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Birthdate: October 10, 1942

Peter Coyote

ACTOR RANKINGS:

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All-time

of 196,423

3,502
All-time Actor

of 38,412

2,195
Decades
- 1980s
  
  of 44,733
  
  2,334
- 1990s
  
  of 71,584
  
  8,685
- 2000s
  
  of 82,682
  
  4,928
Genres
- Action
  
  of 41,607
  
  21,099
- Adventure
  
  of 25,528
  
  363
- Biography
  
  of 11,944
  
  4,016
- Crime
  
  of 34,304
  
  1,536
- Documentary
  
  of 9,403
  
  270
- Drama
  
  of 107,138
  
  3,597
- Family
  
  of 15,339
  
  709
- Fantasy
  
  of 17,834
  
  1,381
- Horror
  
  of 36,680
  
  24,690
- Music
  
  of 9,326
  
  8,956
- Mystery
  
  of 16,953
  
  3,537
- Romance
  
  of 37,234
  
  2,704
- Scifi
  
  of 24,983
  
  2,122
- Teen
  
  of 8,454
  
  3,030
- Thriller
  
  of 49,528
  
  5,193
- War
  
  of 9,723
  
  7,511
- Western
  
  of 7,069
  
  5,103

CAREER SPAN

Decade

Movie Score

# Movies

1980s

1.8870

1990s

1.7017

2000s

1.9347

Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.

Overall Actor Score: Peter Coyote is ranked overall as 2.0637 of of 4 stars

2.0637

Peter Coyote Movie Rankings

Peter Coyote starring in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

3.9287

An extra terrestrial is accidentally left behind on Earth. He befriends a boy named Elliot and his family. ET tries to build a device to contact his home planet to rescue him, but the longer ET stays on Earth the closer his bond to Elliot becomes. ...more about E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

DVD from $12.79

(13 sellers)

Peter Coyote starring in Erin Brockovich

Erin Brockovich (2000)

2.9776

Erin Brockovich is an unemployed single mother, desperate to find a job, but is having no luck. This losing streak even extends to a failed lawsuit against a doctor in a car accident she was in. ...more about Erin Brockovich

DVD from $5.26

(12 sellers)

Peter Coyote starring in Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room

Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005)

2.9690

Based on the best-selling book of the same name by Fortune reporters Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind, a multidimensional study of one of the biggest business scandals in American history. ...more about Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room

DVD from $9.99

(10 sellers)

Jagged Edge (1985)

2.6924

San Francisco heiress Page Forrester is brutally murdered in her remote beach house. Her husband Jack is devastated by the crime but soon finds himself accused of her murder. ...more about Jagged Edge

DVD from $3.95

(10 sellers)

Commune (2005)

2.6722

Not Available on DVD

Northfork (2003)

2.6670

In a near-empty Northfork orphanage, Father Harlan gently tends to Irwin, a eight-year-old who lies between a dreamstate and death. ...more about Northfork

DVD from $17.99

(5 sellers)

Patch Adams (1998)

2.6592

Robin Williams stars as Patch Adams, in this true story of a heroic man, determined to become a medical doctor because he enjoys helping people. ...more about Patch Adams

DVD from $5.95

(13 sellers)

Resurrecting the Champ (2007)

2.6183

When a struggling reporter encounters a former boxing champion living on the streets, his journey to uncover the truth becomes an opportunity to reexamine his own life. ...more about Resurrecting the Champ

Not Available on DVD

Bon Voyage (2004)

2.6132

A sophisticated farce set at the posh Hotel Splendide in Bordeaux at the start of World War II. ...more about Bon Voyage

Not Available on DVD

Femme Fatale (2002)

2.5581

International con artist/thief Laure Ash helps pull off a diamond robbery in Cannes during the annual film festival. ...more about Femme Fatale

DVD from $4.50

(11 sellers)

Sphere (1998)

2.4853

1000 feet below the ocean, navy divers discover an object half-a-mile long. A crack team of scientists are deployed to the site in Deepsea Habitats. What they find boggles the mind as they discover a perfect metal sphere. ...more about Sphere

DVD from $4.49

(12 sellers)

Walk to Remember, A (2002)

2.4576

Each spring in the little port town of Beaufort, North Carolina, Landon Carter remembers his senior year at Beaufort High and Jamie Sullivan, the girl who changed his life. ...more about Walk to Remember

DVD from $6.90

(12 sellers)

A/k/a Tommy Chong (2005)

2.4070

Not Available on DVD

Basket, The (1999)

2.3986

A picturesque Pacific Northwest community raising its wheat and children in the midst of a nation reeling from World War I sets the stage for The Basket, starring Peter Coyote and Karen Allen. ...more about Basket

