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.

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Known For

Dexter

2006 • as Frank Lundy

Dexter

2006 • as Special Agent Frank Lundy

NCIS

2003 • as Mannheim Gold

Law & Order

1990 • as Martin Garvik

Criminal Minds

2005 • as Frank Breitkopf

Frasier

1993 • as Carl (voice)

Filmography

2025

The Devil and the Daylong Brothers

as Nehemiah Daylong

Movie - Released: 1/31/2025

Laws of Man

as Galen Armstrong

Movie - Released: 1/10/2025

2024

Afraid

as Marcus

Movie - Released: 8/28/2024

Sallywood

as George Corrigan

Movie - Released: 4/4/2024

2023

Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields

as Self (archive footage)

TV - Released: 4/3/2023

Accused

as Billy Carlson

TV - Released: 1/22/2023

2022

A Nashville Country Christmas

as Keaton

Movie - Released: 12/12/2022

2021

The Power of the Dog

as The Governor

Movie - Released: 10/25/2021

Rugrats

as Bob Brine (voice)

TV - Released: 5/27/2021

Law & Order: Organized Crime

as Judge Clayton 'Clay' Bonner

TV - Released: 4/1/2021

2019

Deadwood: The Movie

as Wild Bill Hickok (archive footage)

Movie - Released: 5/31/2019

2018

Ray Meets Helen

as Ray

Movie - Released: 5/4/2018

The Old Man & the Gun

as Captain Calder

Movie - Released: 9/27/2018

2016

A Quiet Passion

as Edward Dickinson

Movie - Released: 10/7/2016

Way Out on a Limb

as Self

Movie - Released: 10/11/2016

2015

Bereave

as Victor

Movie - Released: 3/15/2015

Fear the Walking Dead

as John Dorie

TV - Released: 8/23/2015

2014

After the Fall

as Charles

Movie - Released: 2/9/2014

Dakota's Summer

as Austin Rose

Movie - Released: 4/17/2014

Altman

as Self

Movie - Released: 8/1/2014

Terroir

as Jonathan Bragg

Movie - Released: 9/20/2014

Fargo

as Lou Solverson

TV - Released: 4/15/2014

Madam Secretary

as Conrad Dalton

TV - Released: 9/21/2014

2013

Ain't Them Bodies Saints

as Skerritt

Movie - Released: 7/3/2013

The Making of 'Nashville'

as Self

Movie - Released: 12/3/2013

The Following

as Barry

TV - Released: 1/21/2013

2012

Missing

as Martin Newman

TV - Released: 3/15/2012

2011

Cowboys & Aliens

as Sheriff John Taggart

Movie - Released: 7/29/2011

The Family Tree

as Reverend Diggs

Movie - Released: 9/26/2011

2010

Movie

Halves of a Dream: Making Trouble in Mind

as Self

Movie - Released: 12/14/2010

Peacock

as Ray Crill

Movie - Released: 4/20/2010

Raising Hope

as Coly Palomino

TV - Released: 9/21/2010

2009

Winter of Frozen Dreams

as Detective Lulling

Movie - Released: 6/1/2009

Dollhouse

as Matthew Harding

TV - Released: 2/13/2009

2008

Lake City

as Roy

Movie - Released: 1/1/2008

2007

The Death and Life of Bobby Z

as Johnson

Movie - Released: 7/23/2007

All Hat

as Pete Culpepper

Movie - Released: 9/11/2007

Elvis & Anabelle

as Jimmy

Movie - Released: 3/10/2007

The Big Bang Theory

as Wyatt Teller

TV - Released: 9/24/2007

2006

Where There's a Will

as Sherriff Clifford Laws

Movie - Released: 5/6/2006

Dexter

as Frank Lundy

TV - Released: 10/1/2006

Dexter

as Special Agent Frank Lundy

TV - Released: 10/1/2006

2005

The Californians

as Elton Tripp

Movie - Released: 10/21/2005

Our Very Own

as Billy Whitfield

Movie - Released: 6/22/2005

Numb3rs

as Carl McGowan

TV - Released: 1/23/2005

Into the West

as Captain Richard H. Pratt

TV - Released: 6/10/2005

Criminal Minds

as Frank Breitkopf

TV - Released: 9/22/2005

2004

Balto III: Wings of Change

as Duke (voice)

Movie - Released: 4/14/2004

The Adventures of Ociee Nash

as Papa Nash

Movie - Released: 2/13/2004

Hair High

as JoJo (voice)

Movie - Released: 4/17/2004

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

as Self

Movie - Released: 6/22/2004

Deadwood

as Wild Bill Hickock

TV - Released: 3/21/2004

Complete Savages

as Nick Savage

TV - Released: 9/24/2004

Gettysburg and Stories of Valor

as Narrator

TV - Released: 4/1/2004

2003

Monte Walsh

as Chester 'Chet' Rollins

Movie - Released: 1/17/2003

Coyote Waits

as John McGinnis

Movie - Released: 11/16/2003

Wild West Tech

as Self - Host

TV - Released: 8/19/2003

NCIS

as Mannheim Gold

TV - Released: 9/23/2003

Spider-Man: The New Animated Series

as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)

