Keith Carradine
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Aug 8, 1949 (77 years old)
Place of Birth
San Mateo, California, USA
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
| 2026 | Imperfect WomenR.L. Hennessey | |
| 2025 | The Devil and the Daylong BrothersNehemiah Daylong | |
| 2025 | Laws of ManGalen Armstrong | |
| 2025 | Let's Call the Whole Thing OffDr. Wagner | |
| 2024 | AfraidMarcus | |
| 2024 | SallywoodGeorge Corrigan | |
| 2024 | High PotentialDouglas Newmeyer | |
| 2024 | Blue RidgeBrother Rusty | |
| 2023 | Pretty Baby: Brooke ShieldsSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2023 | AccusedBilly Carlson | |
| 2022 | A Nashville Country ChristmasKeaton | |
| 2021 | The Power of the DogThe Governor | |
| 2021 | RugratsBob Brine (voice) | |
| 2021 | Law & Order: Organized CrimeJudge Clayton 'Clay' Bonner | |
| 2019 | Deadwood: The MovieWild Bill Hickok (archive footage) | |
| 2018 | Ray Meets HelenRay | |
| 2018 | The Old Man & the GunCaptain Calder | |
| 2016 | A Quiet PassionEdward Dickinson | |
| 2016 | Way Out on a LimbSelf | |
| 2016 | Way Out on a Limb | |
| 2015 | BereaveVictor | |
| 2015 | Fear the Walking DeadJohn Dorie | |
| 2014 | After the FallCharles | |
| 2014 | Dakota's SummerAustin Rose | |
| 2014 | AltmanSelf | |
| 2014 | TerroirJonathan Bragg | |
| 2014 | FargoLou Solverson | |
| 2014 | Madam SecretaryConrad Dalton | |
| 2014 | Madam SecretaryPresident Conrad Dalton | |
| 2013 | Ain't Them Bodies SaintsSkerritt | |
| 2013 | The Making of 'Nashville'Self | |
| 2013 | The FollowingBarry | |
| 2012 | MissingMartin Newman | |
| 2011 | Cowboys & AliensSheriff John Taggart | |
| 2011 | The Family TreeReverend Diggs | |
| 2010 | Halves of a Dream: Making Trouble in MindSelf | |
| 2010 | PeacockRay Crill | |
| 2010 | Raising HopeColy Palomino | |
| 2009 | Winter of Frozen DreamsDetective Lulling | |
| 2009 | DollhouseMatthew Harding | |
| 2008 | Lake CityRoy | |
| 2008 | CrashOwen | |
| 2007 | The Death and Life of Bobby ZJohnson | |
| 2007 | All HatPete Culpepper | |
| 2007 | Elvis & AnabelleJimmy | |
| 2007 | The Big Bang TheoryWyatt Teller | |
| 2007 | DamagesJulian Decker | |
| 2006 | Where There's a WillSherriff Clifford Laws | |
| 2006 | DexterFrank Lundy | |
| 2006 | DexterSpecial Agent Frank Lundy | |
| 2005 | The CaliforniansElton Tripp | |
| 2005 | Our Very OwnBilly Whitfield | |
| 2005 | Numb3rsCarl McGowan | |
| 2005 | Into the WestCaptain Richard H. Pratt | |
| 2005 | Criminal MindsFrank Breitkopf | |
| 2004 | Balto III: Wings of ChangeDuke (voice) | |
| 2004 | The Adventures of Ociee NashPapa Nash | |
| 2004 | Hair HighJoJo (voice) | |
| 2004 | AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the MoviesSelf | |
| 2004 | DeadwoodWild Bill Hickock | |
| 2004 | Complete SavagesNick Savage | |
| 2004 | Gettysburg and Stories of ValorNarrator | |
| 2003 | Monte WalshChester 'Chet' Rollins | |
| 2003 | Coyote WaitsJohn McGinnis | |
| 2003 | Wild West TechSelf - Host | |
| 2003 | NCISMannheim Gold | |
| 2003 | Spider-Man: The New Animated SeriesJ. Jonah Jameson (voice) | |
| 2002 | The OutsiderNoah Weaver | |
| 2002 | FalconsSimon | |
| 2002 | The Angel DollAdult Jerry Barlow | |
| 2002 | Duelling Directors: Ridley Scott & Kevin ReynoldsSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2002 | Street TimeFrank Dugan | |
| 2001 | Wooly BoysSheriff Hank Dawson | |
| 2001 | The Diamond of JeruJohn Lacklan | |
| 2001 | CahootsMatt | |
| 2001 | Star Trek: EnterpriseA.G. Robinson | |
| 2000 | Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny KemblePierce Butler | |
| 2000 | Altman on His Own TermsSelf | |
| 2000 | BabyJohn Malone | |
| 1999 | Out of the ColdDan Scott | |
| 1999 | The Hunter's MoonTurner | |
| 1999 | Night Ride HomeNeal Mahler | |
| 1999 | SirensOfficer Dan Wexler | |
| 1999 | Hard Time: Hostage HotelCpl. Arlin Flynn | |
| 1999 | A Song from the HeartOliver Comstock | |
| 1998 | StandoffAgent Zeke Clayton | |
| 1997 | A Thousand AcresTy Smith | |
| 1997 | Last Stand at Saber RiverVern Kidston | |
| 1997 | Keeping the PromiseWilliam (Will) Hallowell | |
| 1997 | Perversions of ScienceArthur Bristol | |
| 1997 | The ViewSelf | |
| 1997 | Fast TrackDr. Richard Beckett | |
| 1996 | 2 Days in the ValleyDetective Creighton | |
| 1996 | Special Report: Journey to MarsCapt. Eugene T. Slader | |