DVD from $6.20

(9 sellers)

Random Hearts (1999)

2.3933

After the death of their loved ones in a tragic plane crash 'Harrison Ford' (qv) and 'Kristin Scott Thomas' (qv) find each others keys in each others loved ones posessions and realize that they were having an affair and must figure out all the details. ...more about Random Hearts

DVD from $3.92

(12 sellers)

Basket, The (2000)

2.1971

Shortly after World War I, a new teacher (Coyote) brings basketball to a school in a small Pacific Northwest town. He helps to unite the town during a tense period which includes the immigration to the United States of German citizens. ...more about Basket

Not Available on DVD

Hebrew Hammer, The (2003)

2.1079

Mordechai Jefferson Carver, aka the Hebrew Hammer, is an Orthodox stud who goes on a mission to save Hanukkah. When Santa Claus's evil son Damian is pushed over the edge by his father's liberal policies, he does away with the Christian patriarch. ...more about Hebrew Hammer

DVD from $12.68

(10 sellers)

Unforgettable (1996)

1.9983

Unsuccessfully framed for his wife's murder, Dr. David Krane attempts to find the real culprit by utilizing a new drug that allows him to experience the memories of other people first-hand. ...more about Unforgettable

DVD from $4.99

(8 sellers)

Heartbreakers (1984)

1.9815

Blue and Eli, two friends, have problems with women. Blue, a yet-to-be discovered painter is left by his longtime girlfriend, because she considers him too immature for a longlsting relationship. ...more about Heartbreakers

Not Available on DVD

Cross Creek (1983)

1.9569

DVD from $6.97

(6 sellers)

Little Trip to Heaven, A (2005)

1.8599

DVD from $8.63

(10 sellers)

Strangers Kiss (1983)

1.8491

To help his actress girlfriend regain her confidence a Hollywood bigshot bankrolls a small budget film being made by a first-time producer and director pair. ...more about Strangers Kiss

Not Available on DVD

Southern Comfort (1981)

1.8473

A squad of National Guards on an isolated weekend exercise in the Louisiana swamp must fight for their lives when they anger local Cajuns by stealing their canoes. ...more about Southern Comfort

DVD from $9.99

(9 sellers)

Crooked Hearts (1991)

1.8291

A young man leaves college and re-enters life with his dysfunctional family. Slowly, long-buried secrets involving their father are unraveled and the animosities between the father and older brother are revealed. ...more about Crooked Hearts

DVD from $5.40

(9 sellers)

Written in Blood (2002)

1.6858

When the wife of Detective John Traveller (Peter Coyote) and her lover are executed in bed and John takes the blame, his partner and friend, Detective Matthew Ransom (Michael T. Weiss), becomes very upset, affecting his marriage that was not working well. ...more about Written in Blood

DVD from $19.19

(9 sellers)

Terminal Justice (1995)

1.6144

In 2008 Cybersex can only be surpassed by one thing: Cloned women, especially created for their clients. This puts Pamela Travis (Kari Salin), a famous and much sought-after cybersex star in great danger - Dr. ...more about Terminal Justice

Not Available on DVD

Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann (1982)

1.5889

Lyle, a motorcycle champion is traveling the Mexican desert, when he find himself in the action radius of a time machine. So he find himself one century back in the past between rapists, thiefs and murderers.... ...more about Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann

DVD from $29.95

(1 sellers)

Shadow of Fear (2004)

1.5859

DVD from $9.99

(7 sellers)

Endangered Species (1982)

1.5432

Not Available on DVD

Slayground (1983)

1.5204

DVD from $2.49

(7 sellers)

Road Ends (1997)

1.5113

Esteban, a mysterious figure involved in a drug deal of some kind, arrives in a quiet desert town. He signs in at the local hotel using the name 'Gene Gere', which happens to be the name of an FBI agent in Los Angeles working on the same drug deal. ...more about Road Ends

DVD from $4.95

(5 sellers)

Out (1982)

1.3788

In this largely avant-garde feature film, Rex is the member of a group of underground revolutionaries with an unknown agenda who receive their orders from picking letters out of a bowl of alphabet soup. ...more about Out

DVD from $2.95

(5 sellers)

Legend of Billie Jean, The (1985)

1.3651

Average Texas teen, Billie Jean Davy, is caught up in an odd fight for justice. She is usually followed and harrased around by local boys, who, one day, decide to trash her brother's scooter for fun. ...more about Legend of Billie Jean

Not Available on DVD

Red Letters (2000)

1.3607

After a sexual harassment incident, Dennis Burke (Peter Coyote), a Nathaniel Hawthorne scholar, goes to work at a California college. He begins correspondence with an imprisoned murderer, Lydia Davis (Nastassja Kinski). ...more about Red Letters

