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David Carradine

David Carradine

Birthday: 1936-12-08 | Place of Birth: Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2012
Night of the Templar

as    Shopkeeper

2012
Eldorado

as    The Spirit Guide

2011
True Legend

as    Anton

2011
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

as    Bill (Snake Charmer)

2011
Corman's World

as    Self - Actor

2010
Dinocroc vs. Supergator

as    Jason Drake

2010
Detention

as    Principal Hoskins

2009
Dark Fields

as    Clive Jonis

2009
Bad Cop

as    Det. Humes

2009
All Hell Broke Loose

as    Marshal Ian McHenry

2009
Autumn

as    Philip

2009
Crank: High Voltage

as    Poon Dong

2009
Absolute Evil

as    Raf McCane

2009
Break

as    The Bishop

2008
The Golden Boys

as    Capt. Zebulon Hedge

2008
Camille

as    Cowboy Bob

2008
Kung Fu Killer 2

as    Crane

2008
Kung Fu Killer

as    Crane

2008
Last Hour

as    Detective Mike Stone

2008
Road of No Return

as    Mr. Hover

2008
Kandisha

as    The American

2008
Hell Ride

as    The Deuce

2007
Homo Erectus

as    Mookoo / Uncle Unky

2007
How to Rob a Bank

as    Nick

2007
Permanent Vacation

as    Old Man

2007
Treasure Raiders

as    Pierre

2007
Being Michael Madsen

as    Self

2007
Fall Down Dead

as    Wade Douglas