Marcus Carl Franklin

Acting

Marcus Carl Franklin

Born February 24, 19936 credits

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. 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. He acted in the off-Broadway and Broadway productions of Caroline or Change.

Known For

Filmography

Blue Bloods
2010Blue Bloods
as Tom MackeyTV
Be Kind Rewind
2008Be Kind Rewind
as JamesMovie
I'm Not There
2007I'm Not There
as Woody / Chaplin BoyMovie
Lackawanna Blues
2005Lackawanna Blues
as Ruben Santiago Jr.Movie