Keith Carradine

ActorProducerSoundComposer Aug 8 (age 76) San Mateo, California, USA 1951–2026 (75 year career)

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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…

Known For

Film

Fear the Walking Dead

John Dorie

Film

The Power of the Dog

The Governor

Film

Cowboys & Aliens

Sheriff John Taggart

Film

The Old Man & the Gun

Captain Calder

Film

The Duellists

Armand d'Hubert

Film

Nashville

Tom Frank

Film

McCabe & Mrs. Miller

Cowboy

Film

Pretty Baby

Bellocq

Filmography

Acting (179)

Movies (120)

The Devil and the Daylong Brothers

as Nehemiah Daylong

Laws of Man

as Galen Armstrong

Let's Call the Whole Thing Off

2025

as Dr. Wagner

Afraid

as Marcus

Sallywood

as George Corrigan

A Nashville Country Christmas

as Keaton

The Power of the Dog

as The Governor

Deadwood: The Movie

as Wild Bill Hickok (archive footage)

6.7

The Old Man & the Gun

as Captain Calder

Ray Meets Helen

as Ray

Way Out on a Limb

as Self

A Quiet Passion

as Edward Dickinson

Bereave

as Victor

Altman

as Self

Dakota's Summer

as Austin Rose

After the Fall

as Charles

Terroir

as Jonathan Bragg

The Making of 'Nashville'

2013

as Self

Ain't Them Bodies Saints

2013

as Skerritt

6.1

Cowboys & Aliens

2011

as Sheriff John Taggart

The Family Tree

as Reverend Diggs

Peacock

as Ray Crill

Halves of a Dream: Making Trouble in Mind

2010

as Self

Winter of Frozen Dreams

as Detective Lulling

Lake City

as Roy

Elvis & Anabelle

as Jimmy

The Death and Life of Bobby Z

as Johnson

All Hat

as Pete Culpepper

Where There's a Will

as Sherriff Clifford Laws

The Californians

as Elton Tripp

Our Very Own

as Billy Whitfield

The Adventures of Ociee Nash

as Papa Nash

Hair High

as JoJo (voice)

Balto III: Wings of Change

2004

as Duke (voice)

6.7

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

2004

as Self

8.0

Monte Walsh

2003

as Chester 'Chet' Rollins

Coyote Waits

as John McGinnis

The Angel Doll

as Adult Jerry Barlow

5.2

Duelling Directors: Ridley Scott & Kevin Reynolds

2002

as Self (archive footage)

The Outsider

as Noah Weaver

Falcons

as Simon

Cahoots

as Matt

Wooly Boys

as Sheriff Hank Dawson

The Diamond of Jeru

as John Lacklan

Baby

as John Malone

Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble

2000

as Pierce Butler

6.6

Altman on His Own Terms

2000

as Self

The Hunter's Moon

as Turner

Out of the Cold

as Dan Scott

Sirens

as Officer Dan Wexler

8.2

Hard Time: Hostage Hotel

as Cpl. Arlin Flynn

Night Ride Home

as Neal Mahler

A Song from the Heart

1999

as Oliver Comstock

6.0

Standoff

1998

as Agent Zeke Clayton

5.6

A Thousand Acres

1997

as Ty Smith

5.7

Last Stand at Saber River

1997

as Vern Kidston

6.4

Keeping the Promise

1997

as William (Will) Hallowell

5.5

2 Days in the Valley

1996

as Detective Creighton

6.2

Special Report: Journey to Mars

1996

as Capt. Eugene T. Slader

The Tie That Binds

as John Netherwood

Wild Bill

as Buffalo Bill Cody

Trial by Fire

as Owen Turner

Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II

1995

as Self

Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle

as Will Rogers

Andre

as Harry Whitney

In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness

1994

as Tom Lynch

6.5

Is There Life Out There?

1994

as Brad

5.0

The Will Rogers Follies: A Life In Revue

1993

as Will Rogers

Rabbit Ears - Annie Oakley

1992

as Narrator - Will Rogers (voice)

Lincoln

1992

as William Herndon (voice)

6.8

CrissCross

1992

as John Cross

6.1

The Ballad of the Sad Cafe

1991

as Marvin Macy

5.5

Payoff

1991

as Peter "Mac" McAllister

Judgment

as Pete Guitry

The Bachelor

as Dr. Emil Gräsler

Madonna: The Immaculate Collection

1990

as Boyfriend (segment "Material Girl")

8.6

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

as Clarence

The Forgotten

as Cap. Tom Watkins

Cold Feet

as Monte

The Revenge of Al Capone

as Michael Rourke

Street of No Return

as Michael

My Father, My Son

as Lt. Elmo Zumwalt III

Backfire

as Reed

The Moderns

as Nick Hart

Stones for Ibarra

as Richard Everton

Eye on the Sparrow

as James Lee

Murder Ordained

as Trooper John Rule

The Inquiry

as Tito Valerio Tauro

A Winner Never Quits

as Pete Grey

Half a Lifetime

as J.J.

