Person
Keith Carradine
Acting · Born 1949-08-08 · 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
Law & Order
Martin Garvik
Criminal Minds
Frank Breitkopf
NCIS
Mannheim Gold
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
Dexter
Frank Lundy
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host
High Potential
Douglas Newmeyer
Saturday Night Live
Self (uncredited)
The View
Self
Fargo
Lou Solverson
Filmography
- 2026Imperfect WomenR.L. Hennessey
- 2025Let's Call the Whole Thing OffDr. Wagner
- 2025The Devil and the Daylong BrothersNehemiah Daylong
- 2025Laws of ManGalen Armstrong
- 2024High PotentialDouglas Newmeyer
- 2024AfraidMarcus
- 2024Blue Ridge: The SeriesBrother Rusty
- 2024SallywoodGeorge Corrigan
- 2023Pretty Baby: Brooke ShieldsSelf (archive footage)
- 2023AccusedBilly Carlson
- 2022A Nashville Country ChristmasKeaton
- 2021The Power of the DogThe Governor
- 2021RugratsBob Brine (voice)
- 2021Law & Order: Organized CrimeJudge Clayton 'Clay' Bonner
- 2019Deadwood: The MovieWild Bill Hickok (archive footage)
- 2018The Old Man & the GunCaptain Calder
- 2018Ray Meets HelenRay
- 2016Way Out on a LimbSelf
- 2016Way Out on a Limb
- 2016A Quiet PassionEdward Dickinson
- 2015Fear the Walking DeadJohn Dorie
- 2015BereaveVictor
- 2014Madam SecretaryConrad Dalton
- 2014TerroirJonathan Bragg
- 2014AltmanSelf
- 2014Dakota's SummerAustin Rose
- 2014FargoLou Solverson
- 2014After the FallCharles
- 2013The Making of 'Nashville'Self
- 2013Ain't Them Bodies SaintsSkerritt
- 2013The FollowingBarry
- 2012MissingMartin Newman
- 2011The Family TreeReverend Diggs
- 2011Cowboys & AliensSheriff John Taggart
- 2010Halves of a Dream: Making Trouble in MindSelf
- 2010Raising HopeColy Palomino
- 2010PeacockRay Crill
- 2009Winter of Frozen DreamsDetective Lulling
- 2009DollhouseMatthew Harding
- 2008CrashOwen
- 2008Lake CityRoy
- 2007The Big Bang TheoryWyatt Teller
- 2007All HatPete Culpepper
- 2007DamagesJulian Decker
- 2007The Death and Life of Bobby ZJohnson
- 2007Elvis & AnabelleJimmy
- 2006DexterFrank Lundy
- 2006Where There's a WillSherriff Clifford Laws
- 2005The CaliforniansElton Tripp
- 2005Criminal MindsFrank Breitkopf
- 2005Our Very OwnBilly Whitfield
- 2005Into the WestCaptain Richard H. Pratt
- 2005Numb3rsCarl McGowan
- 2004Complete SavagesNick Savage
- 2004AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the MoviesSelf
- 2004Hair HighJoJo (voice)
- 2004Balto III: Wings of ChangeDuke (voice)
- 2004Gettysburg and Stories of ValorNarrator
- 2004DeadwoodWild Bill Hickock
- 2004The Adventures of Ociee NashPapa Nash
- 2003Coyote WaitsJohn McGinnis
- 2003NCISMannheim Gold
- 2003Wild West TechSelf - Host
- 2003Spider-Man: The New Animated SeriesJ. Jonah Jameson (voice)
- 2003Monte WalshChester 'Chet' Rollins
- 2002Duelling Directors: Ridley Scott & Kevin ReynoldsSelf (archive footage)
- 2002The OutsiderNoah Weaver
- 2002FalconsSimon
- 2002The Angel DollAdult Jerry Barlow
- 2002Street TimeFrank Dugan
- 2002Public Enemy #1Narrator (voice)
- 2001The Diamond of JeruJohn Lacklan
- 2001Star Trek: EnterpriseA.G. Robinson
- 2001CahootsMatt
- 2001Wooly BoysSheriff Hank Dawson
- 2000BabyJohn Malone
- 2000Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny KemblePierce Butler
- 2000Altman on His Own TermsSelf
- 1999Hard Time: Hostage HotelCpl. Arlin Flynn
- 1999The Hunter's MoonTurner
- 1999SirensOfficer Dan Wexler
- 1999A Song from the HeartOliver Comstock
- 1999Out of the ColdDan Scott
- 1999Night Ride HomeNeal Mahler
- 1998StandoffAgent Zeke Clayton
- 1997A Thousand AcresTy Smith
- 1997The ViewSelf
- 1997Fast TrackDr. Richard Beckett
