Keith Carradine

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Biography

Like his brothers David, Robert and Bruce and half-brother Michael Bowen, Keith Carradine followed in the footsteps of his father, John Carradine, and became an actor in the early 1970s. He enjoyed considerable success in that decade thanks to performances in independent-minded films like "Nashville" (1975), "Welcome to L.A." (1976) and "Pretty Baby" (1978). Carradine branched into Hollywood features in the 1980s, but found more success on …
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Job Title

Actor, Producer, Music, Art Department

Born

Keith Ian Carradine on August 8, 1949 in San Mateo, California, USA

Career Milestones

Appeared on Broadway with Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn in "Foxfire"

1968

Moved to Los Angeles to live with half-brother David Carradine

1969

Made Broadway debut in the controversial musical "Hair"; accompanied brother David to the audition who brought him along to play the piano and Keith landed the role instead

1971

First notable film appearance was in director Robert Altman's "McCabe & Mrs. Miller"

1971

Made TV debut on the NBC western "Bonanza"

1971

Made screen debut in "A Gunfight"

1972

Played a teenage Kwai Chang Caine (portrayed by brother David Carradine as an adult) in the ABC series "Kung Fu"

1974

Once again collaborated with Altman for "Thieves Like Us"

1975

Acted in the film "You and Me"; helmed by brother David Carradine

1975

Played a callow, womanizing folk singer in Altman's critically acclaimed "Nashville"; also wrote and performed the song "I'm Easy," which won Carradine an Oscar for Best Original Song

1976

First film with director Alan Rudolph, "Welcome to L.A." (produced by Altman); also contributed music

1978

Starred with Susan Sarandon and Brooke Shields in Louis Malle's "Pretty Baby"

1980

Joined brothers David and Robert in Walter Hill's "The Long Riders"

1980

Portrayed Lt. Murph McCoy in the CBS miniseries "A Rumor of War"

1986

Played one-armed major leaguer Pete Gray in the ABC TV-movie "A Winner Never Quits"; co-starred with Mare Winningham

1987

Re-teamed with Mare Winningham for the NBC TV-movie "Eye on the Sparrow"

1988

One of several canvases he created for "The Moderns" became the film's poster; fourth film with director Rudolph

1989

Executive produced (also acted) the TV-movie "The Forgotten" (USA Network)

1991

Nominated for a Tony Award for his starring role in the musical "The Will Rogers Follies"

1993

Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

1994

Last film to date with director Alan Rudolph, "Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle"

1996

Played Bigfoot Wallace in Larry McMurtry's "Dead Man's Walk" (ABC)

1997

Made rgular TV series debut on Showtime's "Fast Track"

1997

Played Michelle Pfeiffer's husband in "A Thousand Acres"

2002

Appeared in the independent Icelandic film "Falcons"; also composed and recorded the title song "Northern Light"

2002

Starred in the independent film "The Adventures of Ociee Nash"

2003

Hosted The History Channel's "Wild West Tech"

2003

Voiced editor J. Jonah Jameson on MTV's animated series "Spiderman"

2004

Played the recurring role of Wild Bill Hickok on the HBO series "Deadwood"

2005

Co-starred in the indie feature "The Californians"

2005

Portrayed Captain William H. Pratt in the TNT miniseries "Into the West"

2006

Joined Brian d'Arcy James in the Broadway production of "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels"

2007

Had a recurring role on the second and fourth seasons of the Showtime series "Dexter" playing FBI Special Agent Frank Lundy

2008

Returned to the New York stage in the New York premiere of Anthony Horowitz's "Mindgame"

Awards

1975

Academy Award for Music (Original Song) in Nashville

1975

Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song - Motion Picture in Nashville

1984

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor In a Limited Series or a Special in Chiefs