
David Carradine
Department: Acting
Biography
David Carradine (born John Arthur Carradine Jr.; December 8, 1936 – June 3, 2009) was an American actor best known for playing martial arts roles. He is perhaps best known as the star of the 1970s television series Kung Fu, playing Kwai Chang Caine, a peace-loving Shaolin monk travelling through the American Old West. He also portrayed the title character of both of the Kill Bill films. He appeared in two Martin Scorsese films: Boxcar Bertha and Mean Streets. David Carradine was a member of the Carradine family of actors that began with his father, John Carradine. The elder Carradine's acting career, which included major and minor roles on stage, television, and in cinema, spanned more than four decades. A prolific "B" movie actor, David Carradine appeared in more than 100 feature films in a career spanning more than six decades. He received nominations for a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy Award for his work on Kung Fu, and received three additional Golden Globe nominations for his performances in the Woody Guthrie biopic Bound for Glory (1976), the television miniseries North and South (1985), and Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill: Volume 2, for which he won the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor. Throughout his life, Carradine was arrested and prosecuted for a variety of offenses, which often involved substance abuse. Films that featured Carradine continued to be released after his death. These posthumous credits were from a variety of genres including action, documentaries, drama, horror, martial arts, science fiction, and westerns. In addition to his acting career, Carradine was a director and musician. Moreover, influenced by his Kung Fu role, he studied martial arts. On April 1, 1997, Carradine received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Carradine, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For

