Keith Carradine

Known For: Acting
Born: August 8, 1949
Place of Birth: San Mateo, California, USA

Keith Carradine

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.

Filmography

Imperfect Women

2026 · R.L. Hennessey

Let's Call the Whole Thing Off

2025 · Dr. Wagner

The Devil and the Daylong Brothers

2025 · Nehemiah Daylong

Laws of Man

2025 · Galen Armstrong

High Potential

2024 · Douglas Newmeyer

Afraid

2024 · Marcus

Blue Ridge: The Series

2024 · Brother Rusty

Sallywood

2024 · George Corrigan

Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields

2023 · Self (archive footage)

Accused

2023 · Billy Carlson

A Nashville Country Christmas

2022 · Keaton

The Power of the Dog

2021 · The Governor

Rugrats

2021 · Bob Brine (voice)

Law & Order: Organized Crime

2021 · Judge Clayton 'Clay' Bonner

Deadwood: The Movie

2019 · Wild Bill Hickok (archive footage)

The Old Man & the Gun

2018 · Captain Calder

Ray Meets Helen

2018 · Ray, Executive Producer

Way Out on a Limb

2016 · Self

Way Out on a Limb

2016

A Quiet Passion

2016 · Edward Dickinson

Fear the Walking Dead

2015 · John Dorie

Bereave

2015 · Victor

Madam Secretary

2014 · Conrad Dalton, President Conrad Dalton

Terroir

2014 · Jonathan Bragg, Executive Producer

Altman

2014 · Self

Dakota's Summer

2014 · Austin Rose

Fargo

2014 · Lou Solverson

After the Fall

2014 · Charles

The Making of 'Nashville'

2013 · Self

Ain't Them Bodies Saints

2013 · Skerritt

The Following

2013 · Barry

Missing

2012 · Martin Newman

The Family Tree

2011 · Reverend Diggs

Cowboys & Aliens

2011 · Sheriff John Taggart

Halves of a Dream: Making Trouble in Mind

Halves of a Dream: Making Trouble in Mind

2010 · Self

Raising Hope

2010 · Coly Palomino

Peacock

2010 · Ray Crill

Winter of Frozen Dreams

2009 · Detective Lulling

Dollhouse

2009 · Matthew Harding

Crash

2008 · Owen

Lake City

2008 · Roy

The Big Bang Theory

2007 · Wyatt Teller

All Hat

2007 · Pete Culpepper

Damages

2007 · Julian Decker

The Death and Life of Bobby Z

2007 · Johnson

Elvis & Anabelle

2007 · Jimmy

Dexter

2006 · Frank Lundy, Special Agent Frank Lundy

Where There's a Will

2006 · Sherriff Clifford Laws

The Californians

2005 · Elton Tripp

Criminal Minds

2005 · Frank Breitkopf

Our Very Own

2005 · Billy Whitfield

Into the West

2005 · Captain Richard H. Pratt

Numb3rs

2005 · Carl McGowan

Complete Savages

2004 · Nick Savage

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies

2004 · Self

Hair High

2004 · JoJo (voice)

Balto III: Wings of Change

2004 · Duke (voice)

Gettysburg and Stories of Valor

2004 · Narrator

Deadwood

2004 · Wild Bill Hickock

The Adventures of Ociee Nash

2004 · Papa Nash

Coyote Waits

2003 · John McGinnis

NCIS

2003 · Mannheim Gold

Wild West Tech

2003 · Self - Host

Spider-Man: The New Animated Series

2003 · J. Jonah Jameson (voice)

Monte Walsh

2003 · Chester 'Chet' Rollins

Duelling Directors: Ridley Scott & Kevin Reynolds

2002 · Self (archive footage)

The Outsider

2002 · Noah Weaver

Falcons

2002 · Simon

The Angel Doll

2002 · Adult Jerry Barlow

Street Time

2002 · Frank Dugan

Public Enemy #1

Public Enemy #1

2002 · Narrator (voice)

The Diamond of Jeru

2001 · John Lacklan

Star Trek: Enterprise

2001 · A.G. Robinson

Cahoots

2001 · Matt

Wooly Boys

2001 · Sheriff Hank Dawson

Baby

2000 · John Malone

Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble

2000 · Pierce Butler

Altman on His Own Terms

2000 · Self

Hard Time: Hostage Hotel

1999 · Cpl. Arlin Flynn

The Hunter's Moon

1999 · Turner

Sirens

1999 · Officer Dan Wexler

A Song from the Heart

1999 · Oliver Comstock

Out of the Cold

1999 · Dan Scott

Night Ride Home

1999 · Neal Mahler

Standoff

1998 · Agent Zeke Clayton

A Thousand Acres

1997 · Ty Smith

The View

1997 · Self

Fast Track

1997 · Dr. Richard Beckett

Perversions of Science

1997 · Arthur Bristol

Last Stand at Saber River

1997 · Vern Kidston

Keeping the Promise

1997 · William (Will) Hallowell

The West

1996 · Self, Self (voice)

