Who Plays Carter on 'Yellowstone'? Was Actor Finn Little Replaced for Season 5?

The actor who plays Carter on 'Yellowstone' looks so much different in season 5.

In season 4 of Yellowstone, Beth (Kelly Reilly) befriends a young orphan named Carter (Finn Little) as the two await news of their respective fathers, both clinging to life. The chubby-cheeked boy found his way into Beth and Rip's (Cole Hauser) life after sadly childless Beth took him in. As Carter began learning the ropes around the ranch, he also learned not to get on Beth's bad side.

Fast forward almost a year later (both on the show and in real life) and the boy who plays Carter looks so, so different! Fans barely recognized actor Finn Little and took to twitter to sound off with comment like "Did Carter just age 5 years in the off-season?" and "I'm not OK with Carter being grown up."

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But the best comment was from @thoughtstr3am: So we’re supposed to believe that Tate grew a year between seasons and Carter is paying taxes and planning for retirement?

The Australian native sprouted quite a bit during the show's hiatus. The once chubby-cheeked pre-teen has become a lanky teenager and looks a bit similar to a young Rip Wheeler (played by Kyle Red Silverstein) seen in flashback scenes.

Viewers may have thought the actor was replaced by another, but we're here to tell you it's the same actor! The now-16-year-old Finn Little, who already has an impressive resume under his belt, previously appeared on Harrow, Tidelands and Taylor Sheridan-directed feature film, Those Who Wish Me Dead.

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Sheridan was so impressed with Finn that he wrote the role of Carter on Yellowstone with him in mind.

New episodes of Yellowstone premiere on Sundays at 8 p.m. ET on Paramount Network.

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