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David Carradine

David Carradine

Highest Rated: 92% Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel (2011)

Lowest Rated: 0% Cannonball (1976)

Birthday: Dec 8, 1936

Birthplace: Hollywood, California, USA

A leading and supporting player in television and movies, actor David Carradine rose to fame with his iconic role, Kwai Chang Caine, the half-Asian student of life on the popular TV series, "Kung Fu" (ABC, 1972-75), a role he would go on to reprise for a syndicated series in the late 1990s. The son of legendary actor John Carradine, he excelled at playing villains in action and terror films which, unfortunately, were often relegated to the straight-to-video shelf. Almost as famous as his Kung Fu persona, was his psychedelic lifestyle and devotion to Eastern philosophy, particularly in the 1960s and 1970s when Carradine seemed more engaged in his alternative lifestyle than in furthering his career - with the possible exceptions of his starring role as folk singer Woody Guthrie in the Oscar-nominated "Bound for Glory" (1976) and a turn in Ingmar Bergman's confusing "The Serpent's Egg" (1977). After two decades of relative quiet, Carradine found new life as the titular assassin in Quentin Tarantino's "Kill Bill, Vol. 1" (2003) and "Kill Bill, Vol. 2" (2004). He went on to recur on the popular series, "Alias" (ABC, 2001-06) and play the head of the Chinese Triad in the action thriller "Crank: High Voltage" (2009). But his resurgence was cut short following a tragic death under unusual circumstances, leaving fans wondering what else the venerable actor might have had in store.

Highest rated movies

92% 84% Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel
92% 84% Mean Streets
86% 63% Roadside Prophets
85% 81% Kill Bill: Vol. 1 84% 89% Kill Bill: Vol. 2
82% 64% Death Race 2000
81% 73% The Long Riders
81% 76% Bound for Glory

Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mata Hari Adam Zelle (Character),
Director
- 2016
No Score Yet 32% Night of the Templar Shopkeeper (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet Eldorado The Spirit Guide (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet Stretch Monteiro (Character) - 2011
92% 84% Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel Unknown (Character) $7.0K 2011
No Score Yet 20% Dinocroc vs. Supergator Jason Drake (Character) - 2010
63% 55% True Legend Anton (Character) - 2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet Detention Principal Hoskins (Character) - 2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet Six Days in Paradise Vernon Billings (Character) - 2010
No Score Yet 17% Bad Cop Det. Humes (Character) - 2009
No Score Yet 14% All Hell Broke Loose U.S. Marshal Ian McHenry (Character) - 2009
No Score Yet 8% The Rain Clive Jonis (Character) - 2009
57% 81% My Suicide Vargas (Character) - 2009
No Score Yet 14% Autumn Philip (Character) - 2009
No Score Yet 25% Road of No Return Mr. Hover (Character) - 2009
63% 49% Crank: High Voltage Poon Dong (Character) $13.6M 2009
29% 22% Chatham Captain Zeb (Character) $184.1K 2009
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tattoos: A Scarred History Unknown (Character) - 2009
No Score Yet 20% Break The Bishop (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet 47% Camille Cowboy Bob (Character) - 2008
10% 30% Hell Ride The Deuce (Character) $194.3K 2008
No Score Yet 11% The Last Hour Unknown (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet No Score Yet Kandisha The American (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet No Score Yet Kung Fu Killer II Unknown (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Trident Shopkeeper (Character) - 2007
No Score Yet 4% Permanent Vacation Old Man (Character) - 2007
0% 5% Fall Down Dead Wade Douglas (Character) - 2007
No Score Yet 80% Being Michael Madsen Self - 2007
No Score Yet 5% Treasure Raiders Pierre (Character) - 2007
11% 45% Big Stan The Master (Character) - 2007
17% 10% National Lampoon's Homo Erectus Mookoo/Uncle Unky (Character) - 2007
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fuego Lobo (Character) - 2007
33% 42% How to Rob a Bank Nick (Character) $711 2007
2% 29% Epic Movie Museum Curator (Character) $39.7M 2007
No Score Yet 18% The Last Sect Van Helsing (Character) - 2006
No Score Yet 40% Son of the Dragon Bird (Character) - 2006
No Score Yet No Score Yet World War I: American Legacy Unknown (Character) - 2006
No Score Yet 3% Final Move Unknown (Character) - 2006
No Score Yet 25% Miracle at Sage Creek Ike (Character) - 2005
No Score Yet No Score Yet Brothers in Arms Driscoll (Character) - 2005
75% 72% Hair High Mr. Snerd (Voice) - 2004
No Score Yet 22% Max Havoc: Curse of the Dragon Grand Master (Character) - 2004
53% 59% Dead & Breakfast Mr. Wise (Character) - 2004
84% 89% Kill Bill: Vol. 2 Bill - 'Snake Charmer' (Character) $66.2M 2004
No Score Yet 56% Last Goodbye Fred (Character) - 2004
No Score Yet No Score Yet American Reel James Lee Springer (Character) - 2003
85% 81% Kill Bill: Vol. 1 Bill (Character) $70.1M 2003
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lost Bullet Michael Morrison (Character) - 2003
No Score Yet 76% The Outsider Doctor Lucas Henry (Character) - 2002
No Score Yet 17% Naked Movie Unknown (Character) - 2002
No Score Yet 40% Nightfall Unknown (Character) - 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet Criminal Desire Mr. Montague (Character) - 2001
No Score Yet 54% Balto II: Wolf Quest Nava the Wolf Shaman (Voice) - 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet Out of the Wilderness Clint Dugan (Character) - 2001
No Score Yet 73% By Dawn's Early Light Nick Decker (Character) - 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet Warden of Red Rock Mike Sullivan (Character) - 2001
No Score Yet 10% G.O.D. Norman Williams (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Down 'n Dirty Gil Garner (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Full Blast Maceo (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Donor Mike Riordan (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Isaac Asimov's Nightfall Unknown (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet 0% Dangerous Curves Lemmy (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet 17% Shepherd Ventriloquist (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sublet Max Kaufman (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet 44% Natural Selection Dehoven (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Bitter End Unknown (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Stray Bullet II Lemmy (Character) - 1999
14% 21% Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror Luke Enright (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Effects of Magic The Cabinet Maker (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lightspeed Unknown (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Defectors Garret (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet 36% The New Swiss Family Robinson Sheldon Blake (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Kiss of a Stranger Sean O'Leary (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Knocking on Death's Door Doc Hadley (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet 27% The Rage Lucas McDermott (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet 64% Last Stand at Saber River Duane Kidston (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Macon County Jail Coley (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lost Treasure of Dos Santos Martin Shaw (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Distant Justice Joe Foley (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dead Center Chavez (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet 33% Kill Zone Col. Horace Wiggins (Character) - 1993
No Score Yet 20% Night Rhythms Vincent (Character) - 1992
No Score Yet 14% Animal Instincts William Lamberti (Character) - 1992
86% 63% Roadside Prophets Othello Jones (Character) $141.7K 1992
No Score Yet 32% Waxwork II: Lost in Time The Beggar (Character) - 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet Field of Fire Gen. Corman (Character) - 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet Path of Fire Gen. Corman (Character) - 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet Code... Death: Frontera Sur Unknown (Character) - 1992
No Score Yet 43% Karate Cop Dad (Character) - 1992
33% 27% Evil Toons Gideon Fisk (Character) - 1991
No Score Yet 17% Capital Punishment Michael Maltin (Character) - 1991
No Score Yet 12% Dune Warriors Michael (Character) - 1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet Brotherhood of the Gun Artemis McBride (Character) - 1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet That's Action Unknown (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet 31% Martial Law Dalton Rhodes (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet 36% Sonny Boy Pearl (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet 5% Future Zone John Tucker (Character) - 1990
25% 41% Bird on a Wire Eugene Sorenson (Character) $68.8M 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fatal Secret Michael LeWinter (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet Midnight Fear Hanley (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet 60% Think Big Victor (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet 53% Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat Mardulak (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet 14% Future Force Tucker (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tropical Snow Oskar (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet Nowhere to Run Harmon (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Mad Bunch Professor Foxwood (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet Matlock: The Prisoner Steve Mazarowski (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet Night Children Max (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet Try This One for Size Bradley (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Cover Girl and the Cop Slade (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet 5% Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II One (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet Project: Eliminator Ron Morrell (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet Open Fire Joe Rourke (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet 16% Crime Zone Jason (Character),
Executive Producer
- 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet Run for Your Life Major Charles Forsythe (Character) - 1988
No Score Yet 38% Wheels of Terror Col. Von Weisshagen (Character) - 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Misfit Brigade Col. Von Weisshagen (Character) - 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet Warlords Dow (Character) - 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet Six Against the Rock Bernard "Bernie" Paul Coy (Character) - 1987
No Score Yet 35% P.O.W. The Escape Col. James Cooper (Character) - 1986
No Score Yet 35% Armed Response Jim Roth (Character) - 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet Oceans of Fire J.C. Busch (Character) - 1986
No Score Yet 53% Kung Fu: The Movie Kwai Chang Caine (Character) - 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Distant Scream Michael/Harris (Character) - 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Bad Seed Leroy Jessup (Character) - 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet Jealousy Unknown (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet 31% The Warrior and the Sorceress Kain (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet 20% On the Line Bryant (Character) - 1984
57% 67% Lone Wolf McQuade Rawley Wilkes (Character) - 1983
No Score Yet 5% Trick or Treats Richard Adams (Character) - 1982
73% 43% Q Detective Shepard (Character) - 1982
No Score Yet 28% The Winged Serpent Shepard (Character) - 1982
No Score Yet 9% Safari 3000 Eddie Miles (Character) - 1981
No Score Yet 40% Americana The American Soldier (Character),
Director
- 1981
No Score Yet 40% High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane Ben Irons (Character) - 1980
81% 73% The Long Riders Cole Younger (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cloud Dancer Brad Randolph (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet Los Jinetes Unknown (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gauguin the Savage Paul Gauguin (Character) - 1980
38% 59% Circle of Iron The Blind Man/Monkeyman/Death/Changsha (Character) - 1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fast Charlie... The Moonbeam Rider Charlie Swattle (Character) - 1979
No Score Yet 100% Mr. Horn Tom Horn (Character) - 1979
63% 37% Gray Lady Down Capt. Gates (Character) - 1978
20% 56% The Serpent's Egg Abel Rosenberg (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet 27% Deathsport Kaz Oshay (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet 38% Thunder and Lightning Harley Thomas (Character) - 1977
81% 76% Bound for Glory Woody Guthrie (Character) - 1976
0% 34% Cannonball Coy 'Cannonball' Buckman (Character) - 1976
82% 64% Death Race 2000 Frankenstein (Character) - 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet You and Me Zeto (Character),
Director,
Original Music
- 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet Long Way Home Craw (Character) - 1975
92% 84% Mean Streets Drunk (Character) $32.6K 1973
56% 33% Boxcar Bertha Big Bill Shelly (Character) - 1972
No Score Yet 91% Kung Fu Kwai Chang Caine/Caine (Character) - 1971
No Score Yet 27% Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring Flack (Character) - 1970
No Score Yet No Score Yet The McMasters White Feather (Character) - 1970
No Score Yet No Score Yet Macho Callahan David Mountford (Character) - 1970
No Score Yet 70% Heaven With a Gun Coke Beck (Character) - 1969
No Score Yet 32% Young Billy Young Jesse Boone (Character) - 1969
17% 28% The Good Guys and the Bad Guys Waco (Character) - 1969
No Score Yet No Score Yet Taggart Cal Dodge (Character) - 1965

