Acting · Fort Worth, Texas, USA · Born December 5, 1973
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".
MovieSigning Tony Raymond
2026
as Ronnie Raymond
TV9-1-1: Nashville
2025
as Willy Davis
MovieA Simple Machine
2025
as Karl
MovieDay of Reckoning
2025
as Billy
MovieThe Devil and the Daylong Brothers
2025
as Stumpwater
MovieEating 38 Cheeseburgers
2024
as Director Jacob
MovieA Southern Haunting
2023
as Lt. Day
MovieChipper
2023
as Brother
MovieDog Gone
2023
as Matt Kessler
MovieCandy Land
2023
as Theo
MovieSpirit Halloween: The Movie
2022
as Frank
TVThe Rookie: Feds
2022
as David 'Fatback' Eaton
MovieOld Henry
2021
as Branigan
TVNCIS: Hawaiʻi
2021
as Kevin Rooker
MovieThe Devil to Pay
2020
as Dixon Runion
MovieEmperor
2020
as Grady
MovieRun with the Hunted
2019
as Persey
MovieWhite Boy Rick
2018
as Bob the Gun Show Dealer
MovieArmed
2018
as Shep/Stew
MovieJameson
2018
as Jameson
TVYellowstone
2018
as Checkers
MovieEat Me
2018
as Bob
MovieThe Scent of Rain & Lightning
2018
as Billy
TVI'm Poppy
2018
as Able Abraham
MovieI'm Poppy: The Film
2018
as Able Abraham
TVThe Gifted
2017
as Wire
TVOzark
2017
as Deputy Ronnie Wycoff
MovieFree State of Jones
2016
as Lieutenant Barbour
MovieThe Revenant
2015
as Johnnie (uncredited)
MovieDixieland
2015
as Larry Pretty
MovieBlack Mass
2015
as John McIntyre
TVBosch
2015
as Chilton Hardy
TVAscension
2014
as John Stokes
The Gun
2014
as Crazed Scavenger
TVThe Night Shift
2014
as Lee Harris
MovieSwelter
2014
as Mechanic
TVTrue Detective
2014
as Charlie Lange
TVPerception
2012
as Gary Williams
TVLongmire
2012
as Riley Manning
MovieSmashed
2012
as Felix
TVNew Girl
2011
as Stranger
TVHarry's Law
2011
as Stevie Kazz
MovieRed Dead Redemption: The Man from Blackwater
2010
as Jonah (voice)
TVJustified
2010
as Bobby Joe Packer
TVCastle
2009
as Bobby Spurlock
TVThe Mentalist
2008
as Phil Rawson
TVTrue Blood
2008
as Kris
TVSons of Anarchy
2008
as Leland Gruen
TVDexter
2006
as Rankin
TVBones
2005
as Nick Bennett
TVIt's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2005
as Carney
TVHouse
2004
as Sheldon
TVCSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Gerald Tolliver
Signing Day
as Ronnie Raymond
