Peter Coyote Net Worth
Peter Coyote Net Worth is
$10 Million
Peter Coyote Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Peter Coyote 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... | Full Name | Peter Coyote |
| Net Worth | $10 Million |
| Date Of Birth | October 10, 1941 |
| Place Of Birth | Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.905 m) |
| Profession | Actor, Author, Voice Actor, Writer, Film Director, Screenwriter |
| Nationality | United States of America |
| Spouse | Stefanie Pleet (m. 1998), Marilyn McCann (m. 1977–1998) |
| Children | Ariel Coyote |
| Parents | Ruth Cohon, Morris Cohon |
| Nicknames | Rachmil Pinchus Benjamin Mosha Cohon , Rachmil Pinchus Ben Mosha Cohon |
| Awards | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Narrator |
| Nominations | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series |
| Movies | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Bitter Moon, A Walk to Remember, Sphere, Erin Brockovich, Jagged Edge, Femme Fatale, Patch Adams, Outrageous Fortune, Cross Creek, The Basket, The Legend of Billie Jean, Random Hearts, Dr. Dolittle: Tail to the Chief, A Man in Love, All Roads Lead Home, Heartbreakers, The... |
| TV Shows | The Roosevelts, Law & Order: LA, FlashForward, The 4400, The Inside, The West, National Geographic Explorer, Independent Lens, The History of Sex |
| Star Sign | Libra |
| # | Trademark |
|---|---|
| 1 | Dulcet voice (hence several narrative roles) |
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | [on lining in the 1960s] I lived on communes. I was involved with practically every kind of revolutionary movement of the period. My 'family' of people was called 'The Diggers.' We were a kind of 'out-there' tribe. |
| 2 | [on Marin Ritt] Working with Martin Ritt was a real pleasure. Most often you run into directors who are technically proficient, but empty. They don't understand story or structure, and they don't understand when an actor has a problem, how to help him or her out of it. I knew all about Martin's reputation as a director. I knew about his films, and I also knew somewhere about his background in group theater. It's very liberating to work with a very knowledgeable director because you can take risks and go places without worrying whether an inexperienced director will let it through. |
| 3 | I'm a Zen-Buddhist student first, actor second. If I can't reconcile the two lives, I'll stop acting. I spend more time off-screen than on. |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | Daughter, Ariel, with Eileen 'Sam' Ewing. |
| 2 | He was paid just $28,000 for his role in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), his fifth feature film role, and his eighth overall. But when the film passed $300,000,000 in international box office, director/producer Steven Spielberg sent him a "thank you" check for $10,000, which Coyote considered very generous. |
| 3 | Friend of author/poet Gary Snyder since the late 1960s. |
| 4 | He began using the last name of Coyote, for the animal, considered otherworldly by some Native Americans, after meeting a Paiute-Shoshone shaman in 1967. |
| 5 | He has given both Rachmil Pinchus Ben Mosha Cohon and Robert Peter Cohon as his birthname in interviews. |
| 6 | He has lived in the San Francisco Bay area and Marin County since just after his graduation from Grinnell College in 1964. |
| 7 | He considers Susie Nelson, the family housekeeper, to be his mother, after his mother had a nervous breakdown when he was 2 1/2. As a result, he never had emotional intimacy with his genetic mother until he was age 34, after the death of his father. |
| 8 | When he was 17 years old, Coyote was arrested with a friend for trying to transport eighteen pounds of marijuana across the Mexican border into Texas. He used his one phone call to call his father, who bailed him out. His father never spoke about the incident again. |
| 9 | Has been friends with Terry Bisson since their time as Grinnell College students in the early 1960s. |
| 10 | Has a younger sister. |
| 11 | Ken Burns considers Coyote to be his "narrator muse," and Coyote never reads Burns' scripts in advance of performing the narrations. |
| 12 | He worked with Jerry Hardin in Heartbreakers (1984). He later played DA Jerry Hardin in Law & Order: LA (2010). |
| 13 | Is fluent in both Spanish and French. |
