David Carradine
Birthday: 1936-12-08 | Place of Birth: Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USADavid 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
Acting
Role
as Shopkeeper
as The Spirit Guide
as Anthony
as Bill (Snake Charmer)
as Self - Actor
as Jason Drake
as Principal Hoskins
as Clive Jonis
as Det. Humes
as Marshal Ian McHenry
as Mr. Hover
as Philip
as Poon Dong
as Raf McCane
as The Bishop
as Capt. Zebulon Hedge
as Cowboy Bob
as Crane
as Crane
as Detective Mike Stone
as The American
as The Deuce
as Mookoo / Uncle Unky
as Nick
as Old Man
as Pierre
as Self
as The Master
as Wade Douglas
