
Narrator
Commune
self, Black Bear resident
Jack Kerouac: King of the Beats
Narrator
The Ghost Army
Narrator (Voice)
Texas Gold
Narrator
The UFO Experience
The Atomic Tree
Narrator
The Last Stand
Narrator (voice)
Pretty Slick - The Deep Water Horizon Environmental Coverup - Extended Directors Cut
Narrator
Cornellskop: Freedom From Fear
Narrator
Wandering...But Not Lost
Narrator
Fields of Gold
Narrator
Oil on Ice
Narrator
Vampire Forensics
Hayden's Corner
Narrator (voice)
Saving Atlantis
The Brain Fitness Program
One Man, One Cow, One Planet
Narrator
The Sacramento River of Life
Narrator
Collision Course: Labor Management Relations in America
Narrator
About Face: Jewish Refugees in the Allied Forces
Narrator (voice)
Emperor of Hemp
Narrator
Climbing Redwood Giants
Self - Narrator (voice)
Oceans in Glass
Narrator
Who Wants to Live Forever? The Wisdom of Aging.
Himself
Realm of the Ancient Redwoods
Narrator
Darryl Henriques Is in Show Business
Self
Cold War on Ice: Summit Series '72
Narrator
The Peyote Road
Narrator
A Daring Journey: From Immigration to Education
Narrator
24 Hours After: Asteroid Impact
Narrator
Grand Canyon: A Journey of Wonder
Narrator
Torturing Democracy
Narrator
The Tribe
Voice
The Atomic Bowl: Football at Ground Zero -- And Nuclear Peril Today
Narrator
Search for the Submarine I-52
Narrator