Name	Keith Carradine
Height	6' 1"
Naionality	American
Date of Birth	8 August 1949
Place of Birth	San Mateo, California, USA
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The son of actors, Keith Carradine decided to leave college in order to pursue a career in acting. Soon after, he made his Broadway debut in the tribal love rock musical “Hair,” where he played Claude for six months during 1969-1970. Originally, it was his half-brother and mentor David that was eager to get the part and he brought Keith along to play the piano. Keith won the part instead. Keith next appeared with his father on the stage production of “Tobacco Road” (1970) in Florida before moving on to film the following year with a part in “A Gunfight,” a Western starring Kirk Douglas and Johnny Cash. Impressed by Keith's performance, Robert Altman gave him a part in the director's drama “McCabe & Mrs. Miller” (also 1971), which marked their first project together.

Keith also branched out to the small screen. After making his debut in an episode of “Bonanza” (1971), he played Danny Brown in his TV-film debut, “Man on a String” (1972) and appeared with brother David in the ABC TV-movie “Kung Fu.” He also portrayed the character Kwai Chang Caine as a teenager in the popular 1972 TV series of the same name, with David playing the adult Caine.

In 1974, Keith was reunited with Altman for the crime/drama “Thieves Like Us,” starring as Bowie, one of three convicts who falls in love with a girl they met at their hideaway (played by Shelley Duvall). However, it was their next partnership in the critically acclaimed “Nashville” (1975), in which Keith played the character Tom Frank, which brought Keith an Oscar and a Golden Globe in the category of Best Song for his musical composition “I'm Easy.” Keith also jointly nabbed a Grammy nomination in 1976 for Album of Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special. 1975 also found Keith appearing in the independent film “You and Me,” directed by and starred in by his brother David.

Keith started his affiliation with Altman's protégé, Alan Rudolph, in 1976 in “Welcome to L.A.,” in which the actor starred as Carroll Barber, opposite Harvey Keitel, Sally Kellerman, Sissy Spacek and Geraldine Chaplin, among others. In the drama movie, produced by Altman, Keith also contributed music. He worked again with Keitel in Ridley Scott's “The Duellists” (1977), starred with Brooke Shields and Susan Sarandon in Louis Malle's “Pretty Baby” (1978) and teamed up with Monica Vitti in the comedy/romance “An Almost Perfect Affair” (1979).

Next up for Keith, he joined brothers David and Robert in the Walter Hill-directed “The Long Riders,” with Keith playing Jim Younger. He worked again with Hill the following year in “Southern Comfort,” opposite Powers Boothe. In between, Keith costarred as Lt. Murph McCoy on the Emmy-nominated miniseries “A Rumor of War” (1980), a CBS adaptation of the Philip Caputo book. His fine turn as Foxy Funderburke on the 1983 miniseries “Chiefs,” directed by Jerry London, brought Keith a 1984 Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Special. Back to features, Keith was reunited with Rudolph for 1984's “Choose Me,” playing a disarmingly blunt madman, opposite wife Sandra Will. He was also seen in 1985's “Trouble in Mind” and 1988's “The Moderns,” which saw him as an American artist in 1930’s Paris. He also acted in such films as Gilbert Cates' “Backfire” (1987), Robert Dornhelm's “Cold Feet” (1989) and Samuel Fuller's “Street of No Return” (1989). However, during the mid to late 1980s, Keith was more frequently seen on television. He made a number of TV movies, including ABC's “A Winner Never Quits” (1986), HBO's “Half a Life Time” (1986, earned a CableACE for Best Actor in a Theatrical or Dramatic Special), NBC's “Eye on the Sparrow” (1987) and USA Network's “The Forgotten” (1989, also served as executive producer).

In the early 1990s, after his last appearance in 1982's “Foxfire” with Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn, Keith made his return to Broadway in the hit musical “The Will Rogers Follies” (1991). His performance was critically applauded and he was handed a Best Actor (Musical) Tony nomination. After the Broadway run, Keith found himself acting in many dull movies, including the mismatched “Daddy's Dyin', Who's Got the Will” (1990), Simon Callow's “The Ballad of the Sad Cafe” (1991) and “Criss Cross” (1992), opposite Goldie Hawn. In the based-on-true-story “Andre” (1994), about a seal who adopts a Maine family, he starred as the sympathetic father, and while in Rudolph's “Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle” (1994), their last collaboration to date, the actor had the opportunity to reprise his Will Rogers' depiction. In 1995, the actor costarred with Daryl Hannah in the thriller “The Ties That Bind,” playing murderous sociopath John Netherwood.

After costarring as Bigfoot Wallace in the ABC TV film “Larry McMurtry's 'Dead Man's Walk'” (1996), Keith for the first time in his career took a regular gig on a television series playing Dr. Richard Beckett on Showtime's “Fast Track” (1997), which was set in the world of stock-car racing. The same year, he also supported Tom Selleck in the made-for-TV film “Last Stand at Saber River” (1997), from which he jointly nabbed the Western Heritage's Bronze Wrangler for Television Feature Film. He maintained his presence on the big screen by playing roles in “A Thousand Acres,” as Michelle Pfeiffer's husband, and “Stand Off” (both 1997). He had his next regular role in “Outreach” (1999), portraying Dr. Vincent Shaw, and continued to fill in the end of the decade with roles in films and television films.

In 2002, Keith starred in and composed and recorded the song “Northern Light” for “Falcons,” an independent Icelandic film. For his acting, he was nominated for an Edda (Iceland) in the category of Actor of the Year. He also starred as Papa George Nash in the indie-drama “The Adventures of Ociee Nash,” which premiered at the Coca-Cola Summer Film Festival on June 1, 2003. Keith had a recurring role as Frank Dugan on three episodes of “Street Time” (2002), supported Tom Selleck and Isabella Rossellini in the Western made-for-TV film “Monte Walsh” (2003) and provided the voice of editor J. Jonah Jameson in an episode of “Spider-Man: The New Animated Series” (2003). 2003 also saw Keith host The History Channel's “Wild West Tech.”

In 2004, Keith joined the cast of the HBO drama series “Deadwood” in the recurring role of Wild Bill Hickok. The role brought the actor a 2005 Golden Satellite nomination for Best Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television. Later that same year, in September 2004, he headlined his own series, “Complete Savages,” an ABC sitcom in which he portrayed a single dad with five disobedient sons. The show only lasted for one season and was canceled in June 2005. While working on the show, he appeared as Richard Henry Pratt on the Steven Spielberg-produced miniseries “Into the West” (2005).

After the demise of “Complete Savages,” Keith costarred with Allison Janney in the drama film “Our Very Own” (2005), from which he received a Prism for Performance in a TV-Movie. He then supported Noah Wyle and Illeana Douglas in the indie-drama “The Californians” (2005) and acted with Marion Ross in the television film “Where There's a Will” (2006). Recently, he played Jimmy in the film “Elvis and Anabelle,” directed and written by Will Geiger, costarred with Rachael Leigh Cook, Luke Kirby and Lisa Ray in the western film “All Hat” and appeared with Paul Walker and Laurence Fishburne in “The Death and Life of Bobby Z” (all 2007). He also guest starred in episodes of “Criminal Minds” and “American Masters” (both 2007).

The 58-year-old actor has completed filming the Southern drama film “Lake City” (2008), with Sissy Spacek. He also has a costarring role in the upcoming crime/history film “Winter of Frozen Dreams” (2008), opposite Thora Birch. Keith currently plays Special Agent Frank Lundy on the TV series “Dexter” (2006-present).