Keith Carradine

Infobox actor
name = Keith Carradine

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birthname = Keith Ian Carradine
birthdate = birth date and age|1949|8|8
birthplace = San Mateo, California
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yearsactive = 1971 – present
spouse = Hayley DuMond (18 November, 2006 – present)
Sandra Will (6 February, 1982 - ?) (divorced) 2 children
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academyawards = Best Music, Original Song
1976 "Nashville"
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Keith Ian Carradine (born August 8, 1949) is an American Academy Award-winning actor and songwriter, born into a family of actors.

Biography

Early life

Carradine was born in San Mateo, California, the son of actress and artist Sonia Sorel (née Henius) and actor John Carradine. [ [http://www.filmreference.com/film/77/Keith-Carradine.html Keith Carradine Biography (1949-) ] ] His paternal half-brothers are David Carradine and Bruce Carradine, his maternal half-brother is Michael Bowen, and his full brothers are Christopher Carradine and Robert Carradine.

Career

David, Robert and Keith Carradine appeared together as the Younger brothers in Walter Hill's 1980 film "The Long Riders", with Keith playing Jim Younger. Carradine appeared again for Hill in 1981's "Southern Comfort".

Carradine's first notable film appearance was in director Robert Altman's "McCabe & Mrs. Miller" in 1971. He also portrayed the character Kwai Chang Caine as a teenager in the 1972 television series "Kung Fu" (the adult Caine was portrayed by his half brother, David). He went on to play one of the principal characters, a callow, womanizing folk singer, in Altman's critically acclaimed 1975 movie "Nashville" and his song from that movie, "I'm Easy", was a popular music hit in 1976. Carradine won an Oscar for Best Original Song for writing the tune.

In 1977 Carradine starred opposite Harvey Keitel in Ridley Scott's "The Duellists". He has worked several times in the offbeat films of Altman's protégé Alan Rudolph, playing a disarmingly candid madman in "Choose Me" (1984), an incompetent petty criminal in "Trouble in Mind" (1985) and an American artist in 1930s Paris in "The Moderns" (1988). He also had a cameo role as Will Rogers in Rudolph's 1994 film about Dorothy Parker, "Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle". Carradine co-starred with Daryl Hannah as homicidal sociopath John Netherwood in the 1995 thriller "The Tie That Binds".

Other works include "Emperor of the North Pole" (1973), "Pretty Baby" (1978), "Chiefs", a television miniseries in 1983, and "My Father My Son", a television movie in 1988. In 1984 he appeared in the video for Madonna's single "Material Girl". In the early 1990s he played the lead role in the Tony Award winning musical, the "Will Rogers Follies". He was nominated for Broadway's 1991 Tony Award as Best Actor (Musical) for this role.

More recently Carradine starred in the ABC sitcom "Complete Savages", and played Wild Bill Hickok in the HBO series "Deadwood". He has also appeared as a host of the factual "Wild West Tech" show on the History Channel.

In the 2005 miniseries "Into the West", produced by Steven Spielberg and Dreamworks, Carradine played Richard Henry Pratt. He guest starred on "Dexter (TV series)" as FBI Special Agent Frank Lundy during the 2007-2008 season.

Carradine's stage career is distinguished by Tony-nominated performance as the title character in "The Will Rogers Follies" in 1991 (for which he also received a Drama Desk nomination). He won the Outer Critics Circle Award for "Foxfire" with Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy, and appeared as Lawrence in "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" at the Imperial Theater. He was also in the cast of the original Broadway production of Hair in 1972, appearing in the roles of Woof and Claude. In 2008, he will appear as Dr. Farquhar Off-Broadway in "Mindgame", a thriller by Antony Horowitz, directed by Ken Russell, who makes his New York directorial debut with the production.

Personal life

Carradine's daughter by actress Shelley Plimpton is Martha Plimpton, who was conceived when her parents appeared together in the Broadway musical "Hair".

He has two children by his ex-wife Sandra Will Carradine (married 6 February 1982, separated 1993): Cade Richmond Carradine, born on July 19, 1982, and Sorel Johannah Carradine, born on June 18, 1985. In 2006 Sandra Will Carradine was convicted on two counts of perjury for lying to a Grand Jury about her involvement in the Anthony Pellicano wire tap scandal. Sandra Will Carradine hired and then became romantically involved with Anthony Pellicano, after her divorce from Keith Carradine. According to reports, Anthony Pellicano tapped the phone of Keith Carradine and companion Hayley DuMond at the request of girlfriend Sandra Will Carradine, who is now facing ten years' prison.

