Peter Coyote

**Peter Coyote** (born Robert Peter Cohon, October 10, 1941) is an American actor, voice artist, author, director, screenwriter, activist and narrator. He is well known for his work on movies, theatre, television and audiobooks. He was born in New York City. In 1992, he won an Emmy Award.

### Actor

- _Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story_ (1980) as Lt. Micklin
- _Die Laughing_ (1980) as Davis
- _Southern Comfort_ (1981) as Sergeant Poole
- _Isabel's Choice_ (1981 TV film) as Wynn Thomas
- _Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann_ (1982) as Porter Reese
- _E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial_ (1982) as Keys
- _Endangered Species_ (1982) as Steele
- _Out_ (1982) as Rex
- _Strangers' Kiss_ (1983) Stanley, the Director
- _Cross Creek_ (1983) as Norton Baskin
- _Slayground_ (1983) as Stone
- _Heartbreakers_ (1984) as Arthur Blue
- _The Legend of Billie Jean_ (1985) as Det. Larry Ringwald
- _Jagged Edge_ (1985) as Thomas Krasny
- _The Blue Yonder_ (1985) as Max Knickerbocker
- _Outrageous Fortune_ (1987) as Michael Sanders
- _Un homme amoureux_ (1987) as Steve Elliott
- _Echoes in the Darkness_ (1987 TV mini-series) as William Bradfield Jr.
- _Heart of Midnight_ (1988) as Sharpe/Larry
- _The Man Inside_ (1990) as Henry Tobel
- _A Grande Arte - American title is Exposure_ (1991) as Mr. Peter Mandrake
- _Keeper of the City_ (1991) as Frank Nordhall
- _Road to Avonlea_ (1991) as Romney Penhallow
- _Bitter Moon_ (1992) as Oscar
- _Kika_ (1993) as Nicholas
- _That Eye, the Sky_ (1994) as Henry Warburton
- _Breach of Conduct_ (1994) as Col. Andrew Case
- _Moonlight and Valentino_ (1995) as Paul
- _Buffalo Girls_ (1995) as Buffalo Bill Cody
- _Unforgettable_ (1996) as Don Bresler
- _Murder in My Mind_ (1997) as Arthur Lefcourt
- _Road Ends_ (1997) as Gene Gere
- _Sphere_ (1998) as Captain Harold C. Barnes
- _Two for Texas_ (1998 TNT movie for TV) as Jim Bowie
- _Patch Adams_ (1998) as Bill Davis
- _Route 9_ (1998) as Sheriff Dwayne Hogan
- _Random Hearts_ (1999) as Cullen Chandler
- _Execution of Justice_ (1999) as Harvey Milk
- _The Basket_ (1999) as Martin Conlon
- _More Dogs Than Bones_ (2000) as Det. Darren Cody
- _Erin Brockovich_ (2000) as Kurt Potter
- _Jack the Dog_ (2001) as Alfred Stieglitz
- _Midwives_ (2001) as Stephen Hastings
- _Femme Fatale_ (2002) as Watts
- _A Walk to Remember_ (2002) as Rev. Sullivan
- _Founding Brothers_ (2002) as Thomas Jefferson (voice)
- _Bon Voyage_ (2003) as Alex Winckler
- _Northfork_ (2003) as Eddie
- _The Hebrew Hammer_ (2003) as JJL Chief Bloomenbergensteinenthal
- _Deadwood_ (2004) as General Crook
- _Law & Order: Trial by Jury_ (2005) as Mike LaSalle
- _Independent Lens_ (2005–2009) as Narrator
- _The Inside_ (2005) as Special Agent Webster
- _Deepwater_ (2005) as Herman Finch
- _A Little Trip to Heaven_ (2005) as Frank
- _Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis_ (2005) as Uncle Charles
- _Return of the Living Dead: Rave to the Grave_ (2005) as Uncle Charles
- _Commander in Chief_ (2005–2006) as Warren Keaton
- _The 4400_ (2004–2006) as Dennis Ryland
- _Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil_ (2006) as President Manning
- _Law & Order: Criminal Intent_ (2001–2011). Episode aired 15 November 2007, Season 07, Episode 07 as Lionel Shill
- _Brothers & Sisters_ (2007) as Mark August
- _Five Dollars a Day_ (2008) as Bert Kruger
- _Dr. Dolittle: Tail to the Chief_ as President Sterling
- _All Roads Lead Home_ (2008) as Hock
- _NCIS_ (2008) as Ned Quinn
- _The Lena Baker Story_ (2008) as Elliot Arthur
- _FlashForward_ (2009) as President Dave Segovia
- _This Is Not a Movie_ (2010) as CEO of Propaganda / screenwriter
- _Law & Order: Los Angeles_ (2010-2011) as District Attorney Jerry Hardin
- _Last Will_ (2011) as Judge Garner
- _The Gundown_ (2011) as Tom Morgan
- _Stage Left: A Story of Theater in the Bay Area_ (2011) as Himself
- _La Rançon de la gloire_ (2014) as John Crooker
- _Good Kill_ (2014) as Langley (voice)
- _Blue Bloods_ (2015) as Senator McCreary
- _Eva & Leon_ (2015) as Le père d'Eva
- _No Deposit_ (2015) as Police Chief Williams
- _The Disappearance_ (2017) as Henry Sullivan
- _1 Mile to You_ (2017) as Prin. Umber
- _The Comey Rule_ (2020) as Robert Mueller
- _The Real Activist_ (2020) as Himself
- _The Girl Who Believes in Miracles_ (2021) as Sam Donovan

