Keith Carradine Biography
Keith Carradine (Keith Ian Carradine) is an American actor, singer, and songwriter. He is known for his great success on stage, film, and television. He is famously known for his roles as Tom Frank in Robert Altman’s Nashville. He is also known as Wild Bill Hickok in the HBO series Deadwood.
He played the role of FBI agent Frank Lundy in Dexter. He also played US President Conrad Dalton in Madam Secretary. He is a Golden Globe- and Academy Award-winning songwriter. He is also a member of the Carradine family. He is part of an acting dynasty that began with his father, John Carradine.
Keith Carradine’s acting career began in his youthful days. He had opportunities to appear on stage with his father in the latter’s productions of Shakespeare. He launched his acting carer 1969 after getting a slot in the original Broadway run of Hair. He started out in the chorus and worked his way up to the lead roles. In the lead roles, he played Woof and Claude.
Keith Carradine was nominated in the Tony Awards for the Best Actor (Musical) in 1991. He also received a Drama Desk nomination. He also won the Outer Critics Circle Award for Foxfire with Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy. He appeared as Lawrence in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels at the Imperial Theater.
In 2008, Keith Carradine also appeared as Dr. Farquhar Off-Broadway in Mindgame in the year 2008. In March and April 2013, he starred in the Broadway production of Hands on a Hardbody. He hosted the documentary Wild West Tech series on the History Channel. The guests star twice on the suspense-drama Criminal Minds, as the psychopathic serial killer Frank Breitkopf. He had a recurring role as Lou Solverson in the FX series Fargo.
Keith Carradine Age
Keith Carradine was born in San Mateo, California, U.S.A. He was born on 8th August 1949. Keith is 69 years old as of 2018.
Keith Carradine Net Worth
Keith Carradine grew up in a troubled acting home. Through his acting career, he has managed to make his wealth star shine. He has been in the acting business for a very long time now. He has definitely made a great fortune from his talent.
Keith Carradine has an approximated net worth of $10 million. He first made his acting debut in 1971. That is a very long time and surely it has finally paid off.
Keith Carradine Family
Born in Hollywood, California, Keith Carradine is the son of actress and artist Sonia Sorel and actor John Carradine. His maternal great-grandfather was biochemist Max Henius, and his maternal great-grandmother was the sister of historian Johan Ludvig Heiberg. His parents divorced when he was 8 years old.
A bitter custody battle followed after his parents’ separation. This led to his father gaining custody of him and his brothers. He is one of many actors in the Carradine family. He is the brother of Christopher and Robert Carradine. He is also a half-brother of Bruce and the late David Carradine through his father.
Through his mother, Keith Carradine is a half-brother of Michael Bowen. He was raised primarily by his stepmother, his father’s third wife, Doris Grimshaw. He believed her to be his mother until he was introduced to his real mother, Sonia Sorel. This was at a Christmas party when he was 14 years old.
Keith Carradine Wife
Keith Carradine married, his long time girlfriend, actress Hayley DuMond on 18th November 2006. Their wedding took place in Turin, Italy. The couple met in 1997 when they co-starred in the Burt Reynolds film The Hunter’s Moon. In February 2019, Keith confirmed that he and his wife Hayley have a son named Sean David.
Keith has however been in a number of past relationships before. He was previously married to Sandra Will. He has also been involved in a romantic relationship before with actress Shelley Plimpton. He and actress Shelley Plimpton have a daughter called Martha Plimpton.
By the time of their affair, Shelley was already married to actor Steve Curry. Shelley and Curry later got divorced four years later. Keith’s divorced his first wife, Sandra Will, in 1999. The couple had however separated 6 years before the official divorce. They had two children; Cade Richmond Carradine (born July 19, 1982) and Sorel Johannah Carradine.
Keith Carradine Movies And TV Shows
Keith Carradine Movies
- 2018 The Old Man & the Gun
- 2017 Ray Meets Helen
- 2016 A Quiet Passion
- 2014 Terroir Jonathan
- 2013 Ain’t Them Bodies
- 2011 The Family Tree
- 2011 Cowboys & Aliens
- 2010 Peacock
- 2009 Winter of Frozen Dreams
- 2008 Lake City
- 2007 Elvis and Anabelle
- 2007 The Death and Life of Bobby
- 2007 All Hat
- 2005 Our Very Own
- 2005 The Californians
- 2004 Hair High
Keith Carradine TV Shows
- 2015 Mike Tyson Mysteries
- 2014–present Madam Secretary
- 2014–2015 Fargo
- 2014 Raising Hope
- 2014 The Following
- 2014 NCIS
- 2012 Missing
- 2010
- 2015–2018 The Big Bang Theory
- 2009 Law & Order
Keith Carradine Awards
1975- Winner – Academy Award for Best Original Song
1975- Winner – Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song
1983- Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
1991- Nominated – Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
1998- Honoree – The 16th Annual Golden Boot Awards (along with brothers David and Robert)
2013- Nominated – Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical
2018- Honoree – Gregory Peck Award for Lifetime Achievement – presented by San Diego International Film Festival
Frequently Asked Questions About Keith Carradine
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Did David Carradine know martial arts?
David Carradine had no martial arts training before the show started shooting, but he was a skilled dancer. It was only during the final season that Carradine started to study kung fu aggressively. By that time, he was so skilled that he rarely used stunt doubles.