David Carradine is best known to the public for a single role, of Kwai Chang Caine, whom he portrayed... (Learn more)
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David Carradine’s Milestones
| First arrested for disturbing the peace in the early 1960s | |
| Put under contract by Universal | |
| Raised in New York City | |
| Sent to California to finish high school | |
| Served in the US Army | |
| 1963 | Broadway debut, "The Deputy" |
| 1964 | First episodic work, "Arrest and Trial" (ABC) |
| 1964 | First film appearance (in bit part) "Taggart" |
| 1965 | Appeared on Broadway in "The Royal Hunt of the Sun" |
| 1966 | Starred in first TV series, "Shane" (ABC) |
| 1971 | Made TV-movie debut, "Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring" (ABC) |
| 1972 | First worked with Martin Scorsese on "Boxcar Bertha" |
| 1972 - 1975 | Starred as Caine in ABC drama series "Kung Fu"; also directed several episodes |
| 1973 | Had memorable bit part in "Mean Streets" |
| 1975 | Film directing debut "You and Me" (also scripted and co-starred) |
| 1976 | Played Woody Guthrie in "Bound for Glory" |
| 1977 | Began directing the unfinished "Mata Hari", starring daughter Calista Carradine |
| 1979 | Starred in TV-movie "Mr. Horn" (CBS) |
| 1982 | Played the villain tracked by Chuck Norris in "Lone Wolf McQuade" |
| 1983 | Second directing effort, "Americana" |
| 1985 | Made miniseries debut, "North and South" (ABC) |
| 1987 | Portrayed an evil German soldier in "The Misfit Brigade/Wheels of Terror" |
| 1990 | Appeared in "Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat" |
| 1993 - 1997 | Reprised role of Caine in syndicated series "Kung Fu: The Legend Continues" |
| 1997 | Cast in "Macon County Jail", opposite Ally Sheedy |
| 1997 | Received star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (April) |
| 2000 | Guested as Andrew Weller on the second season of the legal drama "Family Law" (CBS) |
| 2003 | Cast as the assassin leader Bill in writer-director Quentin Tarantino's "Kill Bill, Vol. 1"; earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor |
| 2004 | Reprised role of Bill in Tarantino's "Kill Bill Vol.2" |
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