Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
August 8, 1949
Place of Birth:
San Mateo, California, USA
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Keith Carradine
Biography
Keith Ian Carradine (born August 8, 1949) is an American actor and singer-songwriter. In film he is known for his roles as Tom Frank in Robert Altman's Nashville, E. J. Bellocq in Louis Malle's Pretty Baby, and Mickey in Alan Rudolph's Choose Me. On television he is known for his roles as Wild Bill Hickok on the HBO series Deadwood, FBI agent Frank Lundy on the Showtime series Dexter, Lou Solverson in the first season of FX's Fargo, Penny's father Wyatt on the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory, and U.S. President Conrad Dalton on the CBS political drama Madam Secretary. He is a member of the Carradine family of actors, including father John Carradine, brothers Robert and David Carradine, and daughter Martha Plimpton.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Devil and the Daylong Brothers | Nehemiah Daylong |
| 2025 | Laws of Man | Galen Armstrong |
| 2024 | Afraid | Marcus |
| 2024 | Sallywood | George Corrigan |
| 2022 | A Nashville Country Christmas | Keaton |
| 2021 | The Power of the Dog | The Governor |
| 2019 | Deadwood: The Movie | Wild Bill Hickok (archive footage) |
| 2018 | Ray Meets Helen | Ray |
| 2018 | The Old Man & the Gun | Captain Calder |
| 2016 | A Quiet Passion | Edward Dickinson |
| 2016 | Way Out on a Limb | Self |
| 2015 | Bereave | Victor |
| 2014 | After the Fall | Charles |
| 2014 | Dakota's Summer | Austin Rose |
| 2014 | Altman | Self |
| 2014 | Terroir | Jonathan Bragg |
| 2013 | Ain't Them Bodies Saints | Skerritt |
| 2013 | The Making of 'Nashville' | Self |
| 2011 | Cowboys & Aliens | Sheriff John Taggart |
| 2011 | The Family Tree | Reverend Diggs |
| 2010 | Halves of a Dream: Making Trouble in Mind | Self |
| 2010 | Peacock | Ray Crill |
| 2009 | Winter of Frozen Dreams | Detective Lulling |
| 2008 | Lake City | Roy |
| 2007 | The Death and Life of Bobby Z | Johnson |
| 2007 | All Hat | Pete Culpepper |
| 2007 | Elvis & Anabelle | Jimmy |
| 2006 | Where There's a Will | Sherriff Clifford Laws |
| 2005 | The Californians | Elton Tripp |
| 2005 | Our Very Own | Billy Whitfield |
| 2004 | Balto III: Wings of Change | Duke (voice) |
| 2004 | The Adventures of Ociee Nash | Papa Nash |
| 2004 | Hair High | JoJo (voice) |
| 2004 | AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies | Self |
| 2003 | Monte Walsh | Chester 'Chet' Rollins |
| 2003 | Coyote Waits | John McGinnis |
| 2002 | The Outsider | Noah Weaver |
| 2002 | Falcons | Simon |
| 2002 | The Angel Doll | Adult Jerry Barlow |
| 2002 | Duelling Directors: Ridley Scott & Kevin Reynolds | Self (archive footage) |
| 2001 | Wooly Boys | Sheriff Hank Dawson |
| 2001 | The Diamond of Jeru | John Lacklan |
| 2001 | Cahoots | Matt |
| 2000 | Baby | John Malone |
| 2000 | Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble | Pierce Butler |
| 2000 | Altman on His Own Terms | Self |
| 1999 | Out of the Cold | Dan Scott |
| 1999 | The Hunter's Moon | Turner |
| 1999 | Night Ride Home | Neal Mahler |
| 1999 | Sirens | Officer Dan Wexler |
| 1999 | Hard Time: Hostage Hotel | Cpl. Arlin Flynn |
| 1999 | A Song from the Heart | Oliver Comstock |
| 1998 | Standoff | Agent Zeke Clayton |
| 1997 | A Thousand Acres | Ty Smith |
| 1997 | Last Stand at Saber River | Vern Kidston |
| 1997 | Keeping the Promise | William (Will) Hallowell |
| 1996 | 2 Days in the Valley | Detective Creighton |
| 1996 | Special Report: Journey to Mars | Capt. Eugene T. Slader |
| 1995 | Wild Bill | Buffalo Bill Cody |
| 1995 | The Tie That Binds | John Netherwood |
| 1995 | Trial by Fire | Owen Turner |
| 1995 | Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II | Self |
| 1994 | Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle | Will Rogers |
| 1994 | Andre | Harry Whitney |
| 1994 | Is There Life Out There? | Brad |
| 1994 | In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness | Tom Lynch |
| 1993 | The Will Rogers Follies: A Life In Revue | Will Rogers |
| 1992 | CrissCross | John Cross |
| 1992 | Lincoln | William Herndon (voice) |
| 1992 | Rabbit Ears - Annie Oakley | Narrator - Will Rogers (voice) |
| 1991 | The Ballad of the Sad Cafe | Marvin Macy |
| 1991 | Payoff | Peter "Mac" McAllister |
| 1990 | Daddy's Dyin'... Who's Got the Will? | Clarence |
| 1990 | The Bachelor | Dr. Emil Gräsler |
