Person
Brad Carter
Acting · Born 1973-12-05 · Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Biography
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
The Mentalist
Phil Rawson
Yellowstone
Checkers
House
Sheldon
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Gerald Tolliver
Bones
Nick Bennett
Dexter
Rankin
Castle
Bobby Spurlock
Sons of Anarchy
Leland Gruen
True Detective
Charlie Lange
Bosch
Chilton Hardy
Filmography
- 2026Signing Tony RaymondRonnie Raymond
- 20259-1-1: NashvilleWilly Davis
- 2025A Simple MachineKarl
- 2025Day of ReckoningBilly
- 2025The Devil and the Daylong BrothersStumpwater
- 2024Eating 38 CheeseburgersDirector Jacob
- 2023A Southern HauntingLt. Day
- 2023ChipperBrother
- 2023Dog GoneMatt Kessler
- 2023Candy LandTheo
- 2022Spirit Halloween: The MovieFrank
- 2022The Rookie: FedsDavid 'Fatback' Eaton
- 2021Old HenryBranigan
- 2021NCIS: HawaiʻiKevin Rooker
- 2020The Devil to PayDixon Runion
- 2020EmperorGrady
- 2019Run with the HuntedPersey
- 2018White Boy RickBob the Gun Show Dealer
- 2018ArmedShep/Stew
- 2018JamesonJameson
- 2018YellowstoneCheckers
- 2018Eat MeBob
- 2018The Scent of Rain & LightningBilly
- 2018I'm PoppyAble Abraham
- 2018I'm Poppy: The FilmAble Abraham
- 2017The GiftedWire
- 2017OzarkDeputy Ronnie Wycoff
- 2016Free State of JonesLieutenant Barbour
- 2015The RevenantJohnnie (uncredited)
- 2015DixielandLarry Pretty
- 2015Black MassJohn McIntyre
- 2015BoschChilton Hardy
- 2014AscensionJohn Stokes
- 2014The GunCrazed Scavenger
- 2014The Night ShiftLee Harris
- 2014SwelterMechanic
- 2014True DetectiveCharlie Lange
- 2012PerceptionGary Williams
- 2012LongmireRiley Manning
- 2012SmashedFelix
- 2011New GirlStranger
- 2011Harry's LawStevie Kazz
- 2010Red Dead Redemption: The Man from BlackwaterJonah (voice)
- 2010JustifiedBobby Joe Packer
- 2009CastleBobby Spurlock
- 2008The MentalistPhil Rawson
- 2008True BloodKris
- 2008Sons of AnarchyLeland Gruen
- 2006DexterRankin
- 2005BonesNick Bennett
- 2005It's Always Sunny in PhiladelphiaCarney
- 2004HouseSheldon
- 2000CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationGerald Tolliver
- —Signing DayRonnie Raymond
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