Marcus_Carl_Franklin

Marcus Carl Franklin

Marcus Carl Franklin

American actor

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.

Quick Facts Born ...

Franklin also was in Lackawanna Blues on HBO, which aired in 2005.[2] He acted in the off-Broadway and Broadway productions of Caroline or Change.[2]

Filmography

Awards/nominations

References

  1. [1]
    "Marcus Carl Franklin". Young Black Stars. Archived from the original on 2014-10-17. Retrieved 2014-10-12.
  2. [2]
    Lee, Felicia R. (2005-02-06), "Lost and Found In Lackawanna", The New York Times
  3. [3]
    "Movie Web Credits". Archived from the original on 29 January 2013. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
  4. [4]
    "I'm Not There leads Indie Spirit Awards". Los Angeles Daily News. November 27, 2007. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
  5. [5]
    Bruno, Mike (February 25, 2008). "Juno cleans up at Indie Spirit Awards". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved April 17, 2024.


Stub icon

This article about a United States film actor born in the 1990s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Marcus_Carl_Franklin, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.