Not Available on DVD

Jack the Dog (2001)

1.3561

Not Available on DVD

Suddenly Naked (2001)

1.1050

Not Available on DVD

Stacking (1987)

1.0729

Not Available on DVD

It Was 20 Years Ago Today (1987)

1.0638

This film examines the masterwork album by the Beatles, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, released in 1967, with its creation, themes and impact explored in turn. ...more about It Was 20 Years Ago Today

Not Available on DVD

Outrageous Fortune (1987)

1.0607

Lauren and Sandy are total opposites who end up in the same acting class and who don't know they are sharing a lover. ...more about Outrageous Fortune

DVD from $7.51

(10 sellers)

Man Inside, The (1990)

1.0091

Gunter Wallraff is a journalist seeking to expose the unethical journalism practiced by The Standard, a very popular and powerful German newspaper. He goes undercover, using forged identity papers and at great personal risk, to join their staff. ...more about Man Inside

Not Available on DVD

Deepwater (2005)

0.9269

DVD from $17.25

(9 sellers)

Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis (2005)

0.8812

DVD from $8.79

(10 sellers)

Heart of Midnight (1988)

0.7944

Carol(Jennifer Jason Leigh) inherits a night club from her weird uncle. She moves into the place, only to find out just how weird her uncle really was. ...more about Heart of Midnight

Not Available on DVD

Suddenly Naked (2003)

0.6316

A quirky, sexy comedy about a Jackie York, a thirty-nine year old novelist, who falls for a twenty year old. ...more about Suddenly Naked

Not Available on DVD

Time for Dancing, A (2000)

0.5844

DVD from $12.43

(1 sellers)

Behind Enemy Lines: Axis of Evil (2006)

0.1309

DVD from $10.50

(14 sellers)

Contrary Warriors: A Film of the Crow Tribe (1985)

No Reviews Available

Examines the impact a century of struggling for survival has on a native people. It weaves the Crow tribe's turbulent past with modern-day accounts from Robert Yellow-tail, a 97-year-old Crow leader and a major reason for the tribe's survival. ...more about Contrary Warriors: A Film of the Crow Tribe

Not Available on DVD

Die Laughing (1980)

No Reviews Available

A San Francisco cab driver find himself in possession of a monkey that is carrying a formula for turning atomic waste into a plutonium bomb. He finds himself framed for a murder and chased all over town by people trying to get the formula. ...more about Die Laughing

Not Available on DVD

Last Call (1999/II)

No Reviews Available

Three apartments in an old converted Loft building set up the stage for three bizarre love triangles. A mysterious man (Basti�n Bodenh�fer), parks in front of the building and silently smokes a cigarette while watching what happens in the three floors. ...more about Last Call

Not Available on DVD

More Dogs Than Bones (2000)

No Reviews Available

DVD from $6.39

(7 sellers)

Pacific Century, The (1992)

No Reviews Available

Not Available on DVD

Purpose (2002)

No Reviews Available

Purpo$e is the story of young Internet entrepreneur, John Elias. Purpo$e is a story about business in the new millenium, and a world shifted away from quality to quantity. ...more about Purpose

DVD from $6.39

(5 sellers)

Quartzite's Fall: A Wilderness Tale (2001)

No Reviews Available

Not Available on DVD

Seeds of Doubt (1996)

No Reviews Available

Not Available on DVD

Troupers (1986)

No Reviews Available

Not Available on DVD

Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey (1990)

No Reviews Available

Not Available on DVD

That Eye, the Sky (1994)

Peter Coyote scores a combined zero out of 4 stars for That Eye

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Ort Flack is 12 years old and lives with his mother and his sister Tegwyn in the Australian outback. The three of them also have to take care of their old grandma and their paralysed father. It is not easy for one mother to take care of everybody. ...more about That Eye

Not Available on DVD

Top of the World (1997)

Peter Coyote scores a combined zero out of 4 stars for Top of the World

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In Las Vegas for a quicky divorce, a just-paroled ex-cop and his wife wander into the Top of the World Casino, run by the shady Charles Atlas. They win big, right as the casino is being robbed. ...more about Top of the World

DVD from $2.50

(5 sellers)

Return of the Living Dead 5: Rave to the Grave (2005)

Peter Coyote scores a combined zero out of 4 stars for Return of the Living Dead 5: Rave to the Grave

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Julian and his few friends that actually managed to escape Necropolis have all enrolled in college and are trying to put their experiences with Hybratech behind them forever. Soon after, Jenny and Julian find a strange chemical container in a hidden room. ...more about Return of the Living Dead 5: Rave to the Grave

Not Available on DVD

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