Carruth was born in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Carruth wrote, directed, produced, and performed one of the two main roles, and composed the music for his independent film Primer, which was honored at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival with the Grand Jury Prize and the Alfred P. Sloan Award. As a former software engineer with an undergraduate degree in math, Carruth utilized his technical knowledge on the project.
Filmography
Swiss Army Man
as Coroner
Primer
as Aaron
Upstream Color
as Jeff
The Dead Center
as Daniel Forrester
Memory Box
as The Man
Everything & Everything & Everything
as Morgan
We'll Find Something
as Steve