### Narrator

- _The UFO Experience_, a television documentary directed by Ronald K. Lakis in which Coyote appeared and also narrated (1982)
- _Contrary Warriors_ (1986)
- _Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind_ (1988)
- _Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey_ (1990)
- _Hatchet_ by Gary Paulsen
- _The Education of Little Tree_ by Forrest Carter
- _The Breathtaker_ by Alice Blanchard
- _The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge_ by Carlos Castaneda
- _The Studio System_, _American Cinema_, New York Center for Visual History (1994)
- _National Geographic: Cyclone!_ (1995)
- _The West_ Produced by Ken Burns and directed by Stephen Ives (1996)
- _21st Century Jet: The Building of the Boeing 777_ (1996)
- _Survivors of the Skeleton Coast_ (1997)
- _When Disasters Strike II_ (1997)
- _Video Justice: Crime Caught on Tape_ (1997)
- _World's Scariest Police Chases_ Pilot episode (1997)
- _TITANIC: Breaking New Ground_ (1998)
- _The History of Sex_ (1999)
- _Rome: Power & Glory_ (1999)
- _National Geographic: The Battle For Midway_ produced by Michael Rosenfeld (1999)
- _In the Light of Reverence_ (2001)
- _The Color of War_ (2001)
- _Out of the Blue_ (2002)
- _The Shapes of Life: Origins_ (2002)
- _Seth Eastman: Painting the Dakota_ (2002)
- _The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom_ by Don Miguel Ruiz
- _The Fifth Agreement: A Practical Guide to Self-Mastery_ by Don Miguel Ruiz
- _Oil on Ice_ (2004)
- _The Voice of Knowledge : A Practical Guide to Inner Peace (Toltec Wisdom)_ by Don Miguel Ruiz (2004)
- _Kursk: A Submarine In Troubled Waters_ by Jean-Michel Carré (2004)
- _National Geographic: Surviving Everest_ (Peter Coyote, Liesl Clark, 2004)
- _National Geographic: Guns, Germs, and Steel_ (Jared Diamond, 2005)
- _Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room_ (2005)
- _Understanding: Extraterrestrials_
- _The Tribe_ (2005)
- _National Geographic Explorer – Journey to an Alien Moon_ produced by Mark Mannucci
- _National Geographic: Lost Treasures of Afghanistan_ produced by James Barrat (2006)
- _National Geographic: The Gospel of Judas_ produced by James Barrat (2006)
- _The War Prayer_ (2006)
- _Fog City Mavericks_ (2007)
- _Hippies_ (2007)
- _Stealing America: Vote by Vote_ (2008)
- _Torturing Democracy_ (2008)
- _What If Cannabis Cured Cancer_
- _Illicit: The Dark Trade_ (2008)
- _National Geographic Explorer: Congo Bush Pilots_ producer/director/writer by Tony Gerber (2008)
- _Gray Eagles_ (2009)
- _National Geographic Explorer: _ (2009)
- _National Geographic Explorer : The Virus Hunters_ (2009)
- _National Geographic Explorer : Inside Guantanamo Bay_ (2009)
- _The National Parks: America's Best Idea_ directed by Ken Burns (2009)
- _Full Color Football: The History of the American Football League_ (2009)
- _Reclaiming Their Voice: The Native American Vote in New Mexico & Beyond_ (2009)
- _For the Rights of All: Ending Jim Crow in Alaska_
- _The Top 100: NFL's Greatest Players_ (2010)
- _Connected: An Autoblogography About Love, Death, & Technology_ (2011)
- _I Am Fishead: Are Corporate Leaders Psychopaths?_
- _NHL 36: Patrick Kane_ (2011)
- _NHL 36: Patrice Bergeron_ (2011)
- _Prohibition_ by Ken Burns (2011)
- _White Water, Black Gold_ (2011)
- _NHL 36: Niklas Lidstrom_ (2012)
- _NHL 36: Mike Richards_ (2012)
- _NHL 36: James Neal_ (2012)
- _The Dust Bowl_ (2012) Host and narrator of PBS miniseries directed by Ken Burns
- _PBS: The Ghost Army_ (2013)
- _Oregon Experience: Hanford_ Oregon Public Broadcasting (2013)
- _Big Bend: Life on the Edge_ (2013)
- _PBS: The Roosevelts: An Intimate History_ by Ken Burns (2014)
- _Pretty Slick_ by James Fox (2014)
- _Sands of War_ (2015)
- _The Illusionists_ by Elena Rossini (2015)
- _PBS (KUED): Unspoken: America's Native American Boarding Schools_ (2016)
- _Managing Risk in a Changing Climate_ (2017)
- _The Vietnam War_ by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick (2017)
- _PBS: Moscone: A Legacy of Change_ (2018)
- _The Etruscan Smile_ (2018)
- _25 Steps_ (2018)
- _PBS: Country Music_ by Ken Burns (2019)
- _The Phenomenon_ by James Fox (2020)
- _PBS: Hemingway_ by Ken Burns (2021)
- _Geospatial Revolution: Mapping the Pandemic,_  Penn State Public Broadcasting (2022)
- _PBS: Benjamin Franklin_ by Ken Burns (2022)
- PBS: The U.S. and the Holocaust by Ken Burns (2022)
- _Moment of Contact_ by James Fox (2022)
- PBS: The American Buffalo by Ken Burns (2023)
- _Bad Faith_ (2024)