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Keith Carradine (born August 8, 1949 in San Mateo,
California) is an actor born into a family of
actors. His father, John Carradine, appeared in
dozens of horror films. His half-brother, David
Carradine is best known for his role as Kwai Chang
in the Kung Fu (TV series)|Kung Fu TV series, and
more recently as the title character in Kill Bill.
His brother, Robert Carradine, appeared in the
Revenge of the Nerds series of films and has had
other significant roles. His daughter, by actress
Shelley Plimpton, conceived when her parents
appeared together in the Broadway musical Hair, is
Martha Plimpton.

Carradine's first notable film appearance was in
director Robert Altman's McCabe & Mrs. Miller in
1971. He went on to play one of the principal
characters in Altman' critically acclaimed   1975
movie Nashville (1975 movie)|Nashville and his
song from that movie, "I'm Easy", was a popular
music hit in 1976.

Other works include Emperor of the North Pole
(1973), Pretty Baby (1978), Chiefs, a television
miniseries in 1983, and My Father My Son, a
television movie in 1988, 

In 1984 he appeared in the video for Madonna
(entertainer)|Madonna's single Material Girl.
During the shooting of the video Carradine and
Madonna had a short affair.

Most recently, Keith Carradine has enjoyed a
starring role on the American Broadcasting
Company|ABC sitcom Complete Savages, and played
Wild Bill Hickok in the HBO series Deadwood
(television)|Deadwood. He has also appeared as the
host of factual Wild West Tech show on the History
Channel. 

In the 2005 miniseries Into the West
(miniseries)|Into the West, produced by Steven
Spielberg and Dreamworks, Carradine played Richard
Henry Pratt.

He has two children by his ex-wife Sandra Will.

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