Brad Carter
Known for acting · Born 5 December 1973 · 52 · Fort Worth, Texas, USA
54 credits
David Bradley Carter (born 5 December 1973) is an American film and television actor, stuntman, guitarist, painter, sculptor, and photographer. After suffering from brain disease and tremors that caused his hands to shake, he underwent brain surgery in 2013, which he recorded and posted on YouTube. The video went viral, and he became known as the "guy playing guitar during brain surgery".
Known for
Candy Land
2023
Sons of Anarchy
2008
True Detective
2014
Free State of Jones
2016
Ozark
2017
Yellowstone
2018
Swelter
2014
Old Henry
2021
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
Justified
2010
Dixieland
2015
Smashed
2012
Acting (54)
2026A Southern HauntingLt. DayFilm
2026Signing Tony RaymondRonnie RaymondFilm
20259-1-1: NashvilleWilly DavisSeries
2025Day of ReckoningBillyFilm
2025The Devil and the Daylong BrothersStumpwaterFilm
2025A Simple MachineKarlFilm
2024Eating 38 CheeseburgersDirector JacobFilm
2023Dog GoneMatt KesslerFilm
2023Candy LandTheoFilm
2023ChipperBrotherFilm
2022The Rookie: FedsDavid 'Fatback' EatonSeries
2022Spirit Halloween: The MovieFrankFilm
2021Old HenryBraniganFilm
2021NCIS: HawaiʻiKevin RookerSeries
2020EmperorGradyFilm
2020The Devil to PayDixon RunionFilm
2019Run with the HuntedPerseyFilm
2018YellowstoneCheckers · 2 episodesSeries
2018White Boy RickBob the Gun Show Dealer, Gun Show Dealer BobFilm
2018The Scent of Rain & LightningBillyFilm
2018ArmedShep/StewFilm
2018Eat MeBobFilm
2018JamesonJamesonFilm
2018I'm Poppy: The FilmAble AbrahamFilm
2018I'm PoppyAble AbrahamSeries
2017OzarkDeputy Ronnie Wycoff · 3 episodesSeries
2017The GiftedWireSeries
2016Free State of JonesLieutenant BarbourFilm
2015The RevenantJohnnie (uncredited)Film
2015Black MassJohn McIntyreFilm
2015BoschChilton HardySeries
2015DixielandLarry PrettyFilm
2014True DetectiveCharlie Lange · 2 episodesSeries
2014AscensionJohn Stokes · 3 episodesSeries
2014The Night ShiftLee HarrisSeries
2014SwelterMechanicFilm
2014The GunCrazed ScavengerFilm
2012LongmireRiley ManningSeries
2012SmashedFelixFilm
2012PerceptionGary WilliamsSeries
2011New GirlStrangerSeries
2011Harry's LawStevie KazzSeries
2010JustifiedBobby Joe Packer · 2 episodesSeries
2010Red Dead Redemption: The Man from BlackwaterJonah (voice)Film
2009CastleBobby SpurlockSeries
2008The MentalistPhil RawsonSeries
2008Sons of AnarchyLeland Gruen · 3 episodesSeries
2008True BloodKrisSeries
2006DexterRankinSeries
2005BonesNick BennettSeries
2005It's Always Sunny in PhiladelphiaCarneySeries
2004HouseSheldonSeries
2000CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationGerald Tolliver · 2 episodes, RudySeries
—Signing DayRonnie RaymondFilm