Keith Carradine

Trivia

• Plays "Wild Bill Hickock" in "Deadwood" (2004) and played "Buffalo Bill Cody" in Wild Bill (1995).
• Was nominated for Broadway's 1991 Tony Award as Best Actor (Musical) for playing the title character Will Rogers in "The Will Rogers Follies."
• He and Hayley DuMond wed the same day as Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes celebrated their wedding in a small city near Rome.
• For his role on "Deadwood" (2004), he was trained by renowned Hollywood Gun Coach Thell Reed, who has also trained such actors as: Val Kilmer, Kurt Russell, Sam Elliot, Girard Swan, Russell Crowe, Brad Pitt, and Leonardo DiCaprio.
• Daughter Martha Plimpton was conceived while Keith and actress Shelley Plimpton were appearing in the rock musical "Hair" on Broadway in 1969. Born in 1970, the relationship was over by the time Martha was born and Keith did not meet her until she was four years old.
• Originally, it was his half-brother David Carradine who pursued a role in the Broadway musical "Hair" in 1969. At his audition he brought Keith along to play the piano. Keith ended up winning the part and stayed with the show for six months.
• He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 6233 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
• Is an American Academy Award-winning songwriter, and actor born into a family of actors.