Keith Carradine

Keith Ian Carradine ( ; born August 8, 1949) is an American actor. 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 which began with his father, John Carradine.

Early life Carradine was born August 8, 1949, in San Mateo, California. He is a son of actress and artist Sonia Sorel (née Henius), and actor John Carradine. His full brothers are Christopher and Robert Carradine, both of whom are actors. His paternal half-brothers are Bruce and David Carradine. His maternal half-brother is Michael Bowen. His maternal great-grandfather was biochemist Max Henius, and his maternal great-grandmother was the sister of historian Johan Ludvig Heiberg.

Carradine's childhood was troubled; he has said that his father drank and his mother "was a manic depressive paranoid schizophrenic catatonic—she had it all." His parents divorced in 1957, when he was eight years old. A bitter custody battle led to his father gaining custody of him and his brothers, Christopher and Robert, after the children had spent three months in a home for abused children as wards of the court. Keith said of the experience, "It was like being in jail. There were bars on the windows, and we were only allowed to see our parents through glass doors. It was very sad. We would stand there on either side of the glass door crying." He was raised in San Mateo primarily by his maternal grandmother, and he rarely saw either of his parents. His mother was not permitted to see him for eight years following the custody settlement. Thus, he had some background in theater when he was cast in the original Broadway run of Hair (1969), which launched his acting career. In that production he started out in the chorus and worked his way up to the lead roles playing Woof and Claude. He said of his involvement in Hair, "I really didn't plan to audition. I just went along with my brother, David, and his girlfriend at the time, Barbara Hershey, and two of their friends. I was simply going to play the piano for them while they sang, but I'm the one the staff wound up getting interested in."

In 1991, he received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical In March and April 2013, he starred in the Broadway production of Hands on a Hardbody,

In 1977, Aldrich said "I think that Keith Carradine, if he's careful—I don't think he is careful—and if he's prudent about the selection of his parts, can be a great big movie star. I think that whoever's advising him is making some terrible selections about material. Because I think the guy is gifted, he's talented, he's attractive."

In 1977, Carradine starred opposite Harvey Keitel in Ridley Scott's The Duellists.

Music and songwriting His brother, David, said in an interview that Keith could play any instrument he wanted, including bagpipes and the French horn. In 1984, he appeared in the music 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.

Television In 1972, Carradine appeared briefly in the first season of the hit television series, Kung Fu, Carradine also starred in the ABC sitcom Complete Savages, and he played Wild Bill Hickok in the HBO series Deadwood.

In 2026, Carradine guest-starred on the ABC crime show High Potential.

Video games In 2012, Carradine lent his voice to the video game Hitman: Absolution, voicing the primary antagonist Blake Dexter. before Will filed for divorce in 1999. The couple had two children: actors Cade Richmond Carradine and Sorel Johannah Carradine.

