
Keith Carradine
Known for Acting · 181 credits
- Born
- 1949-08-08 (age 76)
- Place of birth
- San Mateo, California, USA
- Also known as
- Keith Ian 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
TV Shows (58)

Law & Order
1990
as Martin Garvik

NCIS
2003
as Mannheim Gold

Criminal Minds
2005
as Frank Breitkopf

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self

Dexter
2006
as Frank Lundy / Special Agent Frank Lundy

Frasier
1993
as Carl (voice)

High Potential
2024
as Douglas Newmeyer

The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self - Co-Host

Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self (uncredited)

Fargo
2014
as Lou Solverson

Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self / Self - Nominee

The View
1997
as Self

Damages
2007
as Julian Decker

The Big Bang Theory
2007
as Wyatt Teller

Bonanza
1959
as Ern

Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee / Performer / Self - Audience Member

American Experience
1988
as Narrator (voice)

Star Trek: Enterprise
2001
as A.G. Robinson

Great Performances
1971
as Self

Fear the Walking Dead
2015
as John Dorie

Numb3rs
2005
as Carl McGowan

The Following
2013
as Barry

Madam Secretary
2014
as Conrad Dalton / President Conrad Dalton

Love, American Style
1969
as George Pomerantz

Law & Order: Organized Crime
2021
as Judge Clayton 'Clay' Bonner

Deadwood
2004
as Wild Bill Hickock

Arli$$
1996
as Lamar Scott

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self

Dollhouse
2009
as Matthew Harding

The Oscars
1953
as Self

Raising Hope
2010
as Coly Palomino

Rugrats
2021
as Bob Brine (voice)

Street Time
2002
as Frank Dugan

Accused
2023
as Billy Carlson

Imperfect Women
2026
as R.L. Hennessey

Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
2003
as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)

Crash
2008
as Owen

Into the West
2005
as Captain Richard H. Pratt

Baseball
1994
as Various (voice)

Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
2023
as Self (archive footage)

Blue Ridge: The Series
2024
as Brother Rusty

Complete Savages
2004
as Nick Savage

Perversions of Science
1997
as Arthur Bristol

Missing
2012
as Martin Newman

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Richard Everton / Neal

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
1948

Fast Track
1997
as Dr. Richard Beckett

The West
1996
as Self / Self (voice)

A Rumor of War
1980
as Lt. Murph McCoy

Dead Man's Walk
1996
as Bigfoot Wallace

E! True Hollywood Story
1996

Murder Ordained
1987
as Trooper John Rule

Chiefs
1983
as Foxy Funderburke

Kung Fu
1972
as Teenage Caine (uncredited) / Middle Caine (archive footage) (uncredited)

Wild West Tech
2003
as Self - Host

Confessional
1989
as Liam Devlin

Gettysburg and Stories of Valor
2004
as Narrator

Old Friends... New Friends
1978
as Self
Movies (123)

Cowboys & Aliens
2011
as Sheriff John Taggart

Maria's Lovers
1984
as Clarence Butts

The Power of the Dog
2021
as The Governor

Pretty Baby
1978
as Bellocq

Afraid
2024
as Marcus

The Old Man & the Gun
2018
as Captain Calder

Nashville
1975
as Tom Frank

The Duellists
1977
as Armand d'Hubert

McCabe & Mrs. Miller
1971
as Cowboy

Falcons
2002
as Simon

The Long Riders
1980
as Jim Younger

Deadwood: The Movie
2019
as Wild Bill Hickok (archive footage)

2 Days in the Valley
1996
as Detective Creighton

Ain't Them Bodies Saints
2013
as Skerritt

Balto III: Wings of Change
2004
as Duke (voice)

Last Stand at Saber River
1997
as Vern Kidston

Lake City
2008
as Roy

The Death and Life of Bobby Z
2007
as Johnson
Skeletons

Southern Comfort
1981
as Spencer

Old Boyfriends
1979
as Wayne

A Thousand Acres
1997
as Ty Smith

Monte Walsh
2003
as Chester 'Chet' Rollins

Wild Bill
1995
as Buffalo Bill Cody

The Outsider
2002
as Noah Weaver

Altman
2014
as Self

Emperor of the North
1973
as Cigaret

Where There's a Will
2006
as Sherriff Clifford Laws

The Moderns
1988
as Nick Hart

The Family Tree
2011
as Reverend Diggs

Andre
1994
as Harry Whitney

Madonna: The Immaculate Collection
1990
as Boyfriend (segment "Material Girl")

