David Carradine
Acting
Born: December 8, 1936 · Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Died: June 3, 2009 (aged 72)
Highest Rated
Biography
David Carradine (born John Arthur Carradine Jr.; December 8, 1936 – June 3, 2009) was an American actor best known for playing martial arts roles. He is perhaps best known as the star of the 1970s television series Kung Fu, playing Kwai Chang Caine, a peace-loving Shaolin monk travelling through the American Old West. He also portrayed the title character of both of the Kill Bill films. He appeared in two Martin Scorsese films: Boxcar Bertha and Mean Streets. David Carradine was a member of the Carradine family of actors that began with his father, John Carradine. The elder Carradine's acting career, which included major and minor roles on stage, television, and in cinema, spanned more than four decades. A prolific "B" movie actor, David Carradine appeared in more than 100 feature films in a career spanning more than six decades. He received nominations for a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy Award for his work on Kung Fu, and received three additional Golden Globe nominations for his performances in the Woody Guthrie biopic Bound for Glory (1976), the television miniseries North and South (1985), and Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill: Volume 2, for which he won the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor. Throughout his life, Carradine was arrested and prosecuted for a variety of offenses, which often involved substance abuse. Films that featured Carradine continued to be released after his death. These posthumous credits were from a variety of genres including action, documentaries, drama, horror, martial arts, science fiction, and westerns. In addition to his acting career, Carradine was a director and musician. Moreover, influenced by his Kung Fu role, he studied martial arts. On April 1, 1997, Carradine received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Carradine, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
2003
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
2004
Death Race
2008
Crank: High Voltage
2009
Charmed
1998
Mean Streets
1973
Epic Movie
2007
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
2011
Danny Phantom
2004
Big Stan
2007
Bird on a Wire
1990
Jackie Chan Adventures
2000
Photos (4)
Movies (165)
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Bill
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Bill 'Snake Charmer'
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
Bill (Snake Charmer)
Death Race
Frankenstein (voice)
Crank: High Voltage
Poon Dong
Big Stan
The Master
Epic Movie
Museum Curator
Mean Streets
Drunk
Bird on a Wire
Eugene Sorensen
The Long Goodbye
Dave aka Socrates (uncredited)
Lone Wolf McQuade
Rawley Wilkes
Death Race 2000
Frankenstein
An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island
Chief Wulisso (voice)
The Long Riders
Cole Younger
Animal Instincts
William Lamberti
The Bad Seed
Leroy Jessup
True Legend
Anthony
Evil Toons
Gideon Fisk
Hell Ride
The Deuce
Balto: Wolf Quest
Nava the Wolf Shaman (voice)
Taggart
Cal Dodge
Q
Shepard
Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror
Luke
How to Rob a Bank
Nick
Boxcar Bertha
Big Bill Shelly
Waxwork II: Lost in Time
The Beggar
Hair High
Mr. Snerz (voice)
The Outsider
Doctor Lucas Henry
Gray Lady Down
Captain Gates
P.O.W. The Escape
Col. James Cooper
The Serpent's Egg
Abel Rosenberg
Young Billy Young
Jesse Boone
Bad Cop
Det. Humes
The Warrior and the Sorceress
Kain
Double Trouble
Mr. C
Camille
Cowboy Bob
Homo Erectus
Mookoo / Uncle Unky
The Misfit Brigade
Col. Von Weisshagen
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
Waco
Heaven with a Gun
Coke Beck
Dune Warriors
Michael
Think Big
Sweeney
Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat
Mardulak
Lost Bullet
Michael Morrison
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
Kwai-Chang Caine
Tropical Snow
Oskar
Martial Law
Dalton Rhodes
Circle of Iron
The Blind Man / Monkeyman / Death / Changsha