| 14 | Is so far the only American actor to work with Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar. He starred in Kika (1993), throughout which he speaks Spanish, in which he is fluent. |
| 15 | His father, Morris Cohon, was from a family of both Ashkenazi Jewish and Sephardi Jewish ancestry (from Russia, the Netherlands, Germany, France, and Tunisia). His mother, Ruth (Fidler), was a Jewish immigrant from the Russian Empire. |
| 16 | In his book "Lila," author Robert Pirsig relates that Coyote was in his mind to star in an adaptation of, "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance." Coyote was a friend of Pirsig's son Chris. |
| 17 | Given the actor's unusual second name, it's ironic that, prior to his acting career, he once plucked chickens for a living |
| 18 | Graduated with a B.A in English Literature from Iowa's Grinnell College in 1964. |
| 19 | Was a member of the radically political theatre performance group "The San Francisco Mime Troupe". |
| 20 | He was one of the organizers of a group of 12 students who traveled to Washington, DC, during the Cuban missile crisis of the early 1960s supporting President John F. Kennedy's "peace race." President Kennedy invited the group into the White House (the first time protesters had ever been so recognized) and they met for several hours with Kennedy advisor McGeorge Bundy. |
| 21 | Tested for the role of Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981). |
| 22 | Before becoming an actor at the age of 39, he spent 15 years in the counterculture movement during the 1960s. He wrote a memoir of that time in his life, called "Sleeping Where I Fall," which was published in full in 1998. It has gone through five hardback printings and is in its second paperback edition. "Carla's Story", a chapter from the book which was released earlier, won the Pushcart Prize for Excellence in Non-Fiction in 1993/1994. |
| 23 | Along with Glenn Close, he narrated the opening ceremonies of the XIX Olympic Winter Games (2002 Salt Lake City, Utah, USA). |
| 24 | With Peter unseen (in voiceover narration, or television and radio commercials), his voice is strongly reminiscent of, and often favorably compared, to that of Henry Fonda. |
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Etruscan Smile | 2017 | post-production | Professor |
| As the River Flows | 2016 | completed voice | |
| Life at These Speeds | 2016 | completed | Principal Umber |
| Butterfly Love | pre-production | Jeffrey | |
| Americana | 2016/II | Ben | |
| The Spoils Before Dying | 2015 | TV Mini-Series | Dizzy the Cat |
| L'échappée belle | 2015 | Le père d'Eva | |
| No Deposit | 2015 | Police Chief Williams | |
| Blue Bloods | 2015 | TV Series | Senator Ted McCreary |
| Girl on the Edge | 2015 | Hank Taylor | |
| Perception | 2014-2015 | TV Series | James Alan Pierce |
| Good Kill | 2014 | Langley | |
| La rançon de la gloire | 2014 | John Crooker | |
| On a marché sur Bangkok | 2014 | Burt Lowell | |
| Intelligence | 2014 | TV Series | Leland Strand |
| Hemingway & Gellhorn | 2012 | TV Movie | Maxwell Perkins |
| Valparaiso | 2011 | TV Movie | Edward G. Drexler |
| Law & Order: LA | 2010-2011 | TV Series | D.A. Jerry Hardin |
| The Gundown | 2011 | Thomas Morgan | |
| Last Will | 2011 | Judge Garner | |
| This Is Not a Movie | 2011 | ||
| Here | 2011/I | Storyteller | |
| Yelp: With Apologies to Allen Ginsberg's 'Howl' | 2011 | Video short voice | |
| Di Di Hollywood | 2010 | Michael Stein | |
| Flashforward | 2009-2010 | TV Series | President Dave Segovia |
| National Geographic Explorer | 2009 | TV Series documentary | Narrator |
| The Harimaya Bridge | 2009 | Albert Tunney | |
| Gray Eagles | 2009 | Video short | Narrator |
| NCIS | 2008 | TV Series | Ned Quinn |
| Adopt a Sailor | 2008 | Richard | |
| A Single Woman | 2008 | Maury Maverick, Reporter 1917 | |
| $5 a Day | 2008 | Burt Kruger | |
| Hope & Redemption: The Lena Baker Story | 2008 | Elliot Arthur | |
| Dr. Dolittle: Tail to the Chief | 2008 | Video | President Sterling |
| All Roads Lead Home | 2008 | Hock | |
| Law & Order: Criminal Intent | 2007 | TV Series | Lionel Shill |
| Brothers & Sisters | 2007 | TV Series | Mark August |
| Speak Out | 2007 | TV Movie | |
| The Sunday Man | 2007 | Short | The Voice |
| Resurrecting the Champ | 2007 | Ike Epstein | |
