David Bradley Carter (born December 5, 1973) is an American film and television actor, guitarist, painter, sculptor, and photographer,[1] known for playing Charlie Lange in True Detective and Leland Gruen in Sons of Anarchy.

[4] In 2010, Carter made guest appearances in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Disney's Zeke and Luther, Justified, True Blood, and New Girl.

[3][6] In 2015, Carter starred in the film Dixieland,[3] and portrayed murder victim John McIntyre in Black Mass, directed by Scott Cooper, and based on a true story.

[3] Carter appeared in the drama The Revenant (2015), opposite Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy, directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu.

[7][8] Nader Pouratian, director of UCLA's Neurosurgical Movement Disorders Program, performed brain surgery on Carter twice, in January and March 2013.