- 1997Perversions of ScienceArthur Bristol
- 1997Last Stand at Saber RiverVern Kidston
- 1997Keeping the PromiseWilliam (Will) Hallowell
- 1996The WestSelf
- 19962 Days in the ValleyDetective Creighton
- 1996E! True Hollywood Story
- 1996Arli$$Lamar Scott
- 1996Dead Man's WalkBigfoot Wallace
- 1996Special Report: Journey to MarsCapt. Eugene T. Slader
- 1995Wild BillBuffalo Bill Cody
- 1995Trial by FireOwen Turner
- 1995The Tie That BindsJohn Netherwood
- 1995Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein IISelf
- 1994Is There Life Out There?Brad
- 1994BaseballVarious (voice)
- 1994Mrs. Parker and the Vicious CircleWill Rogers
- 1994AndreHarry Whitney
- 1994In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & MadnessTom Lynch
- 1993The Will Rogers Follies: A Life In RevueWill Rogers
- 1993FrasierCarl (voice)
- 1992LincolnWilliam Herndon (voice)
- 1992Rabbit Ears - Annie OakleyNarrator - Will Rogers (voice)
- 1992CrissCrossJohn Cross
- 1991The Ballad of the Sad CafeMarvin Macy
- 1991PayoffPeter "Mac" McAllister
- 1990Madonna: The Immaculate CollectionBoyfriend (segment "Material Girl")
- 1990JudgmentPete Guitry
- 1990Law & OrderMartin Garvik
- 1990Daddy's Dyin'... Who's Got the Will?Clarence
- 1990The BachelorDr. Emil Gräsler
- 1989ConfessionalLiam Devlin
- 1989Cold FeetMonte
- 1989Street of No ReturnMichael
- 1989The ForgottenCap. Tom Watkins
- 1989The Revenge of Al CaponeMichael Rourke
- 1988American ExperienceNarrator (voice)
- 1988BackfireReed
- 1988The ModernsNick Hart
- 1988My Father, My SonLt. Elmo Zumwalt III
- 1988Stones for IbarraRichard Everton
- 1987Eye on the SparrowJames Lee
- 1987Murder OrdainedTrooper John Rule
- 1987Murder OrdainedTrooper John Rule
- 1986The InquiryTito Valerio Tauro
- 1986Half a LifetimeJ.J.
- 1986A Winner Never QuitsPete Grey
- 1985Trouble in MindCoop
- 1985BlackoutAllen Devlin
- 1984Scorned and SwindledJohn Boslett
- 1984Choose MeMickey
- 1984Maria's LoversClarence Butts
- 1983ChiefsFoxy Funderburke
- 1982The Best of Sex and ViolenceSelf - Cameo Appearance
- 1981Southern ComfortSpencer
- 1980A Rumor of WarLt. Murph McCoy
- 1980The Long RidersJim Younger
- 1979An Almost Perfect AffairHal
- 1979Old BoyfriendsWayne
- 1979WillaSongs
- 1978Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BandOur Guests at Heartland
- 1978Old Friends... New FriendsSelf
- 1978Pretty BabyBellocq
- 1977The DuellistsArmand d'Hubert
- 1976The Midnight Special Legendary Performances: More 1976Self
- 1976Welcome to L.A.Carroll Barber
- 1976LumièreDavid
- 1975Saturday Night LiveSelf (uncredited)
- 1975NashvilleTom Frank
- 1975You and MeDeath Guy
- 1975Les Rendez-vous du dimancheSelf
- 1974The GodchildLt. Lewis
- 1974Run, Run, Joe!Joe
- 1974Thieves Like UsBowie
- 1974Antoine and SebastianJohn
- 1973HexWhizzer
- 1973Idaho TransferArthur
- 1973Emperor of the NorthCigaret
- 1972Kung FuTeenage Caine (uncredited)
- 1972Kung Fu: The Way of the Tiger, the Sign of the DragonTeen Caine (uncredited)
- 1972Man on a StringDanny Brown
- 1971A GunfightThe Young Gunfighter
- 1971McCabe & Mrs. MillerCowboy
- 1971Great PerformancesSelf
- 1969Love, American StyleGeorge Pomerantz
- 1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf
- 1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf - Co-Host
- 1959BonanzaErn
- 1956Tony AwardsSelf - Nominee / Performer
- 1953The OscarsSelf
- 1951Hallmark Hall of FameRichard Everton
- 1948Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
- 1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf
- —Kill Me Now
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