Keith Carradine

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

Tom Frank

Nashville

Johnson

The Death and Life of Bobby Z

Pete Culpepper

All Hat

Detective Lulling

Winter of Frozen Dreams

Clarence

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

Self - Cameo Appearance

The Best of Sex and Violence

Will Rogers

Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle

Cap. Tom Watkins

The Forgotten

Bowie

Thieves Like Us

Cigaret

Emperor of the North

Coop

Trouble in Mind

Sheriff Hank Dawson

Wooly Boys

Spencer

Southern Comfort

Marcus

Afraid

Bellocq

Pretty Baby

Detective Creighton

2 Days in the Valley

J.J.

Half a Lifetime

Charles

After the Fall

Roy

Lake City

Duke (voice)

Balto III: Wings of Change

Mickey

Choose Me

Cowboy

McCabe & Mrs. Miller

Nick Hart

The Moderns

Jim Younger

The Long Riders

Chester 'Chet' Rollins

Monte Walsh

Our Guests at Heartland

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Noah Weaver

The Outsider

John Lacklan

The Diamond of Jeru

Nehemiah Daylong

The Devil and the Daylong Brothers

Ty Smith

A Thousand Acres

Buffalo Bill Cody

Wild Bill

Sheriff John Taggart

Cowboys & Aliens

Self

Halves of a Dream: Making Trouble in Mind

John Cross

CrissCross

Armand d'Hubert

The Duellists

Jimmy

Elvis & Anabelle

The Young Gunfighter

A Gunfight

Simon

Fálkar

Elton Tripp

The Californians

Billy Whitfield

Our Very Own

Reverend Diggs

The Family Tree

Vern Kidston

Last Stand at Saber River

John McGinnis

Coyote Waits

Michael

Street of No Return

Arthur

Idaho Transfer

Papa Nash

The Adventures of Ociee Nash

Carroll Barber

Welcome to L.A.

Clarence Butts

Maria's Lovers

John Netherwood

The Tie That Binds

Monte

Cold Feet

John Malone

Baby

Dan Scott

Out of the Cold

Skerritt

Ain't Them Bodies Saints

Turner

The Hunter's Moon

Hal

An Almost Perfect Affair

Tito Valerio Tauro

L'Inchiesta

Wayne

Old Boyfriends

Reed

Backfire

Whizzer

Hex

David

Lumière

Sherriff Clifford Laws

Where There's a Will

Dr. Emil Gräsler

Mio caro dottor Gräsler

Agent Zeke Clayton

Standoff

Pierce Butler

Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble

Pete Grey

A Winner Never Quits

Michael Rourke

The Revenge of Al Capone

Allen Devlin

Blackout

Lt. Lewis

The Godchild

Neal Mahler

Night Ride Home

Marvin Macy

The Ballad of the Sad Cafe

Austin Rose

Dakota's Summer

Joe

Arrivano Joe e Margherito

Officer Dan Wexler

Sirens

Matt

Cahoots

Teen Caine (uncredited)

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

Self

Altman

JoJo (voice)

Hair High

Harry Whitney

Andre

Victor

Bereave

William Herndon (voice)

Lincoln

Brad

Is There Life Out There?

Keaton

A Nashville Country Christmas

Trooper John Rule

Murder Ordained

Cpl. Arlin Flynn

Hard Time: Hostage Hotel

Edward Dickinson

A Quiet Passion

John

Antoine et Sébastien

Pete Guitry

Judgment

Owen Turner

Trial by Fire

Peter "Mac" McAllister

Payoff

William (Will) Hallowell

Keeping the Promise

Oliver Comstock

A Song from the Heart

Galen Armstrong

Laws of Man

Tom Lynch

In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness

Will Rogers

The Will Rogers Follies: A Life In Revue

Ray

Ray Meets Helen

Death Guy

You and Me

Jonathan Bragg

Terroir

Danny Brown

Man on a String

Captain Calder

The Old Man & the Gun

Lt. Elmo Zumwalt III

My Father, My Son

Adult Jerry Barlow

The Angel Doll

John Boslett

Scorned and Swindled

Richard Everton

Stones for Ibarra

Capt. Eugene T. Slader

Special Report: Journey to Mars

James Lee

Eye on the Sparrow

Self

Way Out on a Limb

Wild Bill Hickok (archive footage)

Deadwood: The Movie

The Governor

The Power of the Dog

George Corrigan

Sallywood

Ray Crill

Peacock

Self (archive footage)

Duelling Directors: Ridley Scott & Kevin Reynolds

Boyfriend (segment "Material Girl")

Madonna: The Immaculate Collection

Narrator - Will Rogers (voice)

Rabbit Ears - Annie Oakley

Self

The Making of 'Nashville'

Self

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

Self

Altman on His Own Terms

Self

Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II

Self

The Midnight Special Legendary Performances: More 1976

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

118

Gender

Male

Birthday

1949-08-08

Place of Birth

San Mateo, California, USA

Also Known As

Keith Ian Carradine