🎬David Carradine

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.

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Recent movies

#	Name	Character	Rating
1	Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks (2019)	Self (archive footage)		5.5
2	Eldorado (2012)	The Spirit Guide	-	-
3	Corman's World (2011)	Self - Actor	-	-
4	Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2011)	Bill (Snake Charmer)		9.2
5	True Legend (2010)	Anthony		6.2
6	Dinocroc vs. Supergator (2010)	Jason Drake		5.3
7	Starz Inside - Unforgettably Evil (2009)	Self	-	-
8	My Suicide (2009)	Vargas		8
9	Autumn (2009)	Philip	-	-
10	Road of No Return (2009)	Mr. Hover	-	-
11	Crank: High Voltage (2009)	Poon Dong		6.5
12	Camille (2008)	Cowboy Bob		6
13	Hell Ride (2008)	The Deuce		4.5
14	Death Race (2008)	Frankenstein (voice)		6.3
15	Kung Fu Killer (2008)	Crane	-	-
16	Being Michael Madsen (2007)	Self	-	-
17	Homo Erectus (2007)	Mookoo / Uncle Unky	-	-
18	Big Stan (2007)	The Master		6.4
19	Epic Movie (2007)	Museum Curator		3.5
20	How to Rob a Bank (2007)	Nick		8
21	The Last Sect (2006)	Van Helsing	-	-
22	Ringers: Lord of the Fans (2005)	Self	-	-
23	Last Goodbye (2004)	Fred McGillicuddie	-	-
24	UnConventional (2004)	Self	-	-
25	The Making of 'Kill Bill Vol. 2' (2004)	Self	-	-
26	Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)	Bill 'Snake Charmer'		8
27	Hair High (2004)	Mr. Snerz (voice)	-	-
28	Dead & Breakfast (2004)	Mr. Wise		4.3
29	Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)	Bill		8.1
30	Balto: Wolf Quest (2002)	Nava the Wolf Shaman (voice)		7
31	The Outsider (2002)	Doctor Lucas Henry	-	-
32	Kiss of a Stranger (1999)	Sean O'Leary	-	-
33	Nosferatu: The First Vampire (1998)	Host		5
34	Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror (1998)	Luke		6
35	An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island (1998)	Chief Wulisso (voice)		5.7
36	The Rage (1997)	Lucas McDermott	-	-
37	Macon County Jail (1997)	Coley	-	-
38	Waxwork II: Lost in Time (1992)	The Beggar		8
39	Night Rhythms (1992)	Vincent	-	-
40	Roadside Prophets (1992)	Othello Jones		6
41	Double Trouble (1992)	Mr. C		4
42	Evil Toons (1992)	Gideon Fisk		6
43	Animal Instincts (1992)	William Lamberti	-	-
44	Deadly Surveillance (1991)	Lieutenant	-	-
45	Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat (1991)	Mardulak		7
46	Dune Warriors (1991)	Michael	-	-
47	Martial Law (1990)	Dalton Rhodes		4.5
48	Bird on a Wire (1990)	Eugene Sorensen		5.9
49	Future Zone (1990)	John Tucker		4
50	Think Big (1989)	Sweeney	-	-
51	Future Force (1989)	John Tucker	-	-
52	Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II (1989)	Dark One		1
53	Sonny Boy (1989)	Pearl	-	-
54	Warlords (1989)	Dow		6
55	Crime Zone (1988)	Jason	-	-
56	I Saw What You Did (1988)	Stephen		7
57	Six Against the Rock (1987)	Bernard 'Bernie' Paul Coy	-	-
58	Armed Response (1986)	Jim Roth	-	-
59	The Bad Seed (1985)	Leroy Jessup	-	-
60	Jealousy (1984)	Bobby Dee		6
61	The Warrior and the Sorceress (1984)	Kain		4
62	Lone Wolf McQuade (1983)	Rawley Wilkes		7
63	Q (1982)	Shepard		7.7
64	Trick or Treats (1982)	Richard Adams		6
65	The Long Riders (1980)	Cole Younger		7.5
66	Deathsport (1978)	Kaz Oshay		3
67	Gray Lady Down (1978)	Captain Gates	-	-
68	Circle of Iron (1978)	The Blind Man / Monkeyman / Death / Changsha		5
69	The Serpent's Egg (1977)	Abel Rosenberg	-	-
70	Bound for Glory (1976)	Woody Guthrie	-	-
71	Cannonball (1976)	Coy "Cannonball" Buckman	-	-
72	Death Race 2000 (1975)	Frankenstein		6.4
73	The Long Goodbye (1973)	Dave aka Socrates (uncredited)		6.9
74	Mean Streets (1973)	Drunk		6.9
75	Boxcar Bertha (1972)	Big Bill Shelly		5.8
76	The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969)	Waco	-	-