David Carradine
Known for Acting · 258 credits
- Born
- 1936-12-08
- Died
- 2009-06-03
- Place of birth
- Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Also known as
- John Arthur Carradine · John Arthur Carradine Jr.
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.
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Known For
TV Shows (64)
King of the Hill
1997
as Junichiro (voice)
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
Charmed
1998
as Tempus
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
Medium
2005
as Jessica's Brother
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
Ironside
1967
as Pogo Weems / Luke Roberts / Frank Carlson
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
as Fitzhugh
Matlock
1986
as Jimmy Legrand / Steve Mazarowski
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Edward Clarke
The Virginian
1962
as The Utah Kid
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
Madam Secretary
2014
as President Conrad Dalton
Jackie Chan Adventures
2000
as Lo Pei (voice)
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
1993
as Houston Currier
Profiler
1996
as Christopher Joe Allman
Gunsmoke
1955
as Clint
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self
Just Shoot Me!
1997
as David Carradine
Night Gallery
1970
as Gideon
North and South
1985
as Justin LaMotte
The Name of the Game
1968
as Jason Blake
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009
as Self
Amazing Stories
1985
as Calvin
Midi Première
1975
as Self
Airwolf
1984
as Dr. Robert Winchester
Danny Phantom
2004
as Clockwork (voice)
Family Law
1999
as Andrew Weller
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001
as Self
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
1993
as Kwai Chang Caine
Lizzie McGuire
2001
as Self
Largo Winch
2001
as Nério Winch
Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten
2013
as John Tucker (archive Footage)
The Ray Bradbury Theater
1985
as Spender
Titus
2000
as Bob Hawkins
Eve
2003
as Kung Fu Master
Arrest and Trial
1963
as Wally Carpen
Alias
2001
as Conrad
Cimarron Strip
1967
as Gene Gauge
Acapulco H.E.A.T.
1993
as Victor Garrison
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
1984
as Michael/Harris
The Nightmare Room
2001
as Mr. Farber
Shane
1966
as Shane
Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys
1996
as Mandrax (voice)
Darkroom
1981
as Biker / Hitchhiker
Wedden, dat..?
1986
as Self
Mental
2009
as Gideon Graham
Fast Track
1997
In Case of Emergency
2007
as Guru Danny
Partners in Crime
1984
as Hermanski
Human Target
1992
as Harry Solow
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
as Self
Son of the Dragon
2008
as Bird
Mr. Horn
1979
as Tom Horn
Kung Fu Killer
2008
as Crane
Celebrity Paranormal Project
2006
as Self
The Family Holvak
1975
as Craw
Kung Fu
1972
as Kwai Chang Caine
Movies (194)
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
2011
as Bill (Snake Charmer)
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
2003
as Bill
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
2004
as Bill 'Snake Charmer'
Death Race
2008
as Frankenstein (voice)
Big Stan
2007
as The Master
Crank: High Voltage
2009
as Poon Dong
Epic Movie
2007
as Museum Curator
Bird on a Wire
1990
as Eugene Sorensen
Animal Instincts
1992
as William Lamberti
Bad Cop
2009
as Det. Humes
Death Race 2000
1975
as Frankenstein
Mean Streets
1973
as Drunk
The Long Goodbye
1973
as Dave aka Socrates (uncredited)
P.O.W. The Escape
1986
as Col. James Cooper
Balto: Wolf Quest
2002
as Nava the Wolf Shaman (voice)
Dinocroc vs. Supergator
2010
as Jason Drake
True Legend
2010
as Anthony
Evil Toons
1992
as Gideon Fisk
Lone Wolf McQuade
1983
as Rawley Wilkes
The Long Riders
1980
as Cole Younger
Boxcar Bertha
1972
as Big Bill Shelly
Corman's World
2011
as Self - Actor
Last Stand at Saber River
1997
as Duane Kidston
Kung Fu - A Legend Reborn
1992
as Kwai Chang Caine
Being Michael Madsen
2007
as Self
An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island
1998
as Chief Wulisso (voice)
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
1969
as Waco
Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Cannonball
1976
as Coy "Cannonball" Buckman
Kandisha
2008
as The American
Warden of Red Rock
2001
as Mike Sullivan
Brotherhood of the Gun
1991
as Artemis McBride
The Outsider
2002
as Doctor Lucas Henry
Kill Zone
1993
as Col. Horace Wiggins
How to Rob a Bank
2007
as Nick
The Ultimate Fighter
2007
as Mikhail
Homo Erectus
2007
as Mookoo / Uncle Unky
Q
1982
as Shepard
Night of the Templar
2012
as Shopkeeper
UnConventional
2004
as Self
Double Trouble
1992
as Mr. C
Gray Lady Down
1978
as Captain Gates
Bound for Glory
1976
as Woody Guthrie
Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror
1998
as Luke
Taggart
1965
as Cal Dodge
Hell Ride
2008
as The Deuce
Light Speed
1998
as Miles
Ringers: Lord of the Fans
2005
as Self
Tropical Snow
1988
as Oskar
Six Against the Rock
1987
as Bernard 'Bernie' Paul Coy
Martial Law
1990
as Dalton Rhodes
Camille
2008
as Cowboy Bob
Waxwork II: Lost in Time
1992
as The Beggar
Dead & Breakfast
2004
as Mr. Wise
Dark Fields
2009
as Clive Jonis
Macho Callahan
1971
as David Mountford
Eldorado
2012
as The Spirit Guide
Code... Death: Frontera Sur
1993
as Colonel
The Serpent's Egg
1977
as Abel Rosenberg
Thunder and Lightning
1977
as Harley Thomas
Young Billy Young
1969
as Jesse Boone
Lost Bullet
2003
as Michael Morrison
The Monster Hunter
1999
as Louis Dehoven
Deadly Surveillance
1991
as Lieutenant
The Warrior and the Sorceress
1984
as Kain
The McMasters
1970
as White Feather
The Bad Seed
1985
as Leroy Jessup
The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies
2002
as Self
My Suicide
2009
as Vargas
Lovers and Liars
1998
as Mr. Montague
Full Blast
2000
as Maceo
American Reel
2003
as James Lee Springer
Try This One for Size
1989
as Bradley
Starz Inside - Unforgettably Evil
2009
as Self
Permanent Vacation
2007
as Old Man
Circle of Iron
1978
as The Blind Man / Monkeyman / Death / Changsha
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
1991
as Kwai-Chang Caine
Down 'n Dirty
2001
as Gil Garner
Nightfall
2000
as Gnomen
Miracle at Sage Creek
2005
as Ike
That's Action
1990
as John Tucker (archive footage) (uncredited)
Brothers in Arms
2005
as Driscoll
Guaranteed on Delivery
2001
as Norman Williams
The Misfit Brigade
1987
as Col. Von Weisshagen
By Dawn's Early Light
2001
as Nick Decker
Danny Phantom: The Ultimate Enemy
2005
as Clockwork (voice)
Autumn
2009
as Philip
Oceans of Fire
1986
as J.C. Busch
Think Big
1989
as Sweeney
Hair High
2004
as Mr. Snerz (voice)
The Last Sect
2006
as Van Helsing
Long Way Home
1975
as Craw Dantley
On the Line
1984
as Bryant
Sonny Boy
1989
as Pearl
Trick or Treats
1982
as Richard Adams
Final Move
2006
as Captain Baker
Armed Response
1986
as Jim Roth
Heaven with a Gun
1969
as Coke Beck
Kung Fu: The Movie
1986
as Kwai Chang Caine
A Tale of James Brown
2016
as Self
Kung Fu Killer
2008
as Crane
Max Havoc: Curse Of The Dragon
2004
as Grand Master
I Saw What You Did
1988
as Stephen
Macon County Jail
1997
as Coley
Absolute Evil
2009
as Raf McCane
A Distant Scream
1984
as Michael
Naked Movie
2008
as Self
Safari 3000
1982
as Eddie Miles
Dune Warriors
1991
as Michael
Johnny Belinda
1967
as Locky
Deathsport
1978
as Kaz Oshay
Nowhere to Run
1989
as Harmon
Bus Riley's Back in Town
1965
as Stretch
Project Eliminator
1991
as Ron Morrell
Roadside Prophets
1992
as Othello Jones
Future Force
1989
as John Tucker
Out of the Wilderness
2001
as Clint Dugan
Night Rhythms
1992
as Vincent
Mystic Origins of the Martial Arts
1998
Fall Down Dead
2007
as Wade Douglas
About David Carradine
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 fa… With 258 credits spanning from 1944 to 2026, David Carradine has appeared in 194 films and 64 TV shows.
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- Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2011) — as Bill (Snake Charmer)
- Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) — as Bill
- Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) — as Bill 'Snake Charmer'
- Death Race (2008) — as Frankenstein (voice)
- Big Stan (2007) — as The Master
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