| The 4400 | 2004-2006 | TV Series | Dennis Ryland |
| American Masters | 1992-2006 | TV Series documentary | Narrator |
| Apparent Horizon | 2006 | Short | Joseph |
| Commander in Chief | 2005-2006 | TV Series | Warren Keaton |
| Lost: Reckoning | 2006 | TV Movie | Narrator (voice) |
| The Inside | 2005-2006 | TV Series | Special Agent Virgil "Web" Webster |
| The Gospel of Judas | 2006 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator |
| Lost: Revelation | 2006 | TV Movie | Narrator |
| Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil | 2006 | Video | President Adair T. Manning |
| Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis | 2005 | Uncle Charles | |
| Return of the Living Dead: Rave to the Grave | 2005 | Uncle Charles | |
| Berkeley | 2005 | Narrator (voice) | |
| A Little Trip to Heaven | 2005 | Frank | |
| Deepwater | 2005 | Herman Finch | |
| Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room | 2005 | Documentary | Narrator |
| Law & Order: Trial by Jury | 2005 | TV Series | Mike LaSalle |
| Shadow of Fear | 2004 | Congressman Henderson | |
| Understanding | 2000-2004 | TV Series | Narrator |
| Deadwood | 2004 | TV Series | General Crook |
| Le grand rôle | 2004 | Rudolph Grichenberg | |
| Phenomenon II | 2003 | TV Movie | John Ringold |
| Written in Blood | 2003 | John Traveller | |
| Bon voyage | 2003 | Alex Winckler | |
| The Hebrew Hammer | 2003 | JJL Chief Bloomenbergensteinenthal | |
| Northfork | 2003 | Eddie | |
| Purpose | 2002 | Bernard Elias | |
| The Division | 2002 | TV Series | Ross |
| A Time for Dancing | 2002 | Wynn | |
| Femme Fatale | 2002 | Watts | |
| The Color of War | 2001-2002 | TV Series | Narrator |
| A Walk to Remember | 2002 | Reverend Sullivan | |
| Suddenly Naked | 2001 | Lionel Heathcote | |
| Midwives | 2001 | TV Movie | Stephen Hastings |
| Jack the Dog | 2001 | Alfred Stieglitz | |
| More Dogs Than Bones | 2000 | Detective Darren Cody | |
| Red Letters | 2000 | Dennis Burke | |
| The Wednesday Woman | 2000 | TV Movie | Don Wigulow |
| The Frontier: Decisive Battles | 2000 | TV Series | Narrator |
| Erin Brockovich | 2000 | Kurt Potter | |
| Execution of Justice | 1999 | TV Movie | Harvey Milk |
| Random Hearts | 1999 | Cullen Chandler | |
| The History of Sex | 1999 | TV Mini-Series | Narrator |
| Emperor of Hemp | 1999 | Video | Narrator |
| The Basket | 1999 | Martin Conlon | |
| A Murder on Shadow Mountain | 1999 | TV Movie | Dennis 'Denny' Traynor |
| American Experience | 1995-1999 | TV Series documentary | John Wesley Powell's voice / Narrator |
| Last Call | 1999/II | Xuave | |
| Avalanche: The White Death | 1998 | TV Movie | Narrator |
| Route 9 | 1998 | TV Movie | Sheriff Dwayne Hogan |
| Patch Adams | 1998 | Bill Davis | |
| Indiscreet | 1998 | TV Movie | Detective Roos |
| Seeds of Doubt | 1998 | Police Lt. Henry Dexter | |
| Sphere | 1998 | Captain Harold C. Barnes | |
| Two for Texas | 1998 | TV Movie | Jim Bowie |
| Road Ends | 1997 | Gene Gere | |
| Cybill | 1997 | TV Series | Roger |
| Top of the World | 1997/II | Doc 'The Butcher' | |
| Murder in My Mind | 1997 | TV Movie | Arthur Lefcourt |
| Terminal Justice | 1996 | Deacon Vivyan | |
| Dalva | 1996 | TV Movie | Michael |
| Unforgettable | 1996 | Don Bresler | |
| Seduced by Madness: The Diane Borchardt Story | 1996 | TV Mini-Series | Ruben Borchardt |
| Fallen Angels | 1995 | TV Series | Herman Charn |
| Moonlight and Valentino | 1995 | Paul (uncredited) | |
| Buffalo Girls | 1995 | TV Movie | Buffalo Bill Cody |
| Secrets of the Wild Panda | 1995 | TV Movie | Narrator |
| Breach of Conduct | 1994 | TV Movie | Col. Andrew Case |
| That Eye, the Sky | 1994 | Henry Warburton | |
| Kika | 1993 | Nicholas | |
| Bitter Moon | 1992 | Oscar | |
| Keeper of the City | 1991 | TV Movie | Frank Nordhall |
| Avonlea | 1991 | TV Series | Romney Penhallow |
| Living a Lie | 1991 | TV Movie | Matt |
| A Grande Arte | 1991 | Peter Mandrake | |
| Crooked Hearts | 1991 | Edward | |
| A Seduction in Travis County | 1991 | TV Movie | Frank Maguire |
| The Man Inside | 1990 | Henry Tobel | |
| Act of Will | 1989 | TV Mini-Series | Miles Sutherland |
| Unconquered | 1989 | TV Movie | Richmond Flowers Sr. |
| Heart of Midnight | 1988 | Sharpe / Larry | |
| Baja Oklahoma | 1988 | TV Movie | Slick Henderson |
| Echoes in the Darkness | 1987 | TV Movie | William Bradfield Jr. |
