Brad Carter
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

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Bones

Yellowstone

House

Dexter

Castle
All Movies (30)
- Signing Tony Raymond2026 · as Ronnie Raymond
- A Simple Machine2025 · as Karl
- Day of Reckoning2025 · as Billy
- The Devil and the Daylong Brothers2025 · as Stumpwater
- Eating 38 Cheeseburgers2024 · as Director Jacob
- A Southern Haunting2023 · as Lt. Day
- Chipper2023 · as Brother
- Dog Gone2023 · as Matt Kessler
- Candy Land2023 · as Theo
- Spirit Halloween: The Movie2022 · as Frank
- Old Henry2021 · as Branigan
- The Devil to Pay2020 · as Dixon Runion
- Emperor2020 · as Grady
- Run with the Hunted2019 · as Persey
- White Boy Rick2018 · as Bob the Gun Show Dealer
- Armed2018 · as Shep/Stew
- White Boy Rick2018 · as Gun Show Dealer Bob
- Jameson2018 · as Jameson
- Eat Me2018 · as Bob
- The Scent of Rain & Lightning2018 · as Billy
- I'm Poppy: The Film2018 · as Able Abraham
- Free State of Jones2016 · as Lieutenant Barbour
- The Revenant2015 · as Johnnie (uncredited)
- Dixieland2015 · as Larry Pretty
- Black Mass2015 · as John McIntyre
- The Gun2014 · as Crazed Scavenger
- Swelter2014 · as Mechanic
- Smashed2012 · as Felix
- Red Dead Redemption: The Man from Blackwater2010 · as Jonah (voice)
- Signing Day— · as Ronnie Raymond
All TV Shows (26)
- 9-1-1: Nashville2025 · as Willy Davis
- The Rookie: Feds2022 · as David 'Fatback' Eaton
- NCIS: Hawaiʻi2021 · as Kevin Rooker
- Yellowstone2018 · as Checkers
- I'm Poppy2018 · as Able Abraham
- The Gifted2017 · as Wire
- Ozark2017 · as Deputy Ronnie Wycoff
- Bosch2015 · as Chilton Hardy
- Ascension2014 · as John Stokes
- The Night Shift2014 · as Lee Harris
- True Detective2014 · as Charlie Lange
- Perception2012 · as Gary Williams
- Longmire2012 · as Riley Manning
- New Girl2011 · as Stranger
- Harry's Law2011 · as Stevie Kazz
- Justified2010 · as Bobby Joe Packer
- Castle2009 · as Bobby Spurlock
- The Mentalist2008 · as Phil Rawson
- True Blood2008 · as Kris
- Sons of Anarchy2008 · as Leland Gruen
- Dexter2006 · as Rankin
- Bones2005 · as Nick Bennett
- It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia2005 · as Carney
- House2004 · as Sheldon
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation2000 · as Gerald Tolliver
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation2000 · as Rudy