Cast & creator
Brad Carter
Best known for The Mentalist, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
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".
Also known as: David Bradley Carter
30
film credits
26
television credits
56
2000–2026 · acting roles
6.9
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (56)
Showing 56 of 56 credits
The Mentalist
Phil Rawson
2008
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Gerald Tolliver
2000CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Rudy
2000
Bones
Nick Bennett
2005
Castle
Bobby Spurlock
2009
House
Sheldon
2004
Dexter
Rankin
2006
Yellowstone
Checkers
2018
Sons of Anarchy
Leland Gruen
2008
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Carney
2005
Bosch
Chilton Hardy
2015
New Girl
Stranger
2011
True Detective
Charlie Lange
2014
True Blood
Kris
2008
Longmire
Riley Manning
2012
Justified
Bobby Joe Packer
2010
Ozark
Deputy Ronnie Wycoff
2017
Perception
Gary Williams
2012
The Gifted
Wire
2017
The Rookie: Feds
David 'Fatback' Eaton
2022
NCIS: Hawaiʻi
Kevin Rooker
2021
Harry's Law
Stevie Kazz
2011
The Revenant
Johnnie (uncredited)
2015
9-1-1: Nashville
Willy Davis
2025
The Night Shift
Lee Harris
2014
Black Mass
John McIntyre
2015
Ascension
John Stokes
2014
Free State of Jones
Lieutenant Barbour
2016
Old Henry
Branigan
2021
White Boy Rick
Bob the Gun Show Dealer
2018White Boy Rick
Gun Show Dealer Bob
2018
Dog Gone
Matt Kessler
2023
Day of Reckoning
Billy
2025
Run with the Hunted
Persey
2019
Swelter
Mechanic
2014
Spirit Halloween: The Movie
Frank
2022
Smashed
Felix
2012
Candy Land
Theo
2023
Emperor
Grady
2020
The Scent of Rain & Lightning
Billy
2018
Red Dead Redemption: The Man from Blackwater
Jonah (voice)
2010
The Devil and the Daylong Brothers
Stumpwater
2025
I'm Poppy
Able Abraham
2018
The Devil to Pay
Dixon Runion
2020
Jameson
Jameson
2018
Armed
Shep/Stew
2018The Gun
Crazed Scavenger
2014
Signing Tony Raymond
Ronnie Raymond
2026
Eat Me
Bob
2018
Dixieland
Larry Pretty
2015
I'm Poppy: The Film
Able Abraham
2018
Eating 38 Cheeseburgers
Director Jacob
2024
A Southern Haunting
Lt. Day
2026
A Simple Machine
Karl
2025
Chipper
Brother
2023Signing Day
Ronnie Raymond