| A Man in Love | 1987 | Steve Elliott | |
| Sworn to Silence | 1987 | TV Movie | Sam Fischetti |
| Outrageous Fortune | 1987 | Michael | |
| American Playhouse | 1987 | TV Series | Photographer |
| A Question of Power | 1986 | Narrator (voice) | |
| The Twilight Zone | 1986 | TV Series | Adam Grant (segment "Shadow Play") |
| The Hitchhiker | 1986 | TV Series | Alex Nolan |
| Child's Cry | 1986 | TV Movie | Matt Townsend |
| The Blue Yonder | 1985 | TV Movie | Max Knickerbocker |
| The Booth | 1985 | TV Movie segment "Bread" | |
| Jagged Edge | 1985 | Thomas Krasny | |
| The Legend of Billie Jean | 1985 | Ringwald | |
| Kerouac, the Movie | 1985 | Documentary | Narrator (voice) |
| Scorned and Swindled | 1984 | TV Movie | Anthony Ristelli |
| Heartbreakers | 1984 | Blue | |
| Best Kept Secrets | 1984 | TV Movie | Frank Mitchell |
| Slayground | 1983 | Stone | |
| Strangers Kiss | 1983 | Stanley, the Director | |
| Cross Creek | 1983 | Norton Baskin | |
| Breach of Contract | 1982 | ||
| Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann | 1982 | Porter Reese | |
| Endangered Species | 1982 | Steele | |
| E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | 1982 | Keys | |
| Out | 1982 | Rex | |
| Isabel's Choice | 1981 | TV Movie | Wynn Thomas |
| Southern Comfort | 1981 | Poole | |
| The People vs. Jean Harris | 1981 | TV Movie | George Bolen |
| Tell Me a Riddle | 1980 | Young David | |
| Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story | 1980 | TV Movie | Courtney Taylor |
| Die Laughing | 1980 | Davis |
Miscellaneous
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hippies | 2007 | TV Movie documentary narrator | |
| World's Scariest Explosions: Caught on Tape | 1999 | TV Movie documentary narrator | |
| Close Calls 2: Cheating Death | 1997 | TV Movie narrator |
Writer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natural Heroes | 2016 | TV Series documentary 1 episode | |
| The Invisible Peak | 2014 | Documentary short co-writer |
Director
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Race | 2008/II |
Producer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Missing, Presumed Dead: The Search for America's POWs | 2005 | Documentary associate producer |
Thanks
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| On the Road | 2012 | thanks | |
| The Deliverer | 2011 | Short special thanks | |
| I Know What I Saw | 2009 | TV Movie documentary special thanks | |
| Femme Fatale: Dream Within a Dream | 2003 | Video documentary short special thanks | |
| The E.T. Reunion | 2002 | Video documentary short special thanks | |
| Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'Sphere' | 1998 | TV Movie documentary special thanks | |
| Baja Oklahoma | 1988 | TV Movie very special thanks |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| El hormiguero | 2010 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Actor | 2010 | Short | Himself |
| Rock Star | 2010 | Short | Himself |
| What If Cannabis Cured Cancer | 2010 | Documentary | Narrator (voice) |
| Call of Life | 2010 | Documentary | Narrator (voice) |
| Bag It | 2010 | Documentary | Himself |
| Free Wheels East | 2010 | Documentary | Narrator |
| Every War Has Two Losers | 2009 | Documentary short voice | |
| The Making of Anton AKA Trapped | 2009 | Video documentary | Himself |
| Independent Lens | 2005-2009 | TV Series documentary | Narrator / Himself |
| With One Voice | 2009 | Documentary | |
| Full Color Football: The History of the American Football League | 2009 | TV Series documentary | Narrator |
| Os Mistérios de Lisboa | 2009 | Documentary | Narrator (voice) |
| Lords of Nature: Life in a Land of Great Predators | 2009 | Video documentary voice | |
| Huxley on Huxley | 2009 | Documentary | Narrator (voice) |
| Jose Canseco: Last Shot | 2008 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator |
| P.O.V. | 2008 | TV Series documentary | Himself / Narrator |
| Stealing America: Vote by Vote | 2008 | Documentary | Narrator |
| Healing Words: Poetry and Medicine | 2008 | Video documentary | Narrator |
| Alaska Far Away: The New Deal Pioneers of the Matanuska Colony | 2008 | Documentary | Narrator |
| Imagine a School... Summerhill | 2008 | Documentary | Himself |
| Nature Untamed | 2008 | TV Series documentary | Himself / Narrator |