TV

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet North and South, Book II Justin LaMotte (Character) 1986 2024
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Last Drive-In With Joe Bob Briggs Unknown (Character) 2019
6% No Score Yet Mental Unknown (Guest Star) 2009
7% No Score Yet In Case of Emergency Unknown (Guest Star) 2007
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wild West Tech Host 2004-2005
No Score Yet No Score Yet Eve Unknown (Guest Star) 2005
86% 88% Alias Conrad (Guest Star) 2003-2004
No Score Yet No Score Yet Titus Unknown (Character) 2001
No Score Yet 77% Jackie Chan Lo Pei (Guest Voice) 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet Queen of Swords Unknown (Guest Star) 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet Just Shoot Me Himself (Guest Star) 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Family Law Unknown (Guest Star) 2000
No Score Yet 90% Charmed Unknown (Guest Star) 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Profiler Unknown (Guest Star) 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dr. Quinn Unknown (Guest Star) 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Kung Fu: The Legend Continues Unknown (Character),
Writer
1993-1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Ray Bradbury Theater Spender (Character) 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet Matlock Unknown (Guest Star) 1987 1989
No Score Yet 82% Amazing Stories Unknown (Character) 1986
No Score Yet 75% North and South Justin LaMotte (Character) 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Fall Guy Unknown (Guest Star) 1983-1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet Partners in Crime Hermanski (Character) 1984
No Score Yet 42% Airwolf Dr. Robert Winchester (Guest Star) 1984
No Score Yet 62% Saturday Night Live Host 1980
No Score Yet 100% Kung Fu Kwai Chang Caine (Character),
Director
1972-1975
No Score Yet 100% Night Gallery Unknown (Character) 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gunsmoke Clint (Guest Star) 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet Name of the Game Unknown (Guest Star) 1970
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cimarron Strip Unknown (Guest Star) 1967
No Score Yet No Score Yet Shane Shane (Character) 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Trials of O'Brien Felix (Guest Star) 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet Alfred Hitchcock Hour Unknown (Character) 1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wagon Train Unknown (Guest Star) 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet East Side/West Side Unknown (Guest Star) 1963