On November 18 2006, in Torino, Italy, he married actress and long-time girlfriend Hayley DuMond. They met in 1997 when they co-starred in the Burt Reynolds film "The Hunter's Moon".

Filmography

As actor

Features:
*"McCabe & Mrs. Miller" (1971)
*"A Gunfight" (1971)
*"Emperor of the North Pole" (1973)
*"Idaho Transfer" (1973)
*"Hex" (1973)
*"Antoine and Sebastian" (1974)
*"Thieves Like Us" (1974)
*"Joe and Margherito Arrive" (1974)
*"Nashville" (1975)
*"You and Me" (1975)
*"Lumiere" (1976)
*"Welcome to L.A." (1976)
*"The Duellists" (1977)
*"Pretty Baby" (1978)
*"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" (1978)
*"Old Boyfriends" (1979)
*"An Almost Perfect Affair" (1979)
*"The Long Riders" (1980)
*"Southern Comfort" (1981)
*"Choose Me" (1984)
*"Maria's Lovers" (1984)
*"Trouble in Mind" (1985)
*"The Inquiry" (1986)
*"Backfire" (1987)
*"The Moderns" (1988)
*"Street of No Return" (1989)
*"Cold Feet" (1989)
*"" (1990)
*"The Bachelor" (1991)
*"The Ballad of the Sad Cafe" (1991)
*"CrissCross" (1992)
*"Andre" (1994)
*"Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle" (1994)
*"The Tie That Binds" (1995)
*"Wild Bill" (1995)
*"2 Days in the Valley" (1996)
*"A Thousand Acres" (1997)
*"Standoff" (1998)
*"The Hunter's Moon" (1999)
*"Out of the Cold" (1999)
*"Baby" (2000)
*"Cahoots" (2001)
*"Wooly Boys" (2001)
*"Falcons" (2002)
*"The Angel Doll" (2002)
*"Hair High" (2004) (voice)
*"" (2004) (direct-to-DVD) (voice)
*"Our Very Own" (2005)
*"The Californians" (2005)
*"Elvis and Anabelle" (2007)
*"The Death and Life of Bobby Z" (2007)
*"Lake City" (2007)Upcoming:
*"All Hat" (2008)
*"Winter of Frozen Dreams" (2008)
*"Driving Lessons" (in film)

Television work

*"Man on a String" (1972)
*"Kung Fu" (1972) (pilot for series)
*"The Godchild" (1974)
*"A Rumor of War" (1980)
*"Chiefs" (1983) (miniseries)
*"Scorned and Swindled" (1984)
*"Blackout" (1985)
*"Half a Lifetime" (1986)
*"A Winner Never Quits" (1986)
*"Murder Ordained" (1987)
*"Eye on the Sparrow" (1987)
*"Stones for Ibarra" (1988)
*"My Father, My Son" (1988)
*"The Revenge of Al Capone" (1989)
*"The Forgotten" (1989)
*"Confessional" (1989)
*"Judgment" (1990)
*"Payoff" (1991)
*"In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness" (1994)
*"Is There Life Out There?" (1994)
*"Trial by Fire" (1995)
*"Special Report: Journey to Mars" (1996)
*"Dead Man's Walk" (1996) (miniseries)
*"Keeping the Promise" (1997)
*"Last Stand at Saber River" (1997)
*"Fast Track" (1997–1998)
*"Night Ride Home" (1999)
*"A Song from the Heart" (1999)
*"Sirens" (1999)
*"Hard Time: Hostage Hotel" (1999)
*"Metropolis" (2000)
*"Baby" (2000)
*"The Diamond of Jeru" (2001)
*"The Outsider" (2002)
*"First Flight" Enterprise [Star Trek franchise] (2003)
*"Monte Walsh" (2003)
*"Coyote Waits" (2003)
*"Deadwood" (2004) (series)
*"Wild West Tech" (host from 2003–2004)
*"Complete Savages" (2004–2005)
*"Into the West" (2005) (miniseries)
*"Where There's a Will" (2006)
*"Criminal Minds" (2006)
*"Dexter" (2007) (season 2)

Further reading

*Pilato, Herbie J. "". Boston: Charles A. Tuttle, 1993. ISBN 0-8048-1826-6

References

External links

*imdb name|id=0001018|name=Keith Carradine
* [http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800016057/bio Keith Carradine Biography - Yahoo! Movies]

*ibdb name|id=34645|name=Keith Carradine
* [http://www.mindgametheplay.com Official site Mindgame]