Blackout

as Allen Devlin

Trouble in Mind

as Coop

Maria's Lovers

as Clarence Butts

Choose Me

as Mickey

Scorned and Swindled

as John Boslett

The Best of Sex and Violence

1982

as Self - Cameo Appearance

Southern Comfort

as Spencer

The Long Riders

as Jim Younger

Old Boyfriends

as Wayne

An Almost Perfect Affair

as Hal

Pretty Baby

as Bellocq

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

1978

as Our Guests at Heartland

4.3

The Duellists

1977

as Armand d'Hubert

7.2

The Midnight Special Legendary Performances: More 1976

as Self

Lumière

as David

Welcome to L.A.

as Carroll Barber

Nashville

as Tom Frank

You and Me

as Death Guy

Run, Run, Joe!

as Joe

Thieves Like Us

as Bowie

The Godchild

as Lt. Lewis

Antoine and Sebastian

1974

as John

Idaho Transfer

as Arthur

Emperor of the North

as Cigaret

Hex

as Whizzer

Man on a String

as Danny Brown

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

1972

as Teen Caine (uncredited)

McCabe & Mrs. Miller

as Cowboy

A Gunfight

as The Young Gunfighter

5.8

Kill Me Now

Television (59)

Imperfect Women

as R.L. Hennessey

High Potential

as Douglas Newmeyer

Accused

as Billy Carlson

Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields

2023

as Self (archive footage)

7.5

Rugrats

2021

as Bob Brine (voice)

6.9

Law & Order: Organized Crime

2021

as Judge Clayton 'Clay' Bonner

7.9

Fear the Walking Dead

2015

as John Dorie

7.6

Fear the Walking Dead

as John Dorie

Fargo

as Lou Solverson

Madam Secretary

as Conrad Dalton

Madam Secretary

as Conrad Dalton

The Following

as Barry

Missing

as Martin Newman

Raising Hope

as Coly Palomino

Dollhouse

as Matthew Harding

Crash

as Owen

The Big Bang Theory

as Wyatt Teller

Damages

as Julian Decker

Dexter

as Frank Lundy

Criminal Minds

as Frank Breitkopf

Numb3rs

as Carl McGowan

Into the West

as Captain Richard H. Pratt

Deadwood

as Wild Bill Hickock

Complete Savages

as Nick Savage

Gettysburg and Stories of Valor

2004

as Narrator

NCIS

2003

as Mannheim Gold

7.6

Spider-Man: The New Animated Series

2003

as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)

7.2

Wild West Tech

2003

as Self - Host

Street Time

2002

as Frank Dugan

2.5

Star Trek: Enterprise

as A.G. Robinson

The View

as Self

Perversions of Science

1997

as Arthur Bristol

5.6

Fast Track

1997

as Dr. Richard Beckett

Arli$$

The West

as Self

The West

as Self (voice)

E! True Hollywood Story

Dead Man's Walk

as Bigfoot Wallace

Baseball

as (voice)

Frasier

as Carl (voice)

Law & Order

as Martin Garvik

Confessional

as Liam Devlin

American Experience

as Narrator (voice)

Murder Ordained

as Trooper John Rule

Chiefs

as Foxy Funderburke

A Rumor of War

as Lt. Murph McCoy

Saturday Night Live

as Self (uncredited)

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

1975

as Self

6.0

Kung Fu

1972

as Middle Caine (archive footage) (uncredited)

Great Performances

as Self

Love, American Style

as George Pomerantz

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.5

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self - Co-Host

Bonanza

as Ern

Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee/Performer

5.9

The Oscars

1953

as Self

7.0

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as Richard Everton

8.6

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

Crew (5)

Movies (5)

Ray Meets Helen

Executive Producer

Terroir

Executive Producer

The Forgotten

Executive Producer

Willa

Songs

You and Me

Original Music Composer

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