Peter Coyote

Career timeline

1. 1941 · Born

   Born in New York City, New York, USA

2. 1980 · Screen debut

   Die Laughing (Movie)

3. 1982 · Breakthrough

   E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (Movie)

4. 2025 · Latest release

   The American Revolution (TV)

Career in numbers

19 1980s

17 1990s

32 2000s

17 2010s

7 2020s

• Drama48
• Thriller19
• Documentary18
• Crime16
• Comedy15
• Mystery9

Highest-rated title The Simpsons 1989 8.0 Most popular title The Simpsons 1989 8.0

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Peter Coyote in our catalogue.

Tim Hunter

3 titles together

Ken Burns

3 titles together

Buddy Squires

3 titles together

Adam Baldwin

2 titles together

Adam Arkin

2 titles together

Jeff Bleckner

2 titles together

Jonathan Kaplan

2 titles together

Powers Boothe

2 titles together

Yeardley Smith

2 titles together

Samuel L. Jackson

2 titles together

1. 2025 The American Revolution as Narrator (voice) 6.1 TV
2. 2023 The American Buffalo as Narrator (voice) TV
3. 2022 Benjamin Franklin as Narrator (voice) TV
4. 2021 Hemingway as Narrator (voice) TV
5. 2021 The Girl Who Believes in Miracles as Sam Donovan 7.4 Movie
6. 2020 The Phenomenon as Narrator (voice) 6.3 Movie
7. 2020 The Comey Rule as Robert Mueller 7.0 TV
8. 2019 Country Music as Narrator 7.5 TV
9. 2018 The Etruscan Smile as Professor 6.3 Movie
10. 2017 The Disappearance as Henry Sullivan 7.0 TV
11. 2017 1 Mile To You as Principal Umber 6.5 Movie
12. 2015 The Spoils Before Dying as Dizzy the Cat TV
13. 2015 Eva & Leon as Le Père Movie
14. 2015 Good Kill as Langley 6.0 Movie
15. 2014 Bangkok, We Have A Problem! as Burt Lowell 5.0 Movie
16. 2014 The Roosevelts: An Intimate History as Narrator (voice) 7.8 TV
17. 2014 Intelligence as Leland Strand 6.5 TV
18. 2012 The Dust Bowl as Peter Coyote 8.0 TV
19. 2012 Hemingway & Gellhorn as Maxwell Perkins 6.1 Movie
20. 2012 Perception as James Alan Pierce 7.2 TV
21. 2011 Prohibition as Self - Narrator (voice) 7.9 TV
22. 2011 Last Will as Judge Garner Movie
23. 2010 Great Migrations 7.7 TV
24. 2010 Blue Bloods as Senator Ted McCreary 7.8 TV
25. 2009 The National Parks: America's Best Idea as Narrator 7.9 TV
26. 2009 FlashForward as Dave Segovia 7.0 TV
27. 2008 Hope & Redemption: The Lena Baker Story as Elliot Arthur Movie
28. 2008 $5 a Day as Burt Kruger 5.6 Movie
29. 2008 Dr. Dolittle: Tail to the Chief as President Sterling 5.4 Movie
30. 2007 Resurrecting the Champ as Ike Epstein 6.3 Movie
31. 2006 Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil as President Adair T. Manning 4.9 Movie
32. 2006 Brothers and Sisters as Mark August 7.1 TV
33. 2005 A Little Trip to Heaven as Frank 5.5 Movie
34. 2005 Return of the Living Dead: Rave to the Grave as Uncle Charles 5.1 Movie
35. 2005 Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis as Uncle Charles 5.2 Movie
36. 2005 Commander in Chief as Warren Keaton 7.5 TV
37. 2005 Guns Germs & Steel as Narrator (voice) 6.5 TV
38. 2005 Deepwater as Herman Finch 5.0 Movie
39. 2005 The Inside as Special Agent Virgil "Web" Webster 7.3 TV
40. 2005 Law & Order: Trial by Jury as Mike LaSalle 8.1 TV
41. 2004 Shadow of Fear as Congressman Henderson 5.3 Movie
42. 2004 The 4400 as Dennis Ryland 7.2 TV
43. 2003 The Hebrew Hammer as JJL Chief Bloomenbergensteinenthal 5.5 Movie
44. 2003 NCIS as Ned Quinn 7.6 TV
45. 2003 Northfork as Eddie 6.0 Movie
46. 2003 Bon Voyage as Alex Winckler 6.3 Movie
47. 2002 A Time for Dancing as Wyn Michaels 6.7 Movie
48. 2002 Femme Fatale as Watts 6.1 Movie
49. 2002 Purpose as Bernard Elias Movie
50. 2002 A Walk to Remember as Reverend Sullivan 7.8 Movie
51. 2001 The Color of War as Narrator TV
52. 2001 Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Lionel Shill 7.6 TV
53. 2001 Midwives as Stephen Hastings Movie
54. 2001 The Division as Ross TV
55. 2000 Founding Fathers as John Hancock (voice) / Thomas Jefferson (voice) TV
56. 2000 Erin Brockovich as Kurt Potter 7.4 Movie
57. 1999 Random Hearts as Cullen Chandler 5.6 Movie
58. 1999 Independent Lens TV
59. 1999 Last Call as Xuave Movie
60. 1998 Patch Adams as Bill Davis 7.3 Movie
61. 1998 Route 9 as Sheriff Dwayne Hogan Movie
62. 1998 Indiscreet as Detective Roos Movie
63. 1998 Sphere as Captain Harold C. Barnes 6.1 Movie
64. 1997 Top of the World as Doc 'The Butcher' 5.3 Movie
65. 1996 The West as Self - Narrator TV
66. 1996 Dalva as Michael Movie
67. 1996 Seduced by Madness as Ruben Borchardt TV
68. 1996 Unforgettable as Don Bresler 5.7 Movie
69. 1995 Moonlight and Valentino as Paul 5.6 Movie
70. 1995 Cybill as Roger 6.0 TV
71. 1993 Kika as Nicholas Pierce 6.4 Movie
72. 1993 Fallen Angels as Herman Charn TV
73. 1992 Bitter Moon as Oscar 7.1 Movie
74. 1989 The Simpsons as Peter Coyote (voice) 8.0 TV
75. 1988 Heart of Midnight as Sharpe/Larry 5.7 Movie
76. 1988 American Experience as Narrator (voice) 6.5 TV
77. 1987 Echoes in the Darkness as William Bradfield Jr. TV
78. 1987 Outrageous Fortune as Michael Sanders 6.0 Movie
79. 1985 Jagged Edge as Thomas Krasny 6.3 Movie
80. 1985 The Legend of Billie Jean as Ringwald 6.5 Movie
81. 1985 National Geographic Explorer TV
82. 1984 Slayground as Stone Movie
83. 1983 The Hitchhiker as Alex Nolan 6.2 TV
84. 1983 Cross Creek as Norton Baskin 6.6 Movie
85. 1982 Nature as Narrator (voice) 8.0 TV
86. 1982 Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann as Porter Reese 5.5 Movie
87. 1982 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial as Keys 7.5 Movie
88. 1982 American Playhouse as Young David TV
89. 1982 Out as Rex Movie
90. 1981 Southern Comfort as Poole 6.8 Movie
91. 1980 Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story as Courtney Taylor TV
92. 1980 Die Laughing as Davis Movie

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