| Save the American Wild Horse | 2007 | Documentary short | Himself |
| One Man, One Cow, One Planet | 2007 | Video documentary | Himself (voice) |
| Hippies | 2007 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Soldiers of Conscience | 2007 | Documentary | Narrator |
| Fog City Mavericks | 2007 | Documentary | Himself - Narrator (voice) |
| American Experience | 1999-2007 | TV Series documentary | Himself / Narrator |
| Jukebox: From Edison to Ipod | 2007 | Documentary | Himself |
| Strange Culture | 2007 | Documentary | Himself |
| Darryl Henriques Is in Show Business | 2006 | Documentary short | Himself |
| A/k/a Tommy Chong | 2006 | Documentary | Himself |
| The Drug Years | 2006 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| Gonzo Utopia | 2006 | Documentary short | Himself |
| Nature | 1998-2006 | TV Series documentary | Narrator |
| The Damnedest, Finest Ruins | 2006 | Video documentary | Narrator |
| About Face: The Story of the Jewish Refugee Soldiers of World War II | 2005 | Documentary | |
| The Tribe | 2005 | Documentary short | Narrator (voice) |
| The Sacramento: River of Life | 2005 | Documentary | Narrator |
| Texas Gold | 2005 | Documentary short | Narrator |
| The Sixties: The Years That Shaped a Generation | 2005 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Destination Lost | 2005 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator (voice) |
| The Green Bus v. the White House | 2005 | Documentary | Narrator |
| Commune | 2005 | Documentary | Himself - Black Bear Resident |
| Farming the Seas | 2005 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Narrator |
| Guns, Germs, and Steel | 2005 | TV Series documentary | Narrator |
| Koursk: Un sous-marin en eaux troubles | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator |
| There's Something About W | 2004 | Video documentary short | Narrator |
| Sierra Center Stage | 2004 | TV Series | Himself - Voiceover Introduction |
| Oil on Ice | 2004 | Documentary | Narrator (voice) |
| Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer | 2004 | Documentary voice | |
| Dreaming of Tibet | 2003 | Documentary | |
| Hollywood's Magical Island: Catalina | 2003 | Documentary | Narrator (voice) |
| Femme Fatale: From Dream to Reality | 2003 | Video short | Himself |
| Live at the Shrine! John Williams and the World Premiere of 'E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial': The 20th Anniversary | 2002 | Video | Himself |
| The E.T. Reunion | 2002 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| Lying for a Living | 2002 | Video documentary | Himself |
| Seth Eastman: Painting the Dakota | 2002 | TV Movie documentary | Himself / Narrator |
| E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: 20th Anniversary Celebration | 2002 | Video documentary | Himself |
| Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election | 2002 | Documentary | Narrator (voice) |
| Out of the Blue | 2002 | Video documentary | Himself - Narrator (voice) |
| Stay Tuned | 2002 | Video documentary | Himself - Host |
| Founding Brothers | 2002 | TV Movie documentary | Thomas Jefferson (voice) |
| Empty Oceans, Empty Nets | 2002 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Narrator |
| Polanski y los ojos del mal | 2002 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special | 2002 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| A Walk to Remember: Interviews | 2002 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| The Living Edens | 1997-2001 | TV Series documentary | Narrator |
| Voices of the Sierra Tarahumara | 2001 | Documentary | Narrator |
| Quartzite's Fall: A Wilderness Tale | 2001 | Documentary | Narrator |
| Sex in the 20th Century | 2001 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (Narrator) |
| The Shape of Life | 2001 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Narrator / Narrator |
| The 72nd Annual Academy Awards | 2000 | TV Special | Himself - Announcer |
| Founding Fathers | 2000 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Thomas Jefferson |
| Future Shark | 2000 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator (voice) |
| Rome: Power & Glory | 1999 | Video documentary | Narrator |
| Still Missing | 1999 | Documentary short | Himself - Narrator |
| When Buffalo Roam | 1999 | Short documentary | Himself - Narrator |
| Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Fillmore | 1999 | TV Movie documentary | Voice of Urban Renewal (voice) |
| Kontum Diary: The Journey Home | 1999 | TV Movie documentary | Narriator (voice) |
| African Odyssey | 1998 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator |
| A Dreamer and the Dreamtribe | 1998 | Documentary | Narrator (voice) |
| Frontier: Legends of the Old Northwest | 1998 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Narrator (voice) |
| Karmapa - jumaluuden kaksi tietä | 1998 | Documentary | Himself - Narrator (English version, voice) |
| HBO First Look | 1998 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Titanic: Breaking New Ground | 1998 | TV Special documentary | Narrator (voice) |
| Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'Sphere' | 1998 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| Les Diggers De San Francisco | 1998 | Documentary | Himself |
| Still Missing | 1997 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator |
| The Secrets of 007: The James Bond Files | 1997 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator (voice) |
| 21st Century Jet: The Building of the 777 | 1996 | Documentary | Narrator (voice) |
| The Making of 'E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial' | 1996 | Video documentary | Himself |
| The Making of 'Unforgettable' | 1996 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| Unforgettable: Behind the Scenes | 1996 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| Unforgettable: Star & Crew Sound Bites | 1996 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| The West | 1996 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Narrator |
| Cyclone! | 1995 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator |
| The History of Rock 'n' Roll | 1995 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies | 1995 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator |
| American Cinema | 1995 | TV Series documentary | Narrator |
| The Peyote Road | 1994 | Documentary | Narrator (voice) |
| Primer plano | 1993 | TV Series | Himself |
| National Geographic Specials | 1993 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Narrator |
| The Roots of Roe | 1993 | TV Movie documentary | James Marris (voice) |
| Orson Welles: What Went Wrong? | 1992 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator (voice) |
| The Pacific Century | 1992 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Narrator |
| Cinema 3 | 1992 | TV Series | Himself |
| Earth and the American Dream | 1992 | Documentary | Reader (voice) |
| Wildlife Wars USA: Bears Under Siege | 1991 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator |
| The New Range Wars | 1991 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Host |
| Flashing on the Sixties: A Tribal Document | 1990 | Video documentary | Himself |
| Downwind/Downstream | 1989 | Documentary | Narrator (voice) |
| Lunettes noires pour nuits blanches | 1989 | TV Series | Himself |
| It Was 20 Years Ago Today | 1987 | Documentary | Himself |
| Contrary Warriors: A Film of the Crow Tribe | 1985 | Documentary | Narrator |
| Troupers | 1985 | Documentary | Himself |
| The Four Corners: A National Sacrifice Area? | 1983 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator |
| Haight Ashbury: The Beat of a Generation | 2012 | Documentary completed | Himself - Founding member of The Diggers (voice) |
| Here Is Something Beautiful (Etc. | Documentary announced | Himself | |
| Revolution: The Legacy of the Sixties | Documentary filming | Himself | |
| The Light | Documentary filming | Himself | |
| Belo Monte: After the Flood | 2016 | Video documentary voice | |
| The Reality of Truth | 2016 | Documentary | Himself |
| Natural Heroes | 2016 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| A Director Prepares: Bobby Roth's Masterclass | 2016 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Paying the Price for Peace | 2015 | Documentary voice | |
| Sands of War | 2015 | Documentary short | Narrator |
| Robert Bly: A Thousand Years of Joy | 2015 | Documentary | Himself |
| 2015 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2015 | TV Movie | Himself - Winner: Outstanding Narrator |
| A Coup in Camelot | 2015 | Documentary | Narrator (voice) |
| Dirty Gold War | 2015 | Documentary | Narrator (voice) |
