Kwai Chang Caine

Fictional character Fictional character Kwai Chang CaineKung Fu characterFirst appearanceKung FuCreated byEd SpielmanPortrayed byDavid Carradine (adult)Keith Carradine (younger)Radames Pera (child)Stephen Manley (youngest)In-universe informationGenderMaleOccupationShaolin PriestFamilyDanny Caine (half-brother)ReligionTaoism, Chan BuddhismNationalityChinese Kwai Chang Caine (Chinese: 虔官昌; pinyin: Qián Guānchāng) is a fictional character and the protagonist of the ABC 1972–1975 action-adventure western television series Kung Fu. He has been portrayed by David Carradine as an adult Caine, Keith Carradine as a younger Caine, Radames Pera as the child Caine, and Stephen Manley as the youngest Caine. In late 19th-century China, Kwai Chang Caine was the orphaned son of an American man and a Chinese woman. He was raised in a Shaolin Monastery in Henan Province and was trained by the monks to be a Shaolin master. The audience follows his adventures as he travels to the American Old West (armed only with his skill in martial arts) as he seeks his half-brother, Danny Caine. Although it was his intention to find his brother Danny in a way that would escape notice, the demands of his