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Keith Carradine is an acclaimed American actor known for his roles in films like Nashville, Pretty Baby, and Choose Me, as well as his memorable TV performances on shows like Deadwood, Dexter, and The Big Bang Theory. He comes from a family of talented actors, including his father, John Carradine.
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About the Keith Carradine
Keith Ian Carradineis 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 that began with his father, John Carradine.
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Keith Carradine is an American actor known for his roles in films like Nashville, Pretty Baby, and Choose Me, as well as his TV work on shows like Deadwood, Dexter, and The Big Bang Theory.
Keith Carradine comes from a family of actors, being the son of acclaimed actor John Carradine. He has continued the family’s acting legacy with his own successful career in both film and television.
Some of Keith Carradine’s most well-known roles include Tom Frank in Nashville, E.J. Bellocq in Pretty Baby, Mickey in Choose Me, Wild Bill Hickok in Deadwood, FBI agent Frank Lundy in Dexter, and Penny’s father Wyatt on The Big Bang Theory.
Keith Carradine was born on August 8, 1949.
On television, Keith Carradine has had notable roles as Wild Bill Hickok on Deadwood, FBI agent Frank Lundy on Dexter, Lou Solverson in the first season of Fargo, and U.S. President Conrad Dalton on Madam Secretary.
Keith Carradine is part of the Carradine family of actors, which began with his father, John Carradine, a prolific and acclaimed actor in his own right.
12 Quotes by Keith Carradine
- 1.
The Western genre is certainly something with which I’m familiar.
Keith CarradineAmerican actor and singer
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While at the same time knowing that once he had gone down that road, once it was clear that his life was never a peaceful one from that moment on. He always knew that there was somebody that would like to kill him.
Keith CarradineAmerican actor and singer
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There’s a great argument about how many men he actually killed. People would tell stories and then as we all know as stories get told over and over again, they get embellished, facts get changed, elaborated upon, exaggerated.
Keith CarradineAmerican actor and singer
- 4.
Well you know I’ve been fan of Tony Hillerman’s books for years.
Keith CarradineAmerican actor and singer
- 5.
I’ve grown this mustache which saves me from having to glue on one every day in the heat.
Keith CarradineAmerican actor and singer
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But I love to be outdoors. I prefer being outdoors to, you know, being inside.
Keith CarradineAmerican actor and singer
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When you get all this stuff on and you put on the guns and the hair, it has an effect on the actor. It tends to lend a certain something to the way you feel as you’re just walking around looking that way.
Keith CarradineAmerican actor and singer
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And so I love films that are kind of rural in atmosphere. And you know, it’s just a nice place to be day after day. All be it, it can be hard, it can be hard work. You can get hot.
Keith CarradineAmerican actor and singer
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You know, for an actor to come into the midst of that, it’s – It can either be difficult and somewhat unnerving, or it can be very embracing and like, kind of stepping into a nice hot tub.
Keith CarradineAmerican actor and singer
- 10.
He was definitely known as the foremost man killer in the West; however there’s controversy about virtually every killing that he was known to have been involved in.
Keith CarradineAmerican actor and singer
- 11.
I like the Western genre, I think it’s uniquely American.
Keith CarradineAmerican actor and singer
- 12.
There are people who said he killed over a hundred men. Historical fact doesn’t corroborate one hundred men.
Keith CarradineAmerican actor and singer