On November 18, 2006, Carradine married actress Hayley DuMond, in Turin, Italy. They met in 1997 when they co-starred in the Burt Reynolds film The Hunter's Moon.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1971 McCabe & Mrs. Miller Cowboy A Gunfight The Young Gunfighter 1973 Emperor of the North Pole "Cigaret" Idaho Transfer Arthur Hex Archibald "Whizzer" Overton 1974 Antoine and Sebastian John Thieves Like Us Bowie Run, Run, Joe! Joe 1975 Nashville Tom Frank Academy Award for Best Original Song Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song You and Me Death Guy 1976 Lumière David Welcome to L.A. Carroll Barber 1977 The Duellists Armand D'Hubert 1978 Pretty Baby E.J. Bellocq 1978 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Our Guests At Heartland 1979 Old Boyfriends Wayne Van Til An Almost Perfect Affair Hal Raymond 1980 The Long Riders Jim Younger 1981 Southern Comfort Private First Class Spencer 1984 Choose Me Mickey Maria's Lovers Clarence Butts 1985 Trouble in Mind "Coop" Cooper 1986 The Inquiry Tito Valerio Tauro 1988 The Moderns Nick Hart Backfire Reed 1989 Street of No Return Michael Cold Feet Monte Latham 1990 Daddy's Dyin': Who's Got the Will? Clarence The Bachelor Dr. Emil Gräsler 1991 The Ballad of the Sad Cafe Marvin Macy 1992 CrissCross John Cross 1994 Andre Harry Whitney Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle Will Rogers 1995 The Tie That Binds John Netherwood Wild Bill William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody 1996 2 Days in the Valley Detective Creighton 1997 A Thousand Acres Ty Smith 1998 Standoff Zeke Clayton 1999 The Hunter's Moon Turner Out of the Cold Dan Scott 2001 Cahoots Matt Wooly Boys Sheriff Hank Dawson 2002 Falcons Simon The Angel Doll Adult Jerry Barlow The Outsider Noah Weaver 2003 The Adventures of Ociee Nash Papa George Nash 2004 Hair High Joe "JoJo" (voice) Balto III: Wings of Change Duke (voice) Direct-to-DVD 2005 Our Very Own Billy Whitfield The Californians Elton Tripp 2007 Elvis and Anabelle Jimmy The Death and Life of Bobby Z Johnson All Hat Pete Culpepper 2008 Lake City Royce "Roy" 2009 Winter of Frozen Dreams Detective Lulling 2010 Peacock Mayor Ray Crill 2011 The Family Tree Reverend Diggs Cowboys & Aliens Sheriff Taggart 2013 Ain't Them Bodies Saints Skerritt 2014 Cowgirls 'n Angels: Dakota's Summer Austin Rose Terroir Jonathan Bragg 2016 A Quiet Passion Edward Dickinson 2017 Ray Meets Helen Ray 2018 The Old Man & the Gun Captain Calder 2021 The Power of the Dog Governor Edward 2022 A Nashville Country Christmas Keaton Walker 2024 Afraid Marcus 2027 SkeletonsFilming

Television Year Title Role Notes 1971 Bonanza Ern Episode: "Bushwacked" 1972 Love, American Style George Pomerantz Episode: "Love and the Anniversary" 1972 Man on a String Danny Brown Television movie 1972–1973 Kung Fu Middle Caine 2 episodes 1980 A Rumor of War Lieutenant Murphy "Murph" McCloy Television movie 1983 Chiefs "Foxy" Funderburke 3 episodes Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Special 1984 The Fall Guy Cook Episode: "October the 31st" 1984 Scorned and Swindled John Boslett Television movie 1985 Blackout Allen Devlin Television movie 1986 Half a Lifetime J.J. Television movie Nominated—CableACE Award for Best Actor in a Theatrical or Dramatic Special 1986 A Winner Never Quits Pete Gray Television movie 1987 Murder Ordained Trooper John Rule Television movie 1987 Eye on the Sparrow James Lee Television movie 1988 Stones for Ibarra Richard Everton Television movie 1988 My Father, My Son Lieutenant Elmo Zumwalt III Television movie 1989 The Revenge of Al Capone Michael Rourke Television movie 1989 Hallmark Hall of Fame Richard Everton Episode: "Stones for Ibarra" 1989 Confessional Liam Devlin 4 episodes 1989 The Forgotten Captain Tom Watkins Television movie 1990 Judgment Pete Guitry Television movie 1991 Payoff Peter "Mac" McAllister Television movie 1992 Lincoln William Herndon (voice) Television movie 1994 In the Best of Families: Marriage,Pride & Madness Tom Leary Television movie 1994 Is There Life Out There? Brad Television movie 1995 Trial by Fire Owen Turner Television movie 1996 Special Report: Journey to Mars Captain Eugene T. Slader Television movie 1996 Dead Man's Walk William "Bigfoot" Wallace 3 episodes 1997 Perversions of Science Arthur Bristol Episode: "Dream of Doom" 1997 Keeping the Promise William "Will" Hallowell Television movie 1997 Last Stand at Saber River Vern Kidston Television movie 1997–1998 Fast Track Dr. Richard Beckett 23 episodes 1998 American Buffalo: Spirit of a Nation The Narrator Television documentary 1999 Outreach Dr. Vincent Shaw Television movie 1999 Hard Time: Hostage Hotel Corporal Arlin Flynn Television movie 1999 Night Ride Home Neal Mahler Television movie 1999 Sirens Officer Dan Wexler Television movie 1999 A Song from the Heart Oliver Comstock Television movie 2000 Metropolis Quincy Television movie 2000 Enslavement Pierce Butler Television movie 2000 Baby John Malone Television movie 2001 The Diamond of Jeru John Lacklan Television movie 2002 American Experience The Narrator Episode: "Public Enemy Number 1" 2002 Frasier Carl (voice) Episode: "Frasier Has Spokane" 2002 Arliss Lamar Scott Episode: "What You See Is What You Get" 2002 Street Time Frank Dugan 3 episodes 2003 Star Trek: Enterprise Captain A.G. Robinson Episode: "First Flight" 2003 Spider-Man: The New Animated Series Jonah Jameson (voice) 5 episodes 2003 Monte Walsh Chester "Chet" Rollins Television movie 2003 Coyote Waits John McGinnis Television movie 2003–2004 Wild West Tech Host 13 episodes 2004 Deadwood James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok 5 episodes Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television 2004–2005 Complete Savages Nick Savage 19 episodes 2005 Into the West Captain Richard H. Pratt Episode: "Casualties of War" 2006 Where There's a Will Sheriff Clifford Laws Television movie 2007 American Masters The Narrator Episode: "Novel Reflections: The American Dream" 2007 Criminal Minds Frank Breitkopf 2 episodes 2007–2009 Dexter FBI Special Agent Frank Lundy 15 episodes 2008 Numbers Carl McGowan 3 episodes 2008 Crash Owen 2 episodes 2009 Law & Order Martin Garvik Episode: "Take-Out" 2009 Dollhouse Matthew Harding 3 episodes 2009 Damages Julian Decker 5 episodes 2010–2019 The Big Bang Theory Wyatt 5 episodes 2012 Missing Martin 7 episodes 2014 The Following Barry Episode: "Resurrection" 2014 Raising Hope Colt Palomino Episode: "Anniversary Ball" 2014 NCIS Mannheim Gold Episode: "Rock and a Hard Place" 2014–2015 Fargo Lou Solverson 11 episodes 2014–2019 Madam Secretary President Conrad Dalton 93 episodes 2015 Mike Tyson Mysteries Jason B. (voice) Episode: "Jason B. Sucks" 2021–2022 Fear the Walking Dead John Dorie Sr. 10 episodes 2021–2023 Rugrats Bob Brine (voice) 2 episodes 2023 Accused Billy Carlson Episode: "Billy's Story" 2024 Law & Order: Organized Crime Clay Bonner 3 episodes 2025 Blue RidgeBrother RustyEpisode: "Moving Mountains"2026 High Potential Douglas Newmeyer Episode: "Under the Rug" Imperfect Women R.L. Hennessy Recurring role