TV - Released: 7/11/2003

2002

The Outsider

as Noah Weaver

Movie - Released: 11/10/2002

Falcons

as Simon

Movie - Released: 9/27/2002

The Angel Doll

as Adult Jerry Barlow

Movie - Released: 9/14/2002

Duelling Directors: Ridley Scott & Kevin Reynolds

as Self (archive footage)

Movie - Released: 12/3/2002

Street Time

as Frank Dugan

TV - Released: 6/23/2002

2001

Wooly Boys

as Sheriff Hank Dawson

Movie - Released: 1/1/2001

The Diamond of Jeru

as John Lacklan

Movie - Released: 11/6/2001

Cahoots

as Matt

Movie - Released: 2/5/2001

Star Trek: Enterprise

as A.G. Robinson

TV - Released: 9/26/2001

2000

Baby

as John Malone

Movie - Released: 10/8/2000

Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble

as Pierce Butler

Movie - Released: 4/23/2000

Altman on His Own Terms

as Self

Movie - Released: 1/1/2000

1999

Out of the Cold

as Dan Scott

Movie - Released: 8/28/1999

The Hunter's Moon

as Turner

Movie - Released: 10/10/1999

Night Ride Home

as Neal Mahler

Movie - Released: 2/7/1999

Sirens

as Officer Dan Wexler

Movie - Released: 9/26/1999

Hard Time: Hostage Hotel

as Cpl. Arlin Flynn

Movie - Released: 11/14/1999

A Song from the Heart

as Oliver Comstock

Movie - Released: 9/26/1999

1998

Standoff

as Agent Zeke Clayton

Movie - Released: 1/11/1998

1997

A Thousand Acres

as Ty Smith

Movie - Released: 9/19/1997

Last Stand at Saber River

as Vern Kidston

Movie - Released: 1/19/1997

Keeping the Promise

as William (Will) Hallowell

Movie - Released: 1/5/1997

Perversions of Science

as Arthur Bristol

TV - Released: 6/7/1997

The View

as Self

TV - Released: 8/11/1997

Fast Track

TV - Released: 8/3/1997

1996

2 Days in the Valley

as Detective Creighton

Movie - Released: 9/11/1996

Special Report: Journey to Mars

as Capt. Eugene T. Slader

Movie - Released: 3/25/1996

Arli$$

TV - Released: 8/10/1996

E! True Hollywood Story

TV - Released: 8/21/1996

The West

as Self

TV - Released: 9/15/1996

Dead Man's Walk

as Bigfoot Wallace

TV - Released: 5/12/1996

The West

as Self (voice)

TV - Released: 9/15/1996

1995

Wild Bill

as Buffalo Bill Cody

Movie - Released: 12/1/1995

The Tie That Binds

as John Netherwood

Movie - Released: 9/8/1995

Trial by Fire

as Owen Turner

Movie - Released: 10/1/1995

Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II

as Self

Movie - Released: 3/6/1995

1994

Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle

as Will Rogers

Movie - Released: 9/7/1994

Andre

as Harry Whitney

Movie - Released: 8/17/1994

Is There Life Out There?

as Brad

Movie - Released: 10/9/1994

In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness

as Tom Lynch

Movie - Released: 1/16/1994

Baseball

as Various (voice)

TV - Released: 9/18/1994

Baseball

as (voice)

TV - Released: 9/18/1994

1993

The Will Rogers Follies: A Life In Revue

as Will Rogers

Movie - Released: 11/26/1993

Frasier

as Carl (voice)

TV - Released: 9/16/1993

1992

CrissCross

as John Cross

Movie - Released: 5/8/1992

Movie

Lincoln

as William Herndon (voice)

Movie - Released: 12/26/1992

Movie

Rabbit Ears - Annie Oakley

as Narrator - Will Rogers (voice)

Movie - Released: 8/17/1992

1991

The Ballad of the Sad Cafe

as Marvin Macy

Movie - Released: 3/28/1991

Payoff

as Peter "Mac" McAllister

Movie - Released: 1/10/1991

1990

Daddy's Dyin'... Who's Got the Will?

as Clarence

Movie - Released: 5/4/1990

The Bachelor

as Dr. Emil Gräsler

Movie - Released: 3/29/1990

Judgment

as Pete Guitry

Movie - Released: 10/13/1990

Madonna: The Immaculate Collection

as Boyfriend (segment "Material Girl")