| Jack Nicklaus: The Making of a Champion | 2015 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator (voice) |
| River's Journey | 2014 | Documentary short | Narrator (voice) |
| The Roosevelts: An Intimate History | 2014 | TV Series documentary | Narrator |
| The Sixties | 2014 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself - Actor |
| Making 'Southern Comfort' | 2014 | Video short | Himself |
| Ahh... San Francisco | 2014 | Documentary short | Narrator (voice) |
| Walking in Two Worlds | 2014 | Documentary voice | |
| The Real History of Science Fiction | 2014 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| Angel Azul | 2014 | Documentary | Narrator (voice) |
| Rise Above the Mark | 2014 | Documentary | Himself |
| The Invisible Peak | 2014 | Documentary short | Narrator (voice) |
| The Intrepid: Discovering Lincoln's Balloon Corps | 2013 | Documentary voice | |
| Journey of Hanuman | 2013 | Video documentary | |
| Kennesaw: One Last Mountain | 2013 | Documentary | Himself (narrator) |
| Paolo Soleri: Beyond Form | 2013 | Documentary | Narrator |
| The Ghost Army | 2013 | Documentary | Narrator (voice) |
| Be Home Soon: Letters from My Grandfather | 2012 | Documentary voice | |
| Democracy Now! | 2012 | TV Series | Himself |
| Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal | 2012 | Documentary | Himself |
| Village Music: Last of the Great Record Stores | 2012 | Documentary | Himself |
| Dangerous Waters | 2012 | TV Series | Himself - Narrator (voice) |
| Cages of Shame | 2012 | Documentary | Narrator |
| 30 for 30 | 2012 | TV Series documentary | Narrator |
| The National Parks: America's Best Idea | 2009-2012 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself - Narrator |
| For the Love of the Music: The Club 47 Folk Revival | 2012 | Documentary voice | |
| The Dust Bowl | 2012 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself - Narrator |
| Achuar vs Talisman Energy: The Struggle Continues | 2011 | Documentary short | Narrator (voice) |
| Prohibition | 2011 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself - Narrator |
| Stage Left: A Story of Theater in San Francisco | 2011 | Documentary | Himself |
| National Geographic Explorer | 1999-2011 | TV Series documentary | Narrator / Himself / Himself - Narrator |
| On the Trail of Easy Rider: 40 Years On... Still Searching for America | 2011 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Green Fire | 2011 | Documentary | Aldo Leopold (voice) |
| These Amazing Shadows | 2011 | Documentary | Himself |
| Connected: An Autoblogography About Love, Death & Technology | 2011 | Documentary | |
| Don't Get Sick After June: American Indian Healthcare: | 2010 | Video documentary | |
| The People's Nepal | 2010 | Video documentary | Narrator (voice) |
| Brain Fitness | 2010 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Host |
| Great Migrations | 2010 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself - Narrator |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flashforward | 2010 | TV Series | President Dave Segovia |
| Banda sonora | 2008 | TV Series | Nicholas |
| Cámara negra. Teatro Victoria Eugenia | 2007 | TV Short documentary | Himself |
| The 4400 | 2006 | TV Series | Dennis Ryland |
| Cinema mil | 2005 | TV Series | Himself |
Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Narrator | The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (2014) |
| 2011 | Maverick Movie Award | Maverick Movie Awards | Best Performance: Short | Yelp: With Apologies to Allen Ginsberg's 'Howl' (2011) |
| 2002 | Bronze Wrangler | Western Heritage Awards | Western Documentary | Seth Eastman: Painting the Dakota (2002) |
| 1999 | Bronze Wrangler | Western Heritage Awards | Television Feature Film | Two for Texas (1998) |
| 1993 | Emmy | News & Documentary Emmy Awards | Outstanding Historical Program | The Pacific Century (1992) |
Nominated Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | CableACE | CableACE Awards | Supporting Actor in a Movie or Miniseries | Keeper of the City (1991) |
| 1991 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series | Road to Avonlea (1990) |
Known for movies
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
as Keys
A Walk to Remember (2002)
as Reverend Sullivan
Sphere (1998)
as Captain Harold C. Barnes
Bitter Moon (1992)
as Oscar