Kill Bill: Vol. 1
2003

Kill Bill: Vol. 2
2004

Bird on a Wire
1990

Heaven with a Gun
1969

The Long Goodbye
1973

Last Hour
2008

The Misfit Brigade
1987

Dead & Breakfast
2004

Cannonball
1976

Break
2009

Boxcar Bertha
1972

Being Michael Madsen
2007

Road of No Return
2009

The Best of Sex and Violence
1982

Autumn
2009

Brothers in Arms
2005

Evil Toons
1992

Out of the Wilderness
2001

Camille
2008

An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island
1998

Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II
1989

Circle of Iron
1978

Gray Lady Down
1978

Kung Fu Killer
2008

Balto: Wolf Quest
2002

Epic Movie
2007

The New Swiss Family Robinson
1998

Death Race 2000
1975

Hell Ride
2008

All Hell Broke Loose
2009

Q
1982

Big Stan
2007

How to Rob a Bank
2007

Roadside Prophets
1992

Deathsport
1978

Waxwork II: Lost in Time
1992

The Last Sect
2006

Bound for Glory
1976

Treasure Raiders
2007

Warlords
1989

Homo Erectus
2007

The Long Riders
1980

Lone Wolf McQuade
1983

Crank: High Voltage
2009

True Legend
2010

Dark Fields
2009

The Golden Boys
2008

Think Big
1989

Dinocroc vs. Supergator
2010

Spiral Fitness Beginnings
2007

Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat
1991

The Outsider
2002

Night Rhythms
1992

The Warrior and the Sorceress
1984

Stretch
2011

Nightfall
2000

The Serpent's Egg
1977

Young Billy Young
1969

Miracle at Sage Creek
2005

Martial Law
1990

Kung Fu: The Movie
1986

Bad Cop
2009

Armed Response
1986

Animal Instincts
1992

Future Force
1989

The Shepherd
1998

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
1969

My Suicide
2009

Final Move
2006

Crime Zone
1988

Capital Punishment
1991

Karate Cop
1991

Sonny Boy
1989

Kill Zone
1993

Last Stand at Saber River
1997

Thunder and Lightning
1977

Safari 3000
1982

Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider
1979

Corman's World
2011

Eldorado
2012

Trick or Treats
1982

Future Zone
1990

The Violent Ones
1967

Richard III
2007

The McMasters
1970

P.O.W. The Escape
1986

The Trace of Lynx
1989

Night Children
1989

Open Fire
1988

I Saw What You Did
1988

The Bad Seed
1985

Crime of Crimes
1989

Night of the Templar
2012

The Making of 'Kill Bill Vol. 2'
2004

Detention
2010

Deadly Surveillance
1991

The Monster Hunter
1999

Lost Treasure of Dos Santos
1997

High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane
1980

Animal Protector
1988

Tropical Snow
1988

Full Blast
2000

Nowhere to Run
1989

Six Against the Rock
1987

On the Line
1984

Light Speed
1998

Starz Inside - Unforgettably Evil
2009

Macon County Jail
1997

Dune Warriors
1991

Field of Fire
1991

Guaranteed on Delivery
2001

Americana
1981

Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring
1971

Dangerous Curves
2000

The Cover Girl and the Cop
1989

Oceans of Fire
1986

The Mad Bunch
1989

Jealousy
1984

Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel
1978

Cloud Dancer
1980

Permanent Vacation
2007

The Hunted
1967

The Puzzle in the Air
1999

Project Eliminator
1991

Desperately Looking For Success
1994

Absolute Evil
2009

Hair High
2004

Last Goodbye
2004

Fall Down Dead
2007

Heartbeat
1987

Mean Streets
1973

American Reel
2003

Naked Movie
2008

Too Many Thieves
1966

Kung Fu - A Legend Reborn
1992

Madoff: Made Off with America
2013

By Dawn's Early Light
2001

Max Havoc: Curse Of The Dragon
2004

Midnight Fear
1991

Brotherhood of the Gun
1991

Kung Fu Action Masters
2000

Macho Callahan
1971

Run for Your Life
1988

Modern Warriors
2002

Gauguin the Savage
1980

Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror
1998

Kandisha
2008

Kung Fu: The Way of the Tiger, the Sign of the Dragon
1972

Double Trouble
1992

Fatal Secret
1988

Try This One for Size
1989

Taggart
1965

A Tale of James Brown
2016

Distant Justice
1992

Mr. Horn
1979

Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
2011

UnConventional
2004

Kiss of a Stranger
1999

Warden of Red Rock
2001

A Distant Scream
1984

Fuego
2007

You and Me
1975

That's Action
1990

Bus Riley's Back in Town
1965

Masters of the Martial Arts Presented by Wesley Snipes
1998

Code... Death: Frontera Sur
1993

Away from Home
2004

Dead Center
1994

Knocking on Death's Door
1999

Long Way Home
1975

The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies
2002

The Donor
2001

Down 'n Dirty
2001

Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
2019

Code Name: Jaguar
1999

Lovers and Liars
1998

Death Race
2008

Ringers: Lord of the Fans
2005

Johnny Belinda
1967

The Rage
1997

The Eagle and the Horse
1994

The Ultimate Fighter
2007

Lost Bullet
2003

The Effects of Magic
1998

A Vampire Reformed
2008

Tattoos: A Scarred History
2009

The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
1991

I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs
1979

The Bitter End
1999

Mata Hari
2025

Woof! Woof!! Uncle Matty's Ultimate Guide to Dog Training
1997

Mystic Origins of the Martial Arts
1998

Danny Phantom: The Ultimate Enemy
2005

Six Days in Paradise
2010

Medium
2005

Titus
2000

Acapulco H.E.A.T.
1993

Jackie Chan Adventures
2000

Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
1993

Wild West Tech
2003

Kung Fu
1972

In Case of Emergency
2007

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001

Alias
2001

Matlock
1986

Charmed
1998

E! True Hollywood Story
1996

Danny Phantom
2004

Profiler
1996

Celebrity Paranormal Project
2006

Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys
1996

Gunsmoke
1955

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
1993

The Ray Bradbury Theater
1985

Lizzie McGuire
2001

Ironside
1967

Mental
2009

The Nightmare Room
2001

Cimarron Strip
1967

Family Law
1999

The Virginian
1962

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963

Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
1984

Matlock
1986

Ironside
1967

Ironside
1967

Partners in Crime
1984

The Family Holvak
1975

Human Target
1992

Saturday Night Live
1975

North and South
1985

Amazing Stories
1985

Arrest and Trial
1963

Night Gallery
1970

The Mike Douglas Show
1961

Son of the Dragon
2008

Airwolf
1984

Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009

Shane
1966

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975

Midi Première
1975

Today's F.B.I.
1981

King of the Hill
1997

The Dick Cavett Show
1968

The Name of the Game
1968

Wedden, dat..?
1986

Eve
2003

Just Shoot Me!
1997

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962

Golden Globe Awards
1944

Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten
2013

Golden Globe Awards
1944

The Merv Griffin Show
1962

Kung Fu Killer
2008

Largo Winch
2001

Largo Winch
2001

Fast Track
1997

Madam Secretary
2014

Tony Awards
1956