Laws of Man
2025
as Galen Armstrong

The Tie That Binds
1995
as John Netherwood

Man on a String
1972
as Danny Brown

Murder Ordained
1987
as Trooper John Rule

Hard Time: Hostage Hotel
1999
as Cpl. Arlin Flynn

Peacock
2010
as Ray Crill

The Californians
2005
as Elton Tripp

A Quiet Passion
2016
as Edward Dickinson

Sirens
1999
as Officer Dan Wexler

Elvis & Anabelle
2007
as Jimmy

An Almost Perfect Affair
1979
as Hal

Welcome to L.A.
1976
as Carroll Barber

Cahoots
2001
as Matt

The Bachelor
1990
as Dr. Emil Gräsler

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1978
as Our Guests at Heartland

Judgment
1990
as Pete Guitry

Trial by Fire
1995
as Owen Turner

Coyote Waits
2003
as John McGinnis

Trouble in Mind
1985
as Coop

Backfire
1988
as Reed

A Gunfight
1971
as The Young Gunfighter

The Revenge of Al Capone
1989
as Michael Rourke

After the Fall
2014
as Charles

Ray Meets Helen
2018
as Ray

Hair High
2004
as JoJo (voice)

Out of the Cold
1999
as Dan Scott

Dakota's Summer
2014
as Austin Rose

CrissCross
1992
as John Cross

The Diamond of Jeru
2001
as John Lacklan

Our Very Own
2005
as Billy Whitfield
Lincoln
1992
as William Herndon (voice)

Idaho Transfer
1973
as Arthur

Thieves Like Us
1974
as Bowie

Winter of Frozen Dreams
2009
as Detective Lulling

In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness
1994
as Tom Lynch

Let's Call the Whole Thing Off
2025
as Dr. Wagner

The Inquiry
1986
as Tito Valerio Tauro

The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
1991
as Marvin Macy
Kill Me Now

A Song from the Heart
1999
as Oliver Comstock

Keeping the Promise
1997
as William (Will) Hallowell

Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II
1995
as Self

Scorned and Swindled
1984
as John Boslett

Altman on His Own Terms
2000
as Self

Antoine and Sebastian
1974
as John

Standoff
1998
as Agent Zeke Clayton

Choose Me
1984
as Mickey

Night Ride Home
1999
as Neal Mahler

Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
1994
as Will Rogers

Cold Feet
1989
as Monte

Is There Life Out There?
1994
as Brad

My Father, My Son
1988
as Lt. Elmo Zumwalt III

The Best of Sex and Violence
1982
as Self - Cameo Appearance

The Making of 'Nashville'
2013
as Self

The Hunter's Moon
1999
as Turner

Eye on the Sparrow
1987
as James Lee

Run, Run, Joe!
1974
as Joe

Street of No Return
1989
as Michael

Baby
2000
as John Malone

Daddy's Dyin'... Who's Got the Will?
1990
as Clarence

The Godchild
1974
as Lt. Lewis

Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble
2000
as Pierce Butler

Stones for Ibarra
1988
as Richard Everton

Sallywood
2024
as George Corrigan

Way Out on a Limb
2016
as Self

Payoff
1991
as Peter "Mac" McAllister

All Hat
2007
as Pete Culpepper

The Angel Doll
2002
as Adult Jerry Barlow

Hex
1973
as Whizzer

Terroir
2014
as Jonathan Bragg

Blackout
1985
as Allen Devlin

Special Report: Journey to Mars
1996
as Capt. Eugene T. Slader

Bereave
2015
as Victor

The Will Rogers Follies: A Life In Revue
1993
as Will Rogers

Lumière
1976
as David

Way Out on a Limb
2016

The Adventures of Ociee Nash
2004
as Papa Nash

You and Me
1975
as Death Guy

Kung Fu: The Way of the Tiger, the Sign of the Dragon
1972
as Teen Caine (uncredited)

The Forgotten
1989
as Cap. Tom Watkins

The Devil and the Daylong Brothers
2025
as Nehemiah Daylong

Wooly Boys
2001
as Sheriff Hank Dawson

Duelling Directors: Ridley Scott & Kevin Reynolds
2002
as Self (archive footage)

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
2004
as Self

A Winner Never Quits
1986
as Pete Grey

Half a Lifetime
1986
as J.J.
Halves of a Dream: Making Trouble in Mind
2010
as Self

The Midnight Special Legendary Performances: More 1976
1976
as Self
About Keith Carradine
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 politica… With 181 credits spanning from 1944 to 2026, Keith Carradine has appeared in 123 films and 58 TV shows.
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Most Popular Keith Carradine Movies
- Cowboys & Aliens (2011) — as Sheriff John Taggart
- Maria's Lovers (1984) — as Clarence Butts
- The Power of the Dog (2021) — as The Governor
- Pretty Baby (1978) — as Bellocq
- Afraid (2024) — as Marcus
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