David Carradine

Acting

Born Dec 08, 1936

From Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Died Jun 03, 2009

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.

David Carradine

Known For

Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

Kill Bill: Vol. 1

Kill Bill: Vol. 2

True Legend

Death Race

Big Stan

Crank: High Voltage

Balto: Wolf Quest

Epic Movie

Animal Instincts

Filmography — Acting

Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

Kill Bill: Vol. 1

Kill Bill: Vol. 2

True Legend

Death Race

Big Stan

Crank: High Voltage

Balto: Wolf Quest

Epic Movie

Animal Instincts

Mean Streets

Death Race 2000

Bird on a Wire

Lone Wolf McQuade

The Long Goodbye

Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

Q

Camille

The Long Riders

The Monster Hunter

Cannonball

Boxcar Bertha

Evil Toons

The Warrior and the Sorceress

Last Stand at Saber River

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys

The Serpent's Egg

The Outsider

Hair High

Hell Ride

Young Billy Young

Being Michael Madsen

Bound for Glory

Deathsport

Ringers: Lord of the Fans

Max Havoc: Curse Of The Dragon

Homo Erectus

Danny Phantom: The Ultimate Enemy

Corman's World

Waxwork II: Lost in Time

Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat

An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island

Think Big

Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror

The Ultimate Fighter

Mr. Horn

My Suicide

Night Rhythms

Circle of Iron

Taggart

Heaven with a Gun

Double Trouble

Last Hour

Dead & Breakfast

The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies

The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw

Gray Lady Down

Bus Riley's Back in Town

Martial Law

Heartbeat

Jealousy

Miracle at Sage Creek

The Bad Seed

I Saw What You Did

How to Rob a Bank

Stretch

The McMasters