Keith Carradine

Keith Carradine began his career in 1969 playing “Claude” in the Broadway production of “Hair” at the Biltmore Theater. This actor / singer is known for his varied roles in Robert Altman’s “Nashville”, Alan Rudolph’s “Choose Me”, Walter Hill’s “Southern Comfort” and Louis Malle’s “Pretty Baby”, as well as his recent portrayal of “Wild Bill Hickock” in HBO’s “Deadwood”. He was nominated for a Tony Award for creating the role of Will Rogers in “The Will Rogers Follies”. He is also a songwriter whose composition “I’m Easy” from the movie “Nashville” won the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Song from a Motion Picture. He released two LP’s on David Geffen’s Asylum records and his recording of “I’m Easy” was a top-ten single. While working consistently as an actor in both Theater and Films, he has also continued songwriting. Over the years he has composed an impressive collection of tunes ranging from blues and ballads to folk-rock and what he likes to call “the greens”.