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 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.
Born: 08 August 1949
Played In
TV Show
Mar 2026
Imperfect Women
R.L. Hennessey
Movie
Oct 2025
Let's Call the Whole Thing Off
Dr. Wagner
Movie
Jan 2025
The Devil and the Daylong Brothers
Nehemiah Daylong
Movie
Jan 2025
Laws of Man
Galen Armstrong
TV Show
Sep 2024
High Potential
Douglas Newmeyer
Movie
Aug 2024
Afraid
Marcus
TV Show
Apr 2024
Blue Ridge: The Series
Brother Rusty
Movie
Apr 2024
Sallywood
George Corrigan
TV Show
Apr 2023
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
Self (archive footage)
TV Show
Jan 2023
Accused
Billy Carlson
Movie
Dec 2022
A Nashville Country Christmas
Keaton
Movie
Oct 2021
The Power of the Dog
The Governor
TV Show
May 2021
Rugrats
Bob Brine (voice)
TV Show
Apr 2021
Law & Order: Organized Crime
Judge Clayton 'Clay' Bonner
Movie
May 2019
Deadwood: The Movie
Wild Bill Hickok (archive footage)
Movie
Sep 2018
The Old Man & the Gun
Captain Calder
Movie
May 2018
Ray Meets Helen
Ray
Movie
Oct 2016
Way Out on a Limb
Self
Movie
Oct 2016
Way Out on a Limb
Movie
Oct 2016
A Quiet Passion
Edward Dickinson
TV Show
Aug 2015
Fear the Walking Dead
John Dorie
Movie
Mar 2015
Bereave
Victor
TV Show
Sep 2014
Madam Secretary
Conrad Dalton
TV Show
Sep 2014
Madam Secretary
President Conrad Dalton
Movie
Sep 2014
Terroir
Jonathan Bragg
Movie
Aug 2014
Altman
Self
Movie
Apr 2014
Dakota's Summer
Austin Rose
TV Show
Apr 2014
Fargo
Lou Solverson
Movie
Feb 2014
After the Fall
Charles
Movie
Dec 2013
The Making of 'Nashville'
Self
Movie
Jul 2013
Ain't Them Bodies Saints
Skerritt
TV Show
Jan 2013
The Following
Barry
TV Show
Mar 2012
Missing
Martin Newman
Movie
Sep 2011
The Family Tree
Reverend Diggs
Movie
Jul 2011
Cowboys & Aliens
Sheriff John Taggart
Movie
Dec 2010
Halves of a Dream: Making Trouble in Mind
Self
TV Show
Sep 2010
Raising Hope
Coly Palomino
Movie
Apr 2010
Peacock
Ray Crill
Movie
Jun 2009
Winter of Frozen Dreams
Detective Lulling
TV Show
Feb 2009
Dollhouse
Matthew Harding
TV Show
Oct 2008
Crash
Owen
Movie
Jan 2008
Lake City
Roy
TV Show
Sep 2007
The Big Bang Theory
Wyatt Teller
Movie
Sep 2007
All Hat
Pete Culpepper
TV Show
Jul 2007
Damages
Julian Decker
Movie
Jul 2007
The Death and Life of Bobby Z
Johnson
Movie
Mar 2007
Elvis & Anabelle
Jimmy
TV Show
Oct 2006
Dexter
Frank Lundy
TV Show
Oct 2006
Dexter
Special Agent Frank Lundy
Movie
May 2006
Where There's a Will
Sherriff Clifford Laws
Movie
Oct 2005
The Californians
Elton Tripp
TV Show
Sep 2005
Criminal Minds
Frank Breitkopf
Movie
Jun 2005
Our Very Own
Billy Whitfield
TV Show
Jun 2005
Into the West
Captain Richard H. Pratt
TV Show
Jan 2005
Numb3rs
Carl McGowan
TV Show
Sep 2004
Complete Savages
Nick Savage
Movie
Jun 2004
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
Self
Movie
Apr 2004
Hair High
JoJo (voice)
Movie
Apr 2004
Balto III: Wings of Change
Duke (voice)
TV Show
Apr 2004
Gettysburg and Stories of Valor
Narrator
TV Show
Mar 2004
Deadwood
Wild Bill Hickock