Theater Year Title Role 1968 Hair Woof / Claude 1982 Foxfire Dillard Nations 1991 The Will Rogers Follies Will Rogers 2006 Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Lawrence Jameson 2013 Hands on a Hardbody JD Drew

Video games Year Title RoleNotes 2012 Hitman: Absolution Blake Dexter Voice

Awards and nominations Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref. 1975 Academy Awards Best Original Song "I'm Easy" 1987 CableACE Awards Best Actor in a Theatrical or Dramatic Special Half a Lifetime 1991 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Actor in a Musical The Will Rogers Follies 2013 Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical Hands on a Hardbody 2002 Edda Awards Best Actor Falcons 1998 Golden Boot Awards Golden Boot 2004 Gold Derby TV Awards Best Drama Guest Actor Deadwood 1975 Golden Globe Awards Best Original Song "I'm Easy" 1975 Grammy Awards Best Album of Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special Nashville 2002 Great Lakes International Film Festival Artistic Excellence Award Star of Excellence 2004 Online Film & Television Association Awards Best Guest Actor in a Drama Series Deadwood 1984 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Special Chiefs 2005 Prism Awards Best Performance in a Comedy Series Complete Savages 2007 Best Performance in a TV-Movie Our Very Own 2018 San Diego International Film Festival Gregory Peck Award 2004 Satellite Awards Best Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television Deadwood 1991 Tony Awards Best Leading Actor in a Musical The Will Rogers Follies 2013 Best Featured Actor in a Musical Hands on a Hardbody 1998 Western Heritage Awards Television Feature Film Last Stand at Saber River 2024 Hall of Great Western Performers 2014 Wine Country Film Festival Best Actor Terroir