Cannonball
Coy "Cannonball" Buckman
Last Stand at Saber River
Duane Kidston
Bound for Glory
Woody Guthrie
Road of No Return
Mr. Hover
Dark Fields
Clive Jonis
Kung Fu: The Movie
Kwai Chang Caine
Future Force
John Tucker
My Suicide
Vargas
Max Havoc: Curse Of The Dragon
Grand Master
Brothers in Arms
Driscoll
Eldorado
The Spirit Guide
Kandisha
The American
The Last Sect
Van Helsing
Dinocroc vs. Supergator
Jason Drake
On the Line
Bryant
High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane
Ben Irons
Armed Response
Jim Roth
Kung Fu - A Legend Reborn
Kwai Chang Caine
Crime of Crimes
Frank McEntire
Down 'n Dirty
Gil Garner
Autumn
Philip
Kung Fu: The Way of the Tiger, the Sign of the Dragon
Kwai Chang Caine
The New Swiss Family Robinson
Sheldon Blake
All Hell Broke Loose
Marshal Ian McHenry
Dead & Breakfast
Mr. Wise
Night Children
Max Crawford
You and Me
Zeto
The McMasters
White Feather
Deathsport
Kaz Oshay
Last Hour
Detective Mike Stone
Roadside Prophets
Othello Jones
Future Zone
John Tucker
Six Against the Rock
Bernard 'Bernie' Paul Coy
Crime Zone
Jason
Karate Cop
Dad
Macho Callahan
David Mountford
I Saw What You Did
Stephen
I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs
Le professeur d'arts martiaux à LAPD
The Monster Hunter
Louis Dehoven
Warden of Red Rock
Mike Sullivan
Project Eliminator
Ron Morrell
That's Action
John Tucker (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bus Riley's Back in Town
Stretch
The Golden Boys
Capt. Zebulon Hedge
Trick or Treats
Richard Adams
Night Rhythms
Vincent
Kung Fu Killer
Crane
Gauguin the Savage
Paul Gauguin
Treasure Raiders
Pierre
Macon County Jail
Coley
Try This One for Size
Bradley
Permanent Vacation
Old Man
Night of the Templar
Shopkeeper
Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II
Dark One
Full Blast
Maceo
Deadly Surveillance
Lieutenant
Code Name: Jaguar
Max Kaufman
Jealousy
Bobby Dee
Detention
Principal Hoskins
Fall Down Dead
Wade Douglas
Thunder and Lightning
Harley Thomas
Long Way Home
Craw Dantley
Sonny Boy
Pearl
Code... Death: Frontera Sur
Colonel
Nightfall
Gnomen
The Cover Girl and the Cop
Slade
American Reel
James Lee Springer
By Dawn's Early Light
Nick Decker
Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider
Charlie Swattle
Lovers and Liars
Mr. Montague
Absolute Evil
Raf McCane
Richard III
Buckingham
Final Move
Captain Baker
Oceans of Fire
J.C. Busch
Heartbeat
Man Playing Dice
Kill Zone
Col. Horace Wiggins
Guaranteed on Delivery
Norman Williams
The Rage
Lucas McDermott
Miracle at Sage Creek
Ike
Capital Punishment
Michale Maltin
Too Many Thieves
Felix
Safari 3000
Eddie Miles
Danny Phantom: The Ultimate Enemy
Clockwork (voice)
The Violent Ones
Lucas Barnes
Run for Your Life
Maggiore Charles Forsythe
The Hunted
Gene Gauge
Cloud Dancer
Brad Randolph
Midnight Fear
Hanley
The Shepherd
Ventriloquist
The Ultimate Fighter
Mikhail
Fatal Secret
Michael LeWinter
Kiss of a Stranger
Sean O'Leary
Out of the Wilderness
Clint Dugan
Warlords
Dow
A Distant Scream
Michael
Knocking on Death's Door
Doc Hadley
Nowhere to Run
Harmon
Last Goodbye
Fred McGillicuddie
Dead Center
Chavez
Dangerous Curves
Lemmy
Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring
Flack
Open Fire
Joe Rourke
Johnny Belinda
Locky
Americana
The American Soldier
The Effects of Magic
The Cabinet Maker
Stretch
Monteiro
The Donor
Mike
Break
The Bishop
Six Days in Paradise
Vernon Billings
Distant Justice
Joe Foley
Field of Fire
Gen. Corman
The Mad Bunch
Professor Foxwood
Fuego
Lobo
The Eagle and the Horse
John Freemont
Woof! Woof!! Uncle Matty's Ultimate Guide to Dog Training
1997
Desperately Looking For Success
James Lorrimer
Animal Protector
Col. Whitlock
TV Shows (48)
King of the Hill
Junichiro (voice) · 2 eps
Charmed
Tempus · 1 eps
Ironside
Pogo Weems · 1 eps
Ironside
Luke Roberts · 1 eps
Ironside
Frank Carlson · 1 eps
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Edward Clarke · 1 eps
Medium
Jessica's Brother · 1 eps
Jackie Chan Adventures
Lo Pei (voice) · 2 eps
Madam Secretary
President Conrad Dalton · 22 eps
The Virginian
The Utah Kid · 1 eps
Just Shoot Me!