Movie - Released: 11/13/1990

Law & Order

as Martin Garvik

TV - Released: 9/13/1990

1989

The Forgotten

as Cap. Tom Watkins

Movie - Released: 4/26/1989

Street of No Return

as Michael

Movie - Released: 5/17/1989

Cold Feet

as Monte

Movie - Released: 5/19/1989

The Revenge of Al Capone

as Michael Rourke

Movie - Released: 2/26/1989

Confessional

as Liam Devlin

TV - Released: 10/4/1989

1988

The Moderns

as Nick Hart

Movie - Released: 4/15/1988

Backfire

as Reed

Movie - Released: 6/21/1988

My Father, My Son

as Lt. Elmo Zumwalt III

Movie - Released: 3/21/1988

Stones for Ibarra

as Richard Everton

Movie - Released: 1/29/1988

American Experience

as Narrator (voice)

TV - Released: 10/4/1988

1987

Murder Ordained

as Trooper John Rule

Movie - Released: 5/3/1987

Eye on the Sparrow

as James Lee

Movie - Released: 12/7/1987

Murder Ordained

as Trooper John Rule

TV - Released: 5/3/1987

1986

Half a Lifetime

as J.J.

Movie - Released: 7/20/1986

The Inquiry

as Tito Valerio Tauro

Movie - Released: 10/26/1986

A Winner Never Quits

as Pete Grey

Movie - Released: 4/13/1986

1985

Trouble in Mind

as Coop

Movie - Released: 12/11/1985

Blackout

as Allen Devlin

Movie - Released: 7/28/1985

1984

Choose Me

as Mickey

Movie - Released: 8/29/1984

Maria's Lovers

as Clarence Butts

Movie - Released: 9/11/1984

Scorned and Swindled

as John Boslett

Movie - Released: 10/9/1984

1983

Chiefs

as Foxy Funderburke

TV - Released: 11/13/1983

1982

The Best of Sex and Violence

as Self - Cameo Appearance

Movie - Released: 2/5/1982

1981

Southern Comfort

as Spencer

Movie - Released: 9/24/1981

1980

The Long Riders

as Jim Younger

Movie - Released: 5/16/1980

A Rumor of War

as Lt. Murph McCoy

TV - Released: 9/24/1980

1979

An Almost Perfect Affair

as Hal

Movie - Released: 4/27/1979

Old Boyfriends

as Wayne

Movie - Released: 3/22/1979

1978

Pretty Baby

as Bellocq

Movie - Released: 4/5/1978

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

as Our Guests at Heartland

Movie - Released: 7/24/1978

1977

The Duellists

as Armand d'Hubert

Movie - Released: 8/31/1977

1976

Welcome to L.A.

as Carroll Barber

Movie - Released: 11/12/1976

Lumière

as David

Movie - Released: 3/24/1976

1975

Nashville

as Tom Frank

Movie - Released: 6/11/1975

You and Me

as Death Guy

Movie - Released: 5/31/1975

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

as Self

TV - Released: 1/12/1975

1974

Thieves Like Us

as Bowie

Movie - Released: 2/11/1974

The Godchild

as Lt. Lewis

Movie - Released: 11/27/1974

Run, Run, Joe!

as Joe

Movie - Released: 4/11/1974

Antoine and Sebastian

as John

Movie - Released: 1/16/1974

1973

Emperor of the North

as Cigaret

Movie - Released: 5/23/1973

Idaho Transfer

as Arthur

Movie - Released: 6/15/1973

Hex

as Whizzer

Movie - Released: 10/5/1973

1972

Kung Fu: The Way of the Tiger, the Sign of the Dragon

as Teen Caine (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 2/22/1972

Man On A String

as Danny Brown

Movie - Released: 2/18/1972

Kung Fu

as Teenage Caine (uncredited)

TV - Released: 10/14/1972

Kung Fu

as Middle Caine (archive footage) (uncredited)

TV - Released: 10/14/1972

1971

McCabe & Mrs. Miller

as Cowboy

Movie - Released: 6/24/1971

A Gunfight

as The Young Gunfighter

Movie - Released: 8/25/1971

Great Performances

as Self

TV - Released: 1/28/1971

1969

Love, American Style

as George Pomerantz

TV - Released: 9/29/1969

1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

TV - Released: 10/1/1962

1961

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self - Co-Host

TV - Released: 12/11/1961

1959

Bonanza

as Ern

TV - Released: 9/12/1959

1956

Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee/Performer

TV - Released: 4/1/1956

Tony Awards

as Self - Audience Member

TV - Released: 4/1/1956

1953

The Oscars

as Self

TV - Released: 3/19/1953

1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Richard Everton

TV - Released: 12/24/1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Neal

TV - Released: 12/24/1951

1944

Golden Globe Awards

as Self

TV - Released: 1/20/1944

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

TV - Released: 1/20/1944

Unknown

Imperfect Women

as RL Hennessy