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David Carradine

Profession
Acting
Born
December 8, 1936 · Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Died
June 3, 2009

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Carradine, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

Kill Bill: Vol. 1 poster
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Film · 2003 · ★ 8.0
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 poster
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Film · 2004 · ★ 7.9
Death Race poster
Death Race
Film · 2008 · ★ 6.3
Crank: High Voltage poster
Crank: High Voltage
Film · 2009 · ★ 6.1
Charmed poster
Charmed
Series · 1998 · ★ 8.2
Mean Streets poster
Mean Streets
Film · 1973 · ★ 7.0
Epic Movie poster
Epic Movie
Film · 2007 · ★ 3.9
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair poster
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
Film · 2011 · ★ 8.1
Danny Phantom poster
Danny Phantom
Series · 2004 · ★ 8.3
Big Stan poster
Big Stan
Film · 2007 · ★ 6.7
Bird on a Wire poster
Bird on a Wire
Film · 1990 · ★ 6.2
Jackie Chan Adventures poster
Jackie Chan Adventures
Series · 2000 · ★ 8.2

Filmography