Brad Carter
Acting • Born 1973-12-05
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".
Filmography
56 credits
Candy Land
Movie • 2023
Theo
Jameson
Movie • 2018
Jameson
The Devil and the Daylong Brothers
Movie • 2025
Stumpwater
The Devil to Pay
Movie • 2020
Dixon Runion
Smashed
Movie • 2012
Felix
Red Dead Redemption: The Man from Blackwater
Movie • 2010
Jonah (voice)
Chipper
Movie • 2023
Brother
Swelter
Movie • 2014
Mechanic
A Southern Haunting
Movie • 2023
Lt. Day
Dixieland
Movie • 2015
Larry Pretty
Free State of Jones
Movie • 2016
Lieutenant Barbour
Eating 38 Cheeseburgers
Movie • 2024
Director Jacob
Signing Day
Movie
Ronnie Raymond
The Revenant
Movie • 2015
Johnnie (uncredited)
Black Mass
Movie • 2015
John McIntyre
The Scent of Rain & Lightning
Movie • 2018
Billy
White Boy Rick
Movie • 2018
Bob the Gun Show Dealer
Armed
Movie • 2018
Shep/Stew
Eat Me
Movie • 2018
Bob
I'm Poppy: The Film
Movie • 2018
Able Abraham
White Boy Rick
Movie • 2018
Gun Show Dealer Bob
Emperor
Movie • 2020
Grady
Run with the Hunted
Movie • 2019
Persey
Old Henry
Movie • 2021
Branigan
Dog Gone
Movie • 2023
Matt Kessler
Day of Reckoning
Movie • 2025
Billy
A Simple Machine
Movie • 2025
Karl
Spirit Halloween: The Movie
Movie • 2022
Frank
Signing Tony Raymond
Movie • 2026
Ronnie Raymond
The Gun
Movie • 2014
Crazed Scavenger
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV • 2000
Gerald Tolliver
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
TV • 2005
Carney
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV • 2000
Rudy
Sons of Anarchy
TV • 2008
Leland Gruen
Castle
TV • 2009
Bobby Spurlock
Bones
TV • 2005
Nick Bennett
Perception
TV • 2012
Gary Williams
The Mentalist
TV • 2008
Phil Rawson
New Girl
TV • 2011
Stranger
The Rookie: Feds
TV • 2022
David 'Fatback' Eaton
Yellowstone
TV • 2018
Checkers
True Detective
TV • 2014
Charlie Lange
Ascension
TV • 2014
John Stokes
Justified
TV • 2010
Bobby Joe Packer
I'm Poppy
TV • 2018
Able Abraham
Ozark
TV • 2017
Deputy Ronnie Wycoff
NCIS: Hawaiʻi
TV • 2021
Kevin Rooker
True Blood
TV • 2008
Kris
House
TV • 2004
Sheldon
Dexter
TV • 2006
Rankin
Bosch
TV • 2015
Chilton Hardy
Longmire
TV • 2012
Riley Manning
The Gifted
TV • 2017
Wire
The Night Shift
TV • 2014
Lee Harris
Harry's Law
TV • 2011
Stevie Kazz
9-1-1: Nashville
TV • 2025
Willy Davis