| 1990 | Judgment | Pete Guitry |
| 1990 | Madonna: The Immaculate Collection | Boyfriend (segment "Material Girl") |
| 1989 | The Forgotten | Cap. Tom Watkins |
| 1989 | Street of No Return | Michael |
| 1989 | Cold Feet | Monte |
| 1989 | The Revenge of Al Capone | Michael Rourke |
| 1988 | The Moderns | Nick Hart |
| 1988 | Backfire | Reed |
| 1988 | My Father, My Son | Lt. Elmo Zumwalt III |
| 1988 | Stones for Ibarra | Richard Everton |
| 1987 | Murder Ordained | Trooper John Rule |
| 1987 | Eye on the Sparrow | James Lee |
| 1986 | Half a Lifetime | J.J. |
| 1986 | The Inquiry | Tito Valerio Tauro |
| 1986 | A Winner Never Quits | Pete Grey |
| 1985 | Trouble in Mind | Coop |
| 1985 | Blackout | Allen Devlin |
| 1984 | Choose Me | Mickey |
| 1984 | Maria's Lovers | Clarence Butts |
| 1984 | Scorned and Swindled | John Boslett |
| 1982 | The Best of Sex and Violence | Self - Cameo Appearance |
| 1981 | Southern Comfort | Spencer |
| 1980 | The Long Riders | Jim Younger |
| 1979 | An Almost Perfect Affair | Hal |
| 1979 | Old Boyfriends | Wayne |
| 1978 | Pretty Baby | Bellocq |
| 1978 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Our Guests at Heartland |
| 1977 | The Duellists | Armand d'Hubert |
| 1976 | Welcome to L.A. | Carroll Barber |
| 1976 | Lumière | David |
| 1976 | The Midnight Special Legendary Performances: More 1976 | Self |
| 1975 | Nashville | Tom Frank |
| 1975 | You and Me | Death Guy |
| 1974 | Thieves Like Us | Bowie |
| 1974 | The Godchild | Lt. Lewis |
| 1974 | Run, Run, Joe! | Joe |
| 1974 | Antoine and Sebastian | John |
| 1973 | Emperor of the North | Cigaret |
| 1973 | Idaho Transfer | Arthur |
| 1973 | Hex | Whizzer |
| 1972 | Kung Fu: The Way of the Tiger, the Sign of the Dragon | Teen Caine (uncredited) |
| 1972 | Man on a String | Danny Brown |
| 1971 | McCabe & Mrs. Miller | Cowboy |
| 1971 | A Gunfight | The Young Gunfighter |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields | Self (archive footage) |
| 2023 | Accused | Billy Carlson |
| 2021 | Rugrats | Bob Brine (voice) |
| 2021 | Law & Order: Organized Crime | Judge Clayton 'Clay' Bonner |
| 2015 | Fear the Walking Dead | John Dorie |
| 2014 | Fargo | Lou Solverson |
| 2014 | Madam Secretary | Conrad Dalton |
| 2013 | The Following | Barry |
| 2012 | Missing | Martin Newman |
| 2010 | Raising Hope | Coly Palomino |
| 2009 | Dollhouse | Matthew Harding |
| 2007 | The Big Bang Theory | Wyatt Teller |
| 2006 | Dexter | Frank Lundy |
| 2006 | Dexter | Special Agent Frank Lundy |
| 2005 | Numb3rs | Carl McGowan |
| 2005 | Into the West | Captain Richard H. Pratt |
| 2005 | Criminal Minds | Frank Breitkopf |
| 2004 | Deadwood | Wild Bill Hickock |
| 2004 | Complete Savages | Nick Savage |
| 2004 | Gettysburg and Stories of Valor | Narrator |
| 2003 | Wild West Tech | Self - Host |
| 2003 | NCIS | Mannheim Gold |
| 2003 | Spider-Man: The New Animated Series | J. Jonah Jameson (voice) |
| 2002 | Street Time | Frank Dugan |
| 2001 | Star Trek: Enterprise | A.G. Robinson |
| 1997 | Perversions of Science | Arthur Bristol |
| 1997 | The View | Self |
| 1997 | Fast Track | |
| 1996 | Arli$$ | |
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood Story | |
| 1996 | The West | Self |
| 1996 | Dead Man's Walk | Bigfoot Wallace |
| 1996 | The West | Self (voice) |
| 1994 | Baseball | Various (voice) |
| 1994 | Baseball | (voice) |
| 1993 | Frasier | Carl (voice) |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Martin Garvik |
| 1989 | Confessional | Liam Devlin |
| 1988 | American Experience | Narrator (voice) |
| 1987 | Murder Ordained | Trooper John Rule |
| 1983 | Chiefs | Foxy Funderburke |
| 1980 | A Rumor of War | Lt. Murph McCoy |
| 1975 | Les Rendez-vous du dimanche | Self |
| 1972 | Kung Fu | Teenage Caine (uncredited) |
| 1972 | Kung Fu | Middle Caine (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1971 | Great Performances | Self |
| 1969 | Love, American Style | George Pomerantz |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self - Co-Host |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Ern |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Nominee/Performer |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Audience Member |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Richard Everton |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Neal |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee |
| Imperfect Women | RL Hennessy |