Movie
Feb 2004
The Adventures of Ociee Nash
Papa Nash
Movie
Nov 2003
Coyote Waits
John McGinnis
TV Show
Sep 2003
NCIS
Mannheim Gold
TV Show
Aug 2003
Wild West Tech
Self - Host
TV Show
Jul 2003
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
Movie
Jan 2003
Monte Walsh
Chester 'Chet' Rollins
Movie
Dec 2002
Duelling Directors: Ridley Scott & Kevin Reynolds
Self (archive footage)
Movie
Nov 2002
The Outsider
Noah Weaver
Movie
Sep 2002
Falcons
Simon
Movie
Sep 2002
The Angel Doll
Adult Jerry Barlow
TV Show
Jun 2002
Street Time
Frank Dugan
Movie
Feb 2002
Public Enemy #1
Narrator (voice)
Movie
Nov 2001
The Diamond of Jeru
John Lacklan
TV Show
Sep 2001
Star Trek: Enterprise
A.G. Robinson
Movie
Feb 2001
Cahoots
Matt
Movie
Jan 2001
Wooly Boys
Sheriff Hank Dawson
Movie
Oct 2000
Baby
John Malone
Movie
Apr 2000
Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble
Pierce Butler
Movie
Jan 2000
Altman on His Own Terms
Self
Movie
Nov 1999
Hard Time: Hostage Hotel
Cpl. Arlin Flynn
Movie
Oct 1999
The Hunter's Moon
Turner
Movie
Sep 1999
Sirens
Officer Dan Wexler
Movie
Sep 1999
A Song from the Heart
Oliver Comstock
Movie
Aug 1999
Out of the Cold
Dan Scott
Movie
Feb 1999
Night Ride Home
Neal Mahler
Movie
Jan 1998
Standoff
Agent Zeke Clayton
Movie
Sep 1997
A Thousand Acres
Ty Smith
TV Show
Aug 1997
The View
Self
TV Show
Aug 1997
Fast Track
Dr. Richard Beckett
TV Show
Jun 1997
Perversions of Science
Arthur Bristol
Movie
Jan 1997
Last Stand at Saber River
Vern Kidston
Movie
Jan 1997
Keeping the Promise
William (Will) Hallowell
TV Show
Sep 1996
The West
Self
TV Show
Sep 1996
The West
Self (voice)
Movie
Sep 1996
2 Days in the Valley
Detective Creighton
TV Show
Aug 1996
E! True Hollywood Story
TV Show
Aug 1996
Arli$$
Lamar Scott
TV Show
May 1996
Dead Man's Walk
Bigfoot Wallace
Movie
Mar 1996
Special Report: Journey to Mars
Capt. Eugene T. Slader
Movie
Dec 1995
Wild Bill
Buffalo Bill Cody
Movie
Oct 1995
Trial by Fire
Owen Turner
Movie
Sep 1995
The Tie That Binds
John Netherwood
Movie
Mar 1995
Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II
Self
Movie
Oct 1994
Is There Life Out There?
Brad
TV Show
Sep 1994
Baseball
Various (voice)
TV Show
Sep 1994
Baseball
(voice)
Movie
Sep 1994
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
Will Rogers
Movie
Aug 1994
Andre
Harry Whitney
Movie
Jan 1994
In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness
Tom Lynch
Movie
Nov 1993
The Will Rogers Follies: A Life In Revue
Will Rogers
TV Show
Sep 1993
Frasier
Carl (voice)
Movie
Dec 1992
Lincoln
William Herndon (voice)
Movie
Aug 1992
Rabbit Ears - Annie Oakley
Narrator - Will Rogers (voice)
Movie
May 1992
CrissCross
John Cross
Movie
Mar 1991
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
Marvin Macy
Movie
Jan 1991
Payoff
Peter "Mac" McAllister
Movie
Nov 1990
Madonna: The Immaculate Collection
Boyfriend (segment "Material Girl")
Movie
Oct 1990
Judgment
Pete Guitry
TV Show
Sep 1990
Law & Order
Martin Garvik
Movie
May 1990
Daddy's Dyin'... Who's Got the Will?
