Acting

Brad Carter

Born 1973-12-05 · Fort Worth, Texas, USA

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".

Credits

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A Southern Haunting
as Lt. Day
2026
A Simple Machine
as Karl
2026
Signing Tony Raymond
as Ronnie Raymond
2026
9-1-1: Nashville
as Willy Davis
2025
Day of Reckoning
as Billy
2025
The Devil and the Daylong Brothers
as Stumpwater
2025
Eating 38 Cheeseburgers
as Director Jacob
2024
Chipper
as Brother
2023
Dog Gone
as Matt Kessler
2023
Candy Land
as Theo
2023
Spirit Halloween: The Movie
as Frank
2022
The Rookie: Feds
as David 'Fatback' Eaton
2022
Old Henry
as Branigan
2021
NCIS: Hawaiʻi
as Kevin Rooker
2021
The Devil to Pay
as Dixon Runion
2020
Emperor
as Grady
2020
Run with the Hunted
as Persey
2019
White Boy Rick
as Bob the Gun Show Dealer
2018
Armed
as Shep/Stew
2018
White Boy Rick
as Gun Show Dealer Bob
2018
Jameson
as Jameson
2018
Yellowstone
as Checkers
2018
Eat Me
as Bob
2018
The Scent of Rain & Lightning
as Billy
2018
I'm Poppy
as Able Abraham
2018
I'm Poppy: The Film
as Able Abraham
2018
The Gifted
as Wire
2017
Ozark
as Deputy Ronnie Wycoff
2017
Free State of Jones
as Lieutenant Barbour
2016
The Revenant
as Johnnie (uncredited)
2015
Dixieland
as Larry Pretty
2015
Black Mass
as John McIntyre
2015
Bosch
as Chilton Hardy
2015
Ascension
as John Stokes
2014
The Gun
as Crazed Scavenger
2014
The Night Shift
as Lee Harris
2014
Swelter
as Mechanic
2014
True Detective
as Charlie Lange
2014
Perception
as Gary Williams
2012
Longmire
as Riley Manning
2012
Smashed
as Felix
2012
New Girl
as Stranger
2011
Harry's Law
as Stevie Kazz
2011
Red Dead Redemption: The Man from Blackwater
as Jonah (voice)
2010
Justified
as Bobby Joe Packer
2010
Castle
as Bobby Spurlock
2009
The Mentalist
as Phil Rawson
2008
True Blood
as Kris
2008
Sons of Anarchy
as Leland Gruen
2008
Dexter
as Rankin
2006
Bones
as Nick Bennett
2005
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
as Carney
2005
House
as Sheldon
2004
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Gerald Tolliver
2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Rudy
2000
Signing Day
as Ronnie Raymond
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