David Carradine · 1 eps
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Houston Currier · 1 eps
Airwolf
Dr. Robert Winchester · 1 eps
Matlock
Jimmy Legrand · 1 eps
Matlock
Steve Mazarowski · 2 eps
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
Kwai Chang Caine · 88 eps
Profiler
Christopher Joe Allman · 1 eps
The Name of the Game
Jason Blake · 1 eps
Night Gallery
Gideon · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Clint · 1 eps
Family Law
Andrew Weller · 3 eps
Danny Phantom
Clockwork (voice) · 2 eps
North and South
Justin LaMotte · 8 eps
Amazing Stories
Calvin · 1 eps
The Ray Bradbury Theater
Spender · 1 eps
Eve
Kung Fu Master · 1 eps
Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten
John Tucker (archive Footage) · 1 eps
Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys
Mandrax (voice) · 3 eps
Titus
Bob Hawkins · 1 eps
Alias
Conrad · 2 eps
Cimarron Strip
Gene Gauge · 1 eps
Acapulco H.E.A.T.
Victor Garrison · 1 eps
Arrest and Trial
Wally Carpen · 1 eps
Largo Winch
Nério Winch · 1 eps
Largo Winch
2 eps
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
Michael/Harris · 1 eps
The Nightmare Room
Mr. Farber · 1 eps
Darkroom
Biker / Hitchhiker · 1 eps
Mental
Gideon Graham · 1 eps
Shane
Shane · 17 eps
Fast Track
1 eps
Human Target
Harry Solow · 1 eps
Partners in Crime
Hermanski · 1 eps
In Case of Emergency
Guru Danny · 1 eps
Kung Fu Killer
Crane · 2 eps
Son of the Dragon
Bird · 2 eps
Mr. Horn
Tom Horn · 2 eps
Kung Fu
Kwai Chang Caine · 62 eps
Self / Appearances (34)
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · 1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee · 3 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self · 1 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · 1 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter · 1 eps
The Merv Griffin Show
Self · 2 eps
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Midi Première
Self · 1 eps
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self · 2 eps
Celebrity Ghost Stories
Self · 1 eps
Lizzie McGuire
Self · 1 eps
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Self · 1 eps
Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
Self (archive footage)
E! True Hollywood Story
Self · 1 eps
Old Friends... New Friends
Self · 1 eps
The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies
Self
Being Michael Madsen
Self
Starz Inside - Unforgettably Evil
Self
Wild West Tech
Self - Host · 34 eps
Corman's World
Self - Actor
Celebrity Paranormal Project
Self · 1 eps
UnConventional
Self
Masters of the Martial Arts Presented by Wesley Snipes
Self
Mata Hari
Self (archive footage)
Naked Movie
Self
Tattoos: A Scarred History
Self
Ringers: Lord of the Fans
Self
Modern Warriors
Self
The Best of Sex and Violence
Self - Cameo Appearance
The Making of 'Kill Bill Vol. 2'
Self
A Tale of James Brown
Self
Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel
Self
Away from Home
Self
Spiral Fitness Beginnings
Self
Directing (3)
Producing (10)
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
Producer
Road of No Return
Associate Producer
Kung Fu: The Movie
Co-Producer
Future Force
Associate Producer
Crime of Crimes
Producer
Crime Zone
Executive Producer
Project Eliminator
Associate Producer
Fall Down Dead
Associate Producer
Richard III
Executive Producer
Americana
Producer