2 Days in the Valley

1996 · Detective Creighton

E! True Hollywood Story

1996

Arli$$

1996 · Lamar Scott

Dead Man's Walk

1996 · Bigfoot Wallace

Special Report: Journey to Mars

1996 · Capt. Eugene T. Slader

Wild Bill

1995 · Buffalo Bill Cody

Trial by Fire

1995 · Owen Turner

The Tie That Binds

1995 · John Netherwood

Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II

1995 · Self

Is There Life Out There?

1994 · Brad

Baseball

1994 · Various (voice)

Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle

1994 · Will Rogers

Andre

1994 · Harry Whitney

In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness

1994 · Tom Lynch

The Will Rogers Follies: A Life In Revue

1993 · Will Rogers

Frasier

1993 · Carl (voice)

Lincoln

1992 · William Herndon (voice)

Rabbit Ears - Annie Oakley

Rabbit Ears - Annie Oakley

1992 · Narrator - Will Rogers (voice)

CrissCross

1992 · John Cross

The Ballad of the Sad Cafe

1991 · Marvin Macy

Payoff

1991 · Peter "Mac" McAllister

Madonna: The Immaculate Collection

1990 · Boyfriend (segment "Material Girl")

Judgment

1990 · Pete Guitry

Law & Order

1990 · Martin Garvik

Daddy's Dyin'... Who's Got the Will?

1990 · Clarence

The Bachelor

1990 · Dr. Emil Gräsler

Confessional

1989 · Liam Devlin

Cold Feet

1989 · Monte

Street of No Return

1989 · Michael

The Forgotten

1989 · Cap. Tom Watkins, Executive Producer

The Revenge of Al Capone

1989 · Michael Rourke

American Experience

1988 · Narrator (voice)

Backfire

1988 · Reed

The Moderns

1988 · Nick Hart

My Father, My Son

1988 · Lt. Elmo Zumwalt III

Stones for Ibarra

1988 · Richard Everton

Eye on the Sparrow

1987 · James Lee

Murder Ordained

1987 · Trooper John Rule

Murder Ordained

1987 · Trooper John Rule

The Inquiry

1986 · Tito Valerio Tauro

Half a Lifetime

1986 · J.J.

A Winner Never Quits

1986 · Pete Grey

Trouble in Mind

1985 · Coop

Blackout

1985 · Allen Devlin

Scorned and Swindled

1984 · John Boslett

Choose Me

1984 · Mickey

Maria's Lovers

1984 · Clarence Butts

Chiefs

1983 · Foxy Funderburke

The Best of Sex and Violence

1982 · Self - Cameo Appearance

Southern Comfort

1981 · Spencer

A Rumor of War

1980 · Lt. Murph McCoy

The Long Riders

1980 · Jim Younger

An Almost Perfect Affair

1979 · Hal

Old Boyfriends

1979 · Wayne

Willa

1979 · Songs

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

1978 · Our Guests at Heartland

Old Friends... New Friends

1978 · Self

Pretty Baby

1978 · Bellocq

The Duellists

1977 · Armand d'Hubert

The Midnight Special Legendary Performances: More 1976

1976 · Self

Welcome to L.A.

1976 · Carroll Barber

Lumière

1976 · David

Saturday Night Live

1975 · Self (uncredited)

Nashville

1975 · Tom Frank

You and Me

1975 · Death Guy, Original Music Composer

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

1975 · Self

The Godchild

1974 · Lt. Lewis

Run, Run, Joe!

1974 · Joe

Thieves Like Us

1974 · Bowie

Antoine and Sebastian

1974 · John

Hex

1973 · Whizzer

Idaho Transfer

1973 · Arthur

Emperor of the North

1973 · Cigaret

Kung Fu

1972 · Teenage Caine (uncredited), Middle Caine (archive footage) (uncredited)

Kung Fu: The Way of the Tiger, the Sign of the Dragon

1972 · Teen Caine (uncredited)

Man on a String

1972 · Danny Brown

A Gunfight

1971 · The Young Gunfighter

McCabe & Mrs. Miller

1971 · Cowboy

Great Performances

1971 · Self

Love, American Style

1969 · George Pomerantz

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962 · Self

The Mike Douglas Show

1961 · Self - Co-Host

Bonanza

1959 · Ern

Tony Awards

1956 · Self - Nominee / Performer, Self - Audience Member

The Oscars

1953 · Self

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951 · Richard Everton, Neal

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

1948

Golden Globe Awards

1944 · Self, Self - Nominee

Kill Me Now

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