David Carradine
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.
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Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1936-12-08
Place of birth
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Cast
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
2003
7.97
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
2004
7.88
Bird on a Wire
1990
6.22
Heaven with a Gun
1969
5.42
The Long Goodbye
1973
7.39
Last Hour
2008
3.40
Dead & Breakfast
2004
5.53
Cannonball
1976
5.53
The Misfit Brigade
1987
5.71
Break
2009
4.00
Boxcar Bertha
1972
5.81
Being Michael Madsen
2007
5.80
Road of No Return
2009
5.90
The Best of Sex and Violence
1982
4.90
Autumn
2009
3.00
Brothers in Arms
2005
3.40
Evil Toons
1992
4.80
Out of the Wilderness
2001
1.50
Camille
2008
6.21
Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II
1989
2.30
Circle of Iron
1978
5.56
Gray Lady Down
1978
6.36
Kung Fu Killer
2008
4.90
Epic Movie
2007
3.87
Balto: Wolf Quest
2002
6.33
The New Swiss Family Robinson
1998
5.00
Death Race 2000
1975
6.14
Hell Ride
2008
5.14
All Hell Broke Loose
2009
1.70
Q
1982
5.71
Big Stan
2007
6.60
How to Rob a Bank
2007
5.83
Roadside Prophets
1992
5.50
Deathsport
1978
3.90
Waxwork II: Lost in Time
1992
4.98
The Last Sect
2006
3.50
Bound for Glory
1976
6.88
Treasure Raiders
2007
3.00
Warlords
1989
3.12
Homo Erectus
2007
3.89
The Long Riders
1980
6.64
Lone Wolf McQuade
1983
6.49
True Legend
2010
6.60
Crank: High Voltage
2009
6.08
Dark Fields
2009
3.20
The Golden Boys
2008
5.50
Think Big
1989
6.10
Dinocroc vs. Supergator
2010
4.30
Spiral Fitness Beginnings
2007
0.00
Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat
1991
6.00
The Outsider
2002
5.72
Night Rhythms
1992
4.54
The Warrior and the Sorceress
1984
4.20
Stretch
2011
4.20
Nightfall
2000
3.60
The Serpent's Egg
1977
6.23
Young Billy Young
1969
5.99
Miracle at Sage Creek
2005
5.60
Martial Law
1990
6.16
Kung Fu: The Movie
1986
5.30
Armed Response
1986
4.66
Bad Cop
2009
2.90
Animal Instincts
1992
4.90
Future Force
1989
3.60
The Shepherd
1998
3.22
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
1969
5.54
My Suicide
2009
6.00
Final Move
2006
4.50
Crime Zone
1988
4.13
Capital Punishment
1991
3.10
Karate Cop
1991
3.40
Sonny Boy
1989
4.75
Kill Zone
1993
1.20
Last Stand at Saber River
1997
6.40
Thunder and Lightning
1977
4.73
Safari 3000
1982
5.10
Corman's World
2011
7.08
Eldorado
2012
2.70
Trick or Treats
1982
3.90
Future Zone
1990
3.45
The Violent Ones
1967
6.00
Richard III
2007
2.00
The McMasters
1970
4.20
P.O.W. The Escape
1986
4.50
The Trace of Lynx
1989
3.00
Night Children
1989
3.00
Open Fire
1988
3.90
I Saw What You Did
1988
5.30
The Bad Seed
1985
6.21
Crime of Crimes
1989
4.00
Night of the Templar
2012
3.90
The Making of 'Kill Bill Vol. 2'
2004
9.00
Detention
2010
3.60
The Monster Hunter
1999
4.80
Deadly Surveillance
1991
2.20
Lost Treasure of Dos Santos
1997
2.00
Animal Protector
1988
4.00
Tropical Snow
1988
3.14
Full Blast
2000
1.00
Nowhere to Run
1989
3.60
Six Against the Rock
1987
4.10
On the Line
1984
4.14
Light Speed
1998
2.00
Macon County Jail
1997
3.43
Dune Warriors
1991
3.90
Field of Fire
1991
3.00
Guaranteed on Delivery
2001
4.00
Americana
1981
5.50
Dangerous Curves
2000
1.50
The Cover Girl and the Cop
1989
3.00
Oceans of Fire
1986
4.40
The Mad Bunch
1989
2.00
Jealousy
1984
2.70
Cloud Dancer
1980
5.60
Permanent Vacation
2007
3.80
The Hunted
1967
0.00
The Puzzle in the Air
1999
5.00
Project Eliminator
1991
1.50
Desperately Looking For Success
1994
1.00
Absolute Evil
2009
5.70
Hair High
2004
6.36
Last Goodbye
2004
1.00
Fall Down Dead
2007
4.00
Heartbeat
1987
5.50
Mean Streets
1973
7.07
American Reel
2003
5.00
Naked Movie
2008
2.00
Too Many Thieves
1966
4.50
Kung Fu - A Legend Reborn
1992
6.30
Madoff: Made Off with America
2013
4.70
By Dawn's Early Light
2001
5.20
Max Havoc: Curse Of The Dragon
2004
4.50
Midnight Fear
1991
3.63
Brotherhood of the Gun
1991
5.00
Kung Fu Action Masters
2000
0.00
Macho Callahan
1971
4.20
Run for Your Life
1988
4.40
Modern Warriors
2002
5.20
Gauguin the Savage
1980
0.00
Kandisha
2008
5.30
Double Trouble
1992
4.72
Fatal Secret
1988
3.30
Try This One for Size
1989
7.10
Taggart
1965
5.40
A Tale of James Brown
2016
0.00
Distant Justice
1992
3.00
Mr. Horn
1979
6.00
UnConventional
2004
3.50
Kiss of a Stranger
1999
3.50
Warden of Red Rock
2001
5.20
A Distant Scream
1984
9.00
Fuego
2007
2.00
You and Me
1975
6.70
That's Action
1990
0.00
Bus Riley's Back in Town
1965
5.20
Code... Death: Frontera Sur
1993
5.00
Away from Home
2004
6.00
Dead Center
1994
3.00
Knocking on Death's Door
1999
1.83
Long Way Home
1975
0.00
The Donor
2001
2.50
Down 'n Dirty
2001
1.50
Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
2019
6.70
Code Name: Jaguar
1999
3.00
Lovers and Liars
1998
1.00
Death Race
2008
6.29
Ringers: Lord of the Fans
2005
6.30
Johnny Belinda
1967
0.00
The Rage
1997
3.30
The Eagle and the Horse
1994
0.00
The Ultimate Fighter
2007
3.30
Lost Bullet
2003
4.30
The Effects of Magic
1998
1.00
A Vampire Reformed
2008
0.00
Tattoos: A Scarred History
2009
0.00
The Bitter End
1999
0.00
Mata Hari
2025
0.00