Clarence
Movie
Mar 1990
The Bachelor
Dr. Emil Gräsler
TV Show
Oct 1989
Confessional
Liam Devlin
Movie
May 1989
Cold Feet
Monte
Movie
May 1989
Street of No Return
Michael
Movie
Apr 1989
The Forgotten
Cap. Tom Watkins
Movie
Feb 1989
The Revenge of Al Capone
Michael Rourke
TV Show
Oct 1988
American Experience
Narrator (voice)
Movie
Jun 1988
Backfire
Reed
Movie
Apr 1988
The Moderns
Nick Hart
Movie
Mar 1988
My Father, My Son
Lt. Elmo Zumwalt III
Movie
Jan 1988
Stones for Ibarra
Richard Everton
Movie
Dec 1987
Eye on the Sparrow
James Lee
Movie
May 1987
Murder Ordained
Trooper John Rule
TV Show
May 1987
Murder Ordained
Trooper John Rule
Movie
Oct 1986
The Inquiry
Tito Valerio Tauro
Movie
Jul 1986
Half a Lifetime
J.J.
Movie
Apr 1986
A Winner Never Quits
Pete Grey
Movie
Dec 1985
Trouble in Mind
Coop
Movie
Jul 1985
Blackout
Allen Devlin
Movie
Oct 1984
Scorned and Swindled
John Boslett
Movie
Aug 1984
Choose Me
Mickey
Movie
Jul 1984
Maria's Lovers
Clarence Butts
TV Show
Nov 1983
Chiefs
Foxy Funderburke
Movie
Feb 1982
The Best of Sex and Violence
Self - Cameo Appearance
Movie
Sep 1981
Southern Comfort
Spencer
TV Show
Sep 1980
A Rumor of War
Lt. Murph McCoy
Movie
May 1980
The Long Riders
Jim Younger
Movie
Apr 1979
An Almost Perfect Affair
Hal
Movie
Mar 1979
Old Boyfriends
Wayne
Movie
Jul 1978
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Our Guests at Heartland
TV Show
Apr 1978
Old Friends... New Friends
Self
Movie
Apr 1978
Pretty Baby
Bellocq
Movie
Aug 1977
The Duellists
Armand d'Hubert
Movie
Dec 1976
The Midnight Special Legendary Performances: More 1976
Self
Movie
Nov 1976
Welcome to L.A.
Carroll Barber
Movie
Mar 1976
Lumière
David
TV Show
Oct 1975
Saturday Night Live
Self (uncredited)
Movie
Jun 1975
Nashville
Tom Frank
Movie
May 1975
You and Me
Death Guy
TV Show
Jan 1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
Movie
Nov 1974
The Godchild
Lt. Lewis
Movie
Apr 1974
Run, Run, Joe!
Joe
Movie
Feb 1974
Thieves Like Us
Bowie
Movie
Jan 1974
Antoine and Sebastian
John
Movie
Oct 1973
Hex
Whizzer
Movie
Jun 1973
Idaho Transfer
Arthur
Movie
May 1973
Emperor of the North
Cigaret
TV Show
Oct 1972
Kung Fu
Teenage Caine (uncredited)
TV Show
Oct 1972
Kung Fu
Middle Caine (archive footage) (uncredited)
Movie
Feb 1972
Kung Fu: The Way of the Tiger, the Sign of the Dragon
Teen Caine (uncredited)
Movie
Feb 1972
Man on a String
Danny Brown
Movie
Aug 1971
A Gunfight
The Young Gunfighter
Movie
Jul 1971
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Cowboy
TV Show
Jan 1971
Great Performances
Self
TV Show
Sep 1969
Love, American Style
George Pomerantz
TV Show
Oct 1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
TV Show
Dec 1961
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host
TV Show
Sep 1959
Bonanza
Ern
TV Show
Apr 1956
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee / Performer
TV Show
Apr 1956
Tony Awards
Self - Audience Member
TV Show
Mar 1953
The Oscars
Self
TV Show
Dec 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Richard Everton
TV Show
Dec 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Neal
TV Show
Nov 1948
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
TV Show
Jan 1944
Golden Globe Awards
Self
TV Show
Jan 1944
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
Movie
Kill Me Now