Keith Carradine
Department: Acting
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
Nashville
1975
The Death and Life of Bobby Z
2007
All Hat
2007
Winter of Frozen Dreams
2009
Daddy's Dyin'... Who's Got the Will?
1990
The Best of Sex and Violence
1982
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
1994
The Forgotten
1989
Thieves Like Us
1974
Emperor of the North
1973
Trouble in Mind
1985
Wooly Boys
2001
Southern Comfort
1981
Afraid
2024
Pretty Baby
1978
2 Days in the Valley
1996
Half a Lifetime
1986
After the Fall
2014
Lake City
2008
Balto III: Wings of Change
2004
Choose Me
1984
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
1971
The Moderns
1988
The Long Riders
1980
Monte Walsh
2003
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1978
The Outsider
2002
The Diamond of Jeru
2001
The Devil and the Daylong Brothers
2025
A Thousand Acres
1997
Wild Bill
1995
Cowboys & Aliens
2011
Halves of a Dream: Making Trouble in Mind
2010
CrissCross
1992
The Duellists
1977
Elvis & Anabelle
2007
A Gunfight
1971
Falcons
2002
The Californians
2005
Our Very Own
2005
The Family Tree
2011
Last Stand at Saber River
1997
Coyote Waits
2003
Street of No Return
1989
Idaho Transfer
1973
The Adventures of Ociee Nash
2004
Welcome to L.A.
1976
Maria's Lovers
1984
The Tie That Binds
1995
Cold Feet
1989
Out of the Cold
1999
Ain't Them Bodies Saints
2013
The Hunter's Moon
1999
An Almost Perfect Affair
1979
The Inquiry
1986
Old Boyfriends
1979
Backfire
1988
Hex
1973
Lumière
1976
Where There's a Will
2006
The Bachelor
1990
Standoff
1998
Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble
2000
A Winner Never Quits
1986
The Revenge of Al Capone
1989
Blackout
1985
The Godchild
1974
Night Ride Home
1999
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
1991
Dakota's Summer
2014
Run, Run, Joe!
1974
Sirens
1999
Cahoots
2001
Kung Fu: The Way of the Tiger, the Sign of the Dragon
1972
Altman
2014
Hair High
2004
Andre
1994
Bereave
2015
Lincoln
1992
Is There Life Out There?
1994
A Nashville Country Christmas
2022
Murder Ordained
1987
Hard Time: Hostage Hotel
1999
A Quiet Passion
2016
Antoine and Sebastian
1974
Judgment
1990
Trial by Fire
1995
Payoff
1991
Keeping the Promise
1997
A Song from the Heart
1999
Laws of Man
2025
In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness
1994
The Will Rogers Follies: A Life In Revue
1993
Ray Meets Helen
2018
You and Me
1975
Terroir
2014
Man on a String
1972
The Old Man & the Gun
2018
My Father, My Son
1988
The Angel Doll
2002
Scorned and Swindled
1984
Stones for Ibarra
1988
Special Report: Journey to Mars
1996
Eye on the Sparrow
1987
Way Out on a Limb
2016
Deadwood: The Movie
2019
The Power of the Dog
2021
Sallywood
2024
Peacock
2010
Duelling Directors: Ridley Scott & Kevin Reynolds
2002
Madonna: The Immaculate Collection
1990
Rabbit Ears - Annie Oakley
1992
The Making of 'Nashville'
2013
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
2004
Altman on His Own Terms
2000
Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II
1995
The Midnight Special Legendary Performances: More 1976
1976
Let's Call the Whole Thing Off
2025
Baby
2000
Way Out on a Limb
2016
Kill Me Now
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Arli$$
1996
Deadwood
2004
Star Trek: Enterprise
2001
Numb3rs
2005
Perversions of Science
1997
Wild West Tech
2003
Complete Savages
2004
The View
1997
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Into the West
2005
Fear the Walking Dead
2015
Dollhouse
2009
Street Time
2002
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Oscars
1953
The West
1996
Fast Track
1997
Dexter
2006
Dexter
2006
Chiefs
1983
Law & Order
1990
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
2023
Confessional
1989
Rugrats
2021
NCIS
2003
Dead Man's Walk
1996
The Following
2013
The Big Bang Theory
2007
Frasier
1993
Raising Hope
2010
Fargo
2014
American Experience
1988
A Rumor of War
1980
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Baseball
1994
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
2003
Murder Ordained
1987
Law & Order: Organized Crime
2021
The West
1996
Gettysburg and Stories of Valor
2004
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
Love, American Style
1969
Criminal Minds
2005
Madam Secretary
2014
Great Performances
1971
Accused
2023
Bonanza
1959
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Baseball
1994
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Missing
2012
Kung Fu
1972
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Kung Fu
1972
Crash
2008
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
1948
Saturday Night Live
1975
Damages
2007
High Potential
2024
Imperfect Women
2026
Blue Ridge
2024
Madam Secretary
2014
Tony Awards
1956
Tony Awards
1956