Marcus Carl Franklin

{{short description|American actor|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Infobox person |image = | | | name = Marcus Carl Franklin | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|2|24}} | birth_place = Carmel, New York<ref>{{cite web|title=Marcus Carl Franklin|publisher=Young Black Stars|url=http://www.youngblackstars.com/profiles/marcus-carl-franklin/|access-date=2014-10-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017122033/http://www.youngblackstars.com/profiles/marcus-carl-franklin/|archive-date=2014-10-17|url-status=dead}}</ref> }} '''Marcus Carl Franklin''' (born February 24, 1993) is an American actor. He is best known for portraying an incarnation of Bob Dylan, who calls himself "Woody Guthrie", in the Bob Dylan biopic ''I'm Not There'', written and directed by Todd Haynes; for this role, he was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male. Franklin is seen as a young hobo, hitching rides on freight trains, while clutching a guitar case bearing the inscription "This machine kills fascists" (this inscription adorned the guitar of Woody Guthrie). In the film, Franklin performs a rendition of Dylan's song "When the Ship Comes In." His performance is also on the soundtrack album of ''I'm Not There.''

Franklin also was in ''Lackawanna Blues'' on HBO, which aired in 2005.<ref name="lostandfound">{{Citation | last = Lee | first = Felicia R. | title = Lost and Found In Lackawanna | newspaper = The New York Times | date = 2005-02-06 | url = https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950CEFDE153AF935A35751C0A9639C8B63}}</ref> He acted in the off-Broadway and Broadway productions of ''Caroline or Change''.<ref name="lostandfound"/>

==Filmography== *''Dragon Tales Let's Start a Band'' (2003) (TV film) - Himself *''Law & Order'' (2004) (TV) - "Tate" (episode: ''Can I Get a Witness?'')<ref name=MOVIEWEB>{{cite web|title=Movie Web Credits|url=http://www.movieweb.com/person/marcus-carl-franklin/credits|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130129064358/http://www.movieweb.com/person/marcus-carl-franklin/credits|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 January 2013|accessdate=7 March 2012}}</ref> *''Lackawanna Blues'' (2005) (TV) - "Ruben Santiago Jr." *''The Water Is Wide'' (2006) (TV) - "Charles" *''I'm Not There'' (2007) - "Woody Guthrie"<ref name=MOVIEWEB/> *''Be Kind Rewind'' (2008) - "James"<ref name=MOVIEWEB/> *''The Art of Getting By'' (2011) - "Will"<ref name=MOVIEWEB/> *''Blue Bloods'' (2011) (TV) - "Tom Mackey" (episode: ''Age of Innocence'')<ref name=MOVIEWEB/> *''The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete'' (2013) - "College Kid" *''But Not for Me'' (2015) - "Will"

==Awards/nominations== *Independent Spirit Awards **2008, Best Supporting Male: ''I'm Not There'' (nominated)<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 27, 2007 |title=''I'm Not There'' leads Indie Spirit Awards |url=https://www.dailynews.com/2007/11/27/im-not-there-leads-indie-spirit-awards/ |access-date=April 17, 2024 |work=Los Angeles Daily News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Bruno |first=Mike |date=February 25, 2008 |title=''Juno'' cleans up at Indie Spirit Awards |url=https://ew.com/article/2008/02/25/juno-cleans-indie-spirit-awards/ |access-date=April 17, 2024 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |archive-date=November 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107162834/https://ew.com/article/2008/02/25/juno-cleans-indie-spirit-awards/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|1634963|Marcus Carl Franklin}} *{{iobdb name|22370}} *{{IBDB name}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Franklin, Marcus Carl}} Category:1993 births Category:21st-century American male actors Category:American male child actors Category:American male film actors Category:American male television actors Category:People from Carmel, New York Category:Male actors from New York (state) Category:Living people Category:21st-century African-American male actors