| 1996 | Arli$$Lamar Scott | |
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood Story | |
| 1996 | The WestSelf | |
| 1996 | Dead Man's WalkBigfoot Wallace | |
| 1996 | The WestSelf (voice) | |
| 1995 | Wild BillBuffalo Bill Cody | |
| 1995 | The Tie That BindsJohn Netherwood | |
| 1995 | Trial by FireOwen Turner | |
| 1995 | Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein IISelf | |
| 1994 | Mrs. Parker and the Vicious CircleWill Rogers | |
| 1994 | AndreHarry Whitney | |
| 1994 | Is There Life Out There?Brad | |
| 1994 | In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & MadnessTom Lynch | |
| 1994 | BaseballVarious (voice) | |
| 1994 | Baseball(voice) | |
| 1993 | The Will Rogers Follies: A Life In RevueWill Rogers | |
| 1993 | FrasierCarl (voice) | |
| 1992 | CrissCrossJohn Cross | |
| 1992 | LincolnWilliam Herndon (voice) | |
| 1992 | Rabbit Ears - Annie OakleyNarrator - Will Rogers (voice) | |
| 1991 | The Ballad of the Sad CafeMarvin Macy | |
| 1991 | PayoffPeter "Mac" McAllister | |
| 1990 | Daddy's Dyin'... Who's Got the Will?Clarence | |
| 1990 | The BachelorDr. Emil Gräsler | |
| 1990 | JudgmentPete Guitry | |
| 1990 | Madonna: The Immaculate CollectionBoyfriend (segment "Material Girl") | |
| 1990 | Law & OrderMartin Garvik | |
| 1989 | The ForgottenCap. Tom Watkins | |
| 1989 | Street of No ReturnMichael | |
| 1989 | Cold FeetMonte | |
| 1989 | The Revenge of Al CaponeMichael Rourke | |
| 1989 | ConfessionalLiam Devlin | |
| 1988 | The ModernsNick Hart | |
| 1988 | BackfireReed | |
| 1988 | My Father, My SonLt. Elmo Zumwalt III | |
| 1988 | Stones for IbarraRichard Everton | |
| 1988 | American ExperienceNarrator (voice) | |
| 1987 | Murder OrdainedTrooper John Rule | |
| 1987 | Eye on the SparrowJames Lee | |
| 1987 | Murder OrdainedTrooper John Rule | |
| 1986 | Half a LifetimeJ.J. | |
| 1986 | The InquiryTito Valerio Tauro | |
| 1986 | A Winner Never QuitsPete Grey | |
| 1985 | Trouble in MindCoop | |
| 1985 | BlackoutAllen Devlin | |
| 1984 | Choose MeMickey | |
| 1984 | Maria's LoversClarence Butts | |
| 1984 | Scorned and SwindledJohn Boslett | |
| 1983 | ChiefsFoxy Funderburke | |
| 1982 | The Best of Sex and ViolenceSelf - Cameo Appearance | |
| 1981 | Southern ComfortSpencer | |
| 1980 | The Long RidersJim Younger | |
| 1980 | A Rumor of WarLt. Murph McCoy | |
| 1979 | An Almost Perfect AffairHal | |
| 1979 | Old BoyfriendsWayne | |
| 1978 | Pretty BabyBellocq | |
| 1978 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BandOur Guests at Heartland | |
| 1977 | The DuellistsArmand d'Hubert | |
| 1976 | Welcome to L.A.Carroll Barber | |
| 1976 | LumièreDavid | |
| 1976 | The Midnight Special Legendary Performances: More 1976Self | |
| 1975 | NashvilleTom Frank | |
| 1975 | You and MeDeath Guy | |
| 1975 | Les Rendez-vous du dimancheSelf | |
| 1975 | Saturday Night LiveSelf (uncredited) | |
| 1974 | Thieves Like UsBowie | |
| 1974 | The GodchildLt. Lewis | |
| 1974 | Run, Run, Joe!Joe | |
| 1974 | Antoine and SebastianJohn | |
| 1973 | Emperor of the NorthCigaret | |
| 1973 | Idaho TransferArthur | |
| 1973 | HexWhizzer | |
| 1972 | Kung Fu: The Way of the Tiger, the Sign of the DragonTeen Caine (uncredited) | |
| 1972 | Man on a StringDanny Brown | |
| 1972 | Kung FuTeenage Caine (uncredited) | |
| 1972 | Kung FuMiddle Caine (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 1971 | McCabe & Mrs. MillerCowboy | |
| 1971 | A GunfightThe Young Gunfighter | |
| 1971 | Great PerformancesSelf | |
| 1969 | Love, American StyleGeorge Pomerantz | |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf | |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas ShowSelf - Co-Host | |
| 1959 | BonanzaErn | |
| 1956 | Tony AwardsSelf - Nominee / Performer | |
| 1956 | Tony AwardsSelf - Audience Member | |
| 1953 | The OscarsSelf | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of FameRichard Everton | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of FameNeal | |
| 1948 | Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade | |
| 1944 | Golden Globe AwardsSelf | |
| 1944 | Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Nominee | |
| - | Kill Me Now |
| 2018 | Ray Meets HelenExecutive Producer | |
| 2014 | TerroirExecutive Producer | |
| 1